Joumana Kidd
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Joumana Kidd | |
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| Born | Joumana Marie Samaha Foster City, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actress, journalist |
| Years active | 1994–2015 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Joumana Marie Kidd (née Samaha) is a former actress and journalist, and former wife of former NBA basketball player and current Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd.[1]
Born and raised in Foster City, California,[2][3] she attended school obtaining a BS Degree in Communications from San Francisco State University until marrying Jason Kidd shortly after graduation and moving initially to Phoenix, Arizona then to Saddle River, New Jersey.
She initially was a stay-at-home mother to their newborn son T.J. (Trey Jason) but after a break into hosting for NBA television, decided to pursue a career in TV hosting, working briefly for the entertainment television show Extra, and went on to cover the Grammys and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. She was a cast member of the 2010 VH1 Reality Series Let's Talk About Pep, appeared as a guest commentator on three episodes (2013–2014) of Bethenny, and in 2013 made a pilot episode for own potential series called Women on Women (WOW). Her last work was a 2015 pilot episode for a potential talk show called The Journey with Joumanna Kidd.
