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Ana Berry (born April 25) is an American actress, journalist, presenter and television personality. Early life Ana Berry was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents in the entertainment industry. Her mother, Beth Rengel (formally known as Mae Beth Cormany), was an anchor and journalist for over 20 years in Tulsa. She was crowned Miss Texas in 1972 and 3rd runner up to Miss America. Berry’s father, Milton Berry, is an established actor, director and documentarian as well as a businessman in the oil, gas and real estate industries of Oklahoma.<ref name="newstreet"/> Berry attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School and Bishop Kelley High School and received a talent scholarship to the Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago. She graduated with honors and a BFA in Acting and went on to study French at La Sorbonne in Paris and Shakespeare at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts while living and working as an actress in Chicago. <ref name="newstreet"/> Career Berry worked as an actress for 5 years in Los Angeles, appearing in a number of independent films, television shows and commercials.<ref name="imdb"/> Currently she lives in NYC and works in areas of the media. Her national commercial work has included companies such as Freescore.com, Comwave, Trojan, Ricola, and Mega Tea. She has appeared in television shows such as Prison Break, Royal Pains, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Fringe and Bar Karma. She has also been featured in numerous films shot in NYC; most recently Bourne Legacy and worked with director Tony Gilroy, as well as The Miracle of Spanish Harlem, and The Baby Bomber.<ref name="imdb"/> Mainly Ana is a host/presenter for shows and spokeswoman for companies and brands<ref name="home"/> and a journalist covering cultural topics in NYC.<ref name="ourworld"/> Cable News Career Berry has worked at a couple of local affiliates in NYC. She is currently hosting a show Our World with Ana Berry for WPIX Channel 11. She has filled in for Katie McGee on WCBS Morning.<ref name="home"/> Presenter and Host For over a year, Ana has been the co-host for the show New To The Street, which profiles international public and private companies.<ref name="newstreet"/> In 2011 hosted a weekly show on CafeMom.com called ‘What’s Brewing’ as well as the co-host for the show Dr. Cal’s Healthy Living. She also is a moderator for medical, media and tech companies. She has been a guest host on QVC for Apple products and a number of infomercials and industrials.<ref name="home"/> International Journalist OurWorldwithAnaBerry.com documents her international travels, focusing on stories where bridges are being built between cultures.<ref name="ourworld"/> She is a freelance journalist for multiple news stations including Arab America TV in Los Angeles; which took her to the Middle East to cover social and political topics involving the Jewish, Muslim and Christian groups in the region. She freelances for the Turkish News Station ‘Bati Yakasi’, NJ.ORG covering the Occupy Wall Street movement at Zuccotti Park, as the NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology) StartupPolooza 2012.<ref name="home"/> In the early 2010s she traveled to India and created a documentary of her time at a number of historical and spiritual locations.<ref name="home"/>
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