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Lauren Zima

Host, Producer, Personality
Next Chapter Productions

Lauren Zima is a 4-time Emmy award winning correspondent with Entertainment Tonight. For ET, she has interviewed everyone from TikTok stars to Oscar winners, covered major awards shows, and created and hosted the TV recap comedy show Roses & Rosé, CBS' No. 1 original digital series. She co-hosts the iHeart Radio podcast The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever, and produces television via her production company, Next Chapter Productions. Off camera, Lauren is an advocate for mental health and grief awareness, volunteering and fundraising for Experience Camps, AIM Youth Mental Health, the Grant Halliburton Foundation and the Tiger Woods Foundation. She grew up in Elgin, Illinois, studied at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and now lives in Austin.

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