Fox News started airing in 1996, and since then, it has positioned itself as the vanguard of conservative networks. It’s all due to their lineup of popular, yet polarizing shows, all driven by dedicated teams. The network has spawned popular shows like Hannity and Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson Tonight.

The anchors and reporters are the backbones of the news network, giving us a lineup of some of the most beloved-though-partizan media personalities. The female anchors at Fox deserve recognition for their continued contributions to the field of entertainment and the media industry at large. Here are some of the network’s present and past female anchors and reporters.

Erin Andrews

Erin Andrews started her media career as a sideline reporter covering sports-based news for ESPN. Her journey, however, started at the University of Florida, where she earned a degree in journalism. Fortunately, Erin could draw inspiration from her father, Steven Andrews, who notably won six Emmys in recognition of his journalistic contributions.

Erin has switched careers within the media fraternity several times, including corresponding for Good Morning America. She eventually settled into her current role at Fox NFL as a contributor. Erin competed on the ABC  reality competition show Dancing with the Stars. Alongside her professional dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, she finished in 3rd place. Erin also now hosts Dancing with the Stars.

Katie Pavlich

Whether it’s blogging, podcasting, commentating (conservative), or authoring, Katie Pavlick does it all. She played basketball and volleyball in high school before joining the University of Arizona. Pavlich earned a broadcast journalism degree and started her career as Townhall.com’s chief news editor and Fox News contributor.

She joined the team of the network’s talk show The Five in 2013. Pavlich also serves as a Washington Fellow for the semi-monthly editorial National Review. Since 2018, Pavlich has been co-hosting Everything’s Going to Be All Right,” a podcast. Pavlich has also contributed to numerous radio shows on channels like Fox Business, CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck left her media days behind in 2015 in favor of focussing on her family. Hasselbeck made it under the spotlight in 2001 when she competed in the reality show Survivor: The Australian Outback and finished in the fourth position.

She then joined the hosting panel of the popular ABC talk show The View, and she held the position for ten years. Along with her co-host on The View, Hasselbeck earned the 2009 Daytime Emmy Award under the Outstanding Talk Show Host category. In 2013, Hasselbeck left The View, and she became a Fox & Friends co-host, where she’s credited for helping increase the viewership by 10%.

Harris Faulkner

Harris Faulkner co-hosts Outnumbered as well as Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner on the Fox News Channel. She also has a prime time political show that she hosts on the network. Faulkner has earned six Emmys, including one recognizing her efforts in the Best News Special and as a Best newscaster.

She started out writing business articles for LA Weekly as a freelancer earning $50 per article. An internship with KCOP-TV launched her TV career, and she eventually landed at WNCT-TV, working as an anchor/reporter. Faulkner also corresponded for the syndicated newsmagazine show A Current Affair in 2005 until its cancellation.

Hollie McKay

Hollie McKay covers international and national news for Fox News as a bureau correspondent. McKay has reported from locations like Afghanistan, Turkey, Myanmar, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and Syria. She grew up in Australia, and she graduated from the University of Technology in Sydney. McKay moved to Pace University in New York in 2006 for her final semester.

She soon joined Fox News as an intern before moving to Los Angeles, where she started serving as an entertainment reporter for several TV segments and online columns. McKay penned “Pop-Tarts,” an entertainment news column for the Fox News website from 2007 to 2013. She has a permanent United Nations press pass.

Martha MacCallum

Martha MacCallum anchors for Fox News, and she’s been with the network since 2004. She worked as an associate before switching to journalism, for the Dow & Jones Company. MacCallum gained a foot in the media industry through Corporate Finance Magazine, and it subsequently helped her land a position at the Wall Street Journal Television.

She made a move to CNBC in the late ’90s before finally landing at Fox in 2004. MacCallum is known for covering a series of high profile stories, including the presidential elections between 2004 and 2008. She currently hosts the Fox News talk show The Story with Martha MacCallum.

Julie Banderas

Julie Banderas works for Fox News, primarily serving as a fill-in anchor during the weekdays. She initially worked for WLVI-TV and then WHSV-TV as an anchorwoman. Banderas also worked with WBRE-TV, WFSB-TV, and WNYW. In 2005, she joined Fox News Channel, serving as a general assignment reporter.

