Angela Unkrich is an American writer, actress, blogger and social media celebrity, probably best known as the author of ‘My Mommyhood Tales’, and as American’s Funniest Home Videos host Alfonso Ribeiro.

Early life, family, educational background

Angela Unkrich was born on 4 February 1981, in Swedesburg, Henry County, Iowa USA. She grew up with her two brothers Brendon and Tyson on a hog and cattle farm, raised by their parents and Stanley and Valerie Sue Unkrich.

Angela attended Waco High School in Wayland, Iowa, where she excelled at diving, earning lots of accolades for her performances.

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Some of the titles she earned were Outstanding Diver of Iowa, All-state Performer, and Conference Athlete of the Year. She won the USA Diving State Championship and was a medal winner at the Iowa State Diving Championships. After graduating from high school, Angela enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated with a BA in Communication Studies. While a university student, she continued to participate in several sports activities, including gymnastics, springboard diving, track events and basketball. Most notably, she was an important member of the university’s diving team, and the National Honor Society’s vice president.

Career

After completing her studies, she went to Los Angeles where she had a variety of jobs, including a script writer assistant, private jet hostess, and diving coach.

It is worthy of mention that she has acting experience, as well. In 2002 she played in ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!’, in 2012 she was featured in ‘Home & Family’, and in 2019 she played the role of Alice in the short drama ‘Para Veronica (For Her)’.

After becoming a mother, she focused more on her writing and blogging career, and released the book ‘My Mommyhood Tales’ for which she received a lot of online attention and positive feedback.

Personal life, husband Alfonso Ribeiro

Angela Unkrich and Alfonso Ribeiro met in 2011 and after dating for only several months, became engaged in July 2012 and held their wedding on 13 October 2012, in Los Angeles at Burbank’s Lakeside Gold Club, packed with celebrities, including groomsman Will Smith, who was assisted by David Justice and Joey Fatone.

Angela is the proud mother of three children with her husband; Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Jr. who they call AJ for short was born on 27 October 2013. Their second son named Anders Reyn was born on 30 April 2015, and they welcomed their third child Ava Sue, born on 13 May 2019.

Besides her biological children, Angela is stepmother to Sienna Ribeiro, Alfonso’s first daughter who was born on 7 October 2003 by Robin Stapler, his first wife.

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro was born on 21 September 1971 in The Bronx, New York City USA, and made his first appearance in show business at the age of eight. His first major childhood acting role came in the production of ‘The Tap Dance Kid’, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. In 1984, he appeared as a dancer with Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial, and in the same year was cast in the TV series ‘Silver Spoons’ as Rick Schroder’s best friend.

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In 1990, Alfonso scored his breakthrough role as Carlton Banks, Will Smith’s lead character in the TV series ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, and was in the show until 1996.

In 1994 he started voice acting in the ‘Spider-Man’ TV series, as Robbie Robertson and Randy Robertson. From 1996 to 1999 he played the role of Dr. Maxwell Stanton in ‘In the House’. Later, he was a competitive singer in ‘Celebrity Duets’, a reality TV show, in which he was the final victor over Lucy Lawless.

In 2008 he began hosting ‘Catch 21’ and on Game Show Network’s ‘GSN Live’.

He also made several notable appearances, such as in ‘Things We Do for Love’, ‘Shake It Up’, ‘Big Time Rush’ and the game show ‘Spell-Mageddon’. In 2013 he made a guest appearance in ‘The Graham Norton Show’, in which he performed ‘The Carlton Dance’ with Jaden and Will Smith.

Since 2015, he has been hosting ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’. When the 31^st season premiered in October 2020, the show was held with no live audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having resorted to a virtual one instead.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

Angela loves playing golf, taking on Do It Yourself projects, cooking, traveling and spending time with her family. She’s already traveled to more than 85 countries, and is eager to reach the three digits.

• Alfonso Ribeiro is almost ten years older than Angela Unkrich.
• The morning after their wedding, Alfonso posted a tweet describing his wife as “most incredible woman in the world”.
• Angela was actively supporting her husband when he took part in the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ competition, which he also won.
• She is very active on social media, especially on her Instagram, where she’s amassed more than 50,000 followers.
• Angela loves baking, cupcakes being amongst her favorites.
• She often posts on social media about her husband, making it clear that she loves and supports him unconditionally.
• Her brother Brendan runs a scouts business.
• Angela maintains a close relationship with Sienna, her stepdaughter, and doesn’t differentiate between her and the rest of her children.
• In 2013, her husband appeared alongside her in the British reality TV show ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of here!’. He finished on seventh place.

Appearance, clothing style

Angela has blonde hair, which complements her blue eyes. Her height is 5ft 3ins (1.60m) and her weight is 143.3lb (65kgs). She has a slim body shape, but the rest of the body measurements are currently unknown.

Net worth and salary

Angela Unkrich’s net worth hasn’t been disclosed, but her husband Alfonso Ribeiro’s wealth is estimated at over $7 million. This includes their home in Granada Hills, California, which alone is worth $1.94 million.

