Elizabeth Vargas is an American television journalist, screenwriter, and newscaster. She is best known as a co-anchor of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) news programs World News Tonight (2000-2014) and 20/20 (2004-2017). Elizabeth is ambitious, outspoken, and ready to kick off the next chapter of her life with a little fun in the OC. She is the writer of 20/20 (2008) and producer of The Untold story (2019). She is also best known for being married to Grammy award-winning singer Marc Cohn.
Elizabeth Vargas Net Worth
American journalist Elizabeth Vargas has an estimated net worth of $6 million and a salary of $750 thousand.
She began her broadcasting career working for WOMU-TV when she was at University during the 1980s. She worked for WBBM-TV in Chicago for four years. Later she worked for NBC News in 1993, serving as a correspondent and sub anchor.
She served as a newsreader for Good Morning America in the year 1996. She then became the weekend anchor for World News Tonight (2000-2014).
In November 2003, Vargas became the anchor of WNT Sunday. Until late 2017, She hosted multiple specials on ABC and co-anchored 20/20 (2004-2017). After working 20 years at ABC, she retired in December of 2017.
She has appeared in TV series like 20/20 (1978), Scandal (2013), Designated Survivor (2016), Life and Graves in 2017. She appeared in the TV series Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008), Inside Edition (2015), The Nineties (2017), The 2000s (2018), Trial by Media (2020), and Entertainment Tonight (2015-2021).
She is the writer of 20/20 (2008) and producer of The Untold story (2019).
She has nominated for an Emmy Award for her 20/20 investigation into the wrongful conviction of Betty Tyson in 1998. She has won an Emmy Award for her coverage of the Elián González story in 1999.
Who Was Elizabeth Vargas Married To?
Elizabeth Vargas was married to Marc Cohn before getting divorced in 2014.
Elizabeth Vargas and Marc Cohn got married on 20 July 2002. Marc is a singer and songwriter. He was previously married and had two children, Max and Emily.
Elizabeth Vargas and her ex-husband, Marc Cohn (©:HuffPost)
They had an affair while Vargas was in rehab in 1999. After dating for 3 years, the couple got married in 2002.
The duo welcomed their first child, Zachary Raphael Cohn, on 31 January 2003 and was blessed with a second child, Samuel Wyatt Cohn, on 16 August 2006.
In November 2013, Vargas had moved to rehab for the treatment of alcoholism. She had an alcohol addiction, and she revealed herself as an alcoholic on 24 January 2014.
It was rumored that her then-husband, Marc started an affair with a mutual friend, Ruth Zukerman, while Elizabeth was in rehab. Marc and Ruth were spotted when they dined at a restaurant near Flywheel’s Flatiron studio, just after Vargas left rehab. While she returned from rehab, she got to know that her husband has planned to divorce her.
She had relapsed three times and was doing another stint in rehab when Cohn hired a divorce attorney without telling her about the separation plan.
He denied the rumor of having an affair with Ruth and said that they had long-standing issues exist in their relationship. As reported by DailyMail, Marc said that he has always supported Elizabeth in the past and will continue to be, regardless of the long-standing issues in their relationship.
Elizabeth told People that;
"I look at that interview and I look stunned. I feel for that version of me because I know looking at myself that you’re about to go home and find out your husband wants a divorce."
She also said that
“We both love our children and we will be in each other’s lives for the rest of our lives because of these two amazing boys. I think we both focus on that.”
After being together for 12 years, the couple got divorced in 2014 and agreed to their sons' joint custody.
Who Is Elizabeth Vargas? Parents
American television journalist Elizabeth Vargas was born on 6 September 1962 in Paterson, New Jersey. 58 years old Elizabeth was born Elizabeth Anne Vargas.
Her parents have Swedish, Irish, and German ancestry. Her father, Rafael Vargas, is a Puerto Rican and has worked as a colonel in the U.S. Army. Her mother, Anne Vargas, is an Irish-American.
She pursued her Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USA, in 1984.
Concerning her physical appearance, Vargas stands at the height of 5 feet and 6 inches (1.68m).