Banderas took over the Fox Report Weekend in 2008, and in 2010, after returning from maternity leave, she became a general news correspondent. She gained international attention when she had an on-air clash with the former Westboro Baptist Chuch spokeswoman Shirley Phelps back in 2006. In 2018, Banderas left her weekend post for her current weekday anchoring position.

Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham has established herself as a respected radio host, author, and political commentator. Ingraham gained notoriety as an exceptional speechwriter under former US President Ronald Reagan’s administration. She also worked as a law clerk for notable public figures, including Justice Clarence Thomas. Ingraham held jobs at several legal departments in companies like Flom.

She has commentated on CBS and also hosted Watch It on MSNBC. Currently, Ingraham has a self-titled show running on the Talk Radio Network. Ingraham teamed up with her business partner, Peter Anthony, to launch a conservative website called LifeZette in 2015. She sold her stake in the company in 2018 to The Katz Group.

Jilian Mele

Jilian Mele is part of the Fox & Friends First hosts. Mele grew up in Pennsylvania and attended the Philadelphia-based La Salle University. Armed with a communication degree, she set out to start her career as a sports anchor for WIVT-TV. Mele then joined NBC 10, and her work on an Olympics show for the network earned her an Emmy.

In 2014, Mele took up a co-hosting position at NBC Sports, and three years later, she joined Fox News. While at NBC 10, she co-hosted Breakfast on Board, and it earned her a second Emmy. At Fox News, Mele also works on Fox & Friends as a headlines reporter.

Molly Line

Molly Line serves as a Fox News Channel correspondent. She joined the network in 2006 as a Boston-based correspondent. That was after earning a degree in political science and mass communication from Virginia Tech. Line also worked as a reporter/anchor at WFXT, where she notably covered the sentencing of Richard Reid (the shoe bomber).

Line entered the field of journalism as a reporter and photographer for WDTV. She also worked as a reporter and anchor with WXXA in Albany, NY. Line has most notably also covered the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragic shooting and the Cartoon Network scandal related to the adult animation series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Megyn Kellly

Megyn Kelly had a long and fruitful association with Fox News before she jumped ship and joined NBC. She served as an anchor for Fox News between 2004 and 2017 hosting shows like America Live. Kelly also co-hosted the network’s show America’s Newsroom, and she also had her very own show, The Kelly File.

She made more strides hosting Megyn Kelly Today and Today on NBC. In January 2019, Kelly left NBC following unfounded remarks she made regarding the appropriateness of blackface for Halloween. Kelly has kept on posting on her YouTube and Instagram pages, and she’s yet to make a comeback on our screens like she said she would back in 2019.

Uma Pemmaraju

Uma Pemmaraju hosts a self-titled show on the Fox News network. Uma also serves as a reporter for the international news agency Bloomberg News. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas, after her family moved to the US from India. Uma attended Trinity University, where she earned a political science degree.

She started her career in Texas at the San Antonio Express-News and KENS-TV as a reporter and producer. Uma got an anchoring gig at the Dallas-based KTVT-11, and she eventually moved to Baltimore to take up work with WMAR-TV. She joined Fox News at its infancy stage in 1996, and she has stayed on board to date.

Ainsley Earhardt

Ainsley Earhardt co-hosts Fox & Friends, and she’s also an author. Earhardt initially majored in biology at Florida State University before transferring to the University Of South Carolina to pursue journalism. She kickstarted her career at the local South Carolina-based CBS station, WLTX. Earnhardt then moved to New York in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

She also worked for KENS anchoring their weekday newscast. Earhardt has published two children’s books as well as a memoir titled The Light Within Me. She officially joined the Fox News team in 2007. Earhardt also had a segment on Hannity, and she also hosted the network’s All-American New Year’s Eve.

Shannon Bream

In 2017, Shannon Bream started hosting Fox News @ Night. Bream was a pageant queen, and she took part in the 1991 Miss America competition. The scholarship she earned from participating in the pageant covered her eduction. Bream interned at the US House of Representatives under Bill McCollum, the Florida Congressman.

She transitioned from the legal field to media, and she started as a late-night news reporter for WBTV. Bream then moved to WRC-TV as a weekend anchor covering general assignments. That was where she brushed shoulders with Brit Hume, who encouraged her to audition for Fox News, and the rest is history.