Staci Keanan, or going by her real name Anastasia Love Sagorsky, is a former actress who became famous in the ‘80s and ‘90s through roles in a few comedy shows. However, in 2012 she left the entertainment industry in order to pursue her other interests in the law and educational fields.

Early life, family, educational background

Staci Keanen was born on 6 June 1975, in Devon, Pennsylvania USA, a daughter of Jacqueline and Irv Sagorsky, having a sister named Pilar. Although she is of Slavic descent, Staci holds American nationality. In regards to her childhood, she hasn’t disclosed any information, preferring to keep her personal life as private as possible.

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When it comes to her educational background, Staci went to Notre Dame High School and after she matriculated, enrolled into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), graduating cum laude with a minor in French and a BA degree in Art History in 2002. Afterwards, she went to Southwestern Law School, and in 2013 she was admitted to the State Bar of California.

Career

Acting career

Right before she started acting, Staci was actively modeling. At the young age of five she appeared for the first time in print, following appearances in advertisements made for TV, as well as voicing the well-known show “My Little Pony”.

Soon after, she signed a couple of deals with Hershey’s Kisses and Burger King; this promising start of Staci’s career encouraged her, her sister and mother to move to New York in order to find more projects. At first, she worked under the name of Staci Love, securing her acting debut on-screen in 1987 as Angelica Cipriani in the TV series “I’ll Take Manhattan”. In the same year she had a role in the TV series “My Two Dads”, in which she played Nicole Bradford. With this show’s rising popularity, so did Staci’s fame, and she received her first award, the Young Artist Award for the category of Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series.

Staci’s fame continued to rise with playing the title character in the movie “Lisa” in 1989. Two years later she was chosen for the role that brought her the most success and recognition, as Dana Foster in “Step by Step”, an award winning TV comedy series through 1998. While being cast in this show, she wasn’t actively pursuing other roles, but she was still a cast member in several movies, such as “Downhill Willie” in 1996 and “Nowhere” in 1997.

After the end of “Step by Step”, which lasted for 160 episodes, Staci’s career started to decline, which lead to her eventual retirement in 2012.

However, she didn’t leave the acting world before securing a few roles worthy of note, such as Rachel Wilson in “Hidden Secrets”, the comedy-drama movie from 2006, and in thecomedy film “Holyman Undercover” in which she was Carmen, and as Dana in the romantic film “You Again”, both in 2010.

Law career and teaching

After being admitted to the State Bar of California, she started practicing law under her real name, Anastasia Sagorsky in the area of Los Angeles. She worked as a Deputy District Attorney in 2014 in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted felony cases involving death or violent crime. In 2016, she continued her Deputy District Attorney role in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, where she still serves, and in addition, in January 2021, she became an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Southwestern Law School.

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Personal life, husband Guy Birtwhistle

Staci Keanan isn’t very open about her personal life, but has revealed that she married actor and producer Guy Birtwhistle on 11 February 2017; they don’t currently have children, however, they do have a cat named Fatty and a golden retriever dog called Walley which they love as though they were their kids. Staci took Guy’s last name, but she remains known as Anastasia Sagorsky in the law environment.

Who is Guy Birtwhistle?

Guy is a producer of American and English music, and an actor, probably best known for his work on “Night Music” in 2010, and on “Alistair 1918” in 2015. He was born in Halifax, England, but his birth date remains a mystery.

Not much is known about his early life, only that he studied Economics and English Literature classes at Huddersfield college.

He debuted in the entertainment world with the movie “My Two Dads” in 1987, since when he’s appeared in several TV shows and films.

His presence on social media is bigger than his wife’s, his Instagram containing lots of artistic pictures. His linktree unveils that he has a small YouTube channel with videos about the work for which he is best known, including “Grime Town” and One Man Macbeth, as well as the two aforementioned.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

Staci isn’t very open about her hobbies or favorite things to do, but from her limited social media presence, it’s easy to assume that she loves animals, plus a few other interesting facts:

• Staci had a cat named Scarlet.
• After she disappeared from TV, a rumor about her death was spread, stating that she was in a depression her whole life, proven entirely false after her career change went public.
• Her mother died due to an illness.
• Keanan’s father is a car salesman.
• She and Guy first met back in 1987, during the premiere event for “My Two Dads”.

Appearance, body measurements

Staci Keanan has blonde hair which make her brown eyes stand out, and a slim figure with a height of 5ft 3ins (1.60m), weighing about 110lbs (50kgs), with vital statistics of 33-22-33, bra size 38B, and dress size 4. She’s known to have a fantastic dress style, always standing out whenever she’s in the limelight.

Net worth and salary

As of early 2022, Staci Keanan’s net worth is estimated at close to $2 million, while her husband Guy Birtwhistle’s wealth which is reputedly $19 million. She was reported to have an annual salary of $95,000, but this is probably higher since she became Adjunct Associate Professor in 2021.