Jeannie Pirro

Jeanine Pirro was a prosecutor, politician, and New York State judge before she switched over to the media fraternity. Pirro currently hosts Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News. Pirro formerly contributed to NBC News, and she was a regular guest on The Today Show.

She broke the record as the first female Attorney District Attorney and first female judge in Westchester County. As an ADA, she gained visibility working on cases related to crimes against older people and domestic abuse. Pirro has authored six publications, including two crime novels. Pirro recently made headlines in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she appeared drunk during a show she did from home in March 2020.

Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street and Mornings with Maria are some of the shows that Maria Batriomo hosts on the Fox Business Network. Bartiromo put in five years at CNN before moving on to CNBC. She stayed at the latter network for 20 years, and in 2013, she officially became a part of the Fox News and the Fox Business Network team.

Bartiromo renewed her contract with Fox Business in 2019 thanks to the consistently high rating Mornings with Maria recorded from 2018 in comparison with CNBC’s Squawk Box. She has authored three publications, and her first release made it on The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times bestsellers lists.

Lea Gabrielle

Lea Gabrielle served with the US Navy for an impressive twelve years. She was an intelligence officer and naval aviator during her service. As a civilian, Gabrielle settled into life as a correspondent and journalist working with the Fox News Channel. Gabrielle serves as the Shepard Smith Reporting assignment reporter. In 2019, Gabrielle took up the post heading the Global Engagement Center, under the U.S.Government.

The position entails countering propaganda from foreign sources like China, ISIS, North Korea, and Russia. Gabrielle worked with NBC News after earning a digital certificate in journalism from the New York Film School. She then worked with KNSD TV as a military reporter.

Greta Van Susteren

Greta Van Susteren formerly served as a news anchor for NBC News, CNN, and Fox News. Susteren is a lawyer by profession, and for 14 years, she hosted On the Record w/ Greta on Fox News. She moved to MSMBC for six months, and she also offered her legal expertise co-hosting CNN’s Burden of Proof.

Susteren also sits on the NICD (National Institute for Civil Discourse) board that was established by the University of Arizona following the Tuscon shooting in 2011. She also contributes to Voice of America, serves as the chief political analyst for Gray Television, and she developed two Gray Television syndicated shows.

Dana Perino

Dana Perino was the 24th White House Press Secretary during George W. Bush’s administration. That made her the second female to hold the position, after Dee Dee Myers, who held the same post during Clinton’s administration. Perino now works as a Fox News political commentator, and she also co-hosts The Five on the network.

Since 2017, she’s hosted The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino. Perino also co-hosted a podcast dubbed I’ll Tell You What for the Fox News Channel with Chris Stirewalt in 2016. She is also involved in the publishing industry, working as an executive under Random House publishing.

Jenna Lee

Jenna Lee formerly co-hosted the Fox News program Happening Now, and she formerly also co-anchored Fox Business Morning for the Fox Business Network. Lee worked at Marina Times during her spare time right after graduating. She then picked up work with NY1 as a freelancer writer, followed by a full-time position at Forbes.com.

Lee joined the Fox Business network in 2007, where she also contributed to their morning program Money for Breakfast. She moved to the Fox News Channel in 2010, making her the first media personality to switch between the two Fox channels. Lee left Fox in 2017 to pursue other interests.

Melissa Francis

Melissa Francis works as a commentator for the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Francis also worked at CNBC and CNET. She currently, she co-hosts After The Bell and anchors Happening Now. Francis regularly also serves as a panelist of the Fox News Channel show Outnumbered.

Francis attended Harvard University, where she graduated with a degree in economics. She also tried her luck at acting and appeared in Little House on the Praire. In 2012, Francis authored a memoir based on her experiences growing up with an overbearing mother. She followed through with another release in 2017 titled Lessons from the Prairie.

Catherine Herridge

Catherine Herridge serves as a senior investigative correspondent at CBS News. Herridge took up the role in November 2019 after leaving her post as the Fox News Channel’s Chief Intelligence correspondent. She had also hosted the network’s show Weekend Live. Herridge had a long history with the network, having joined them during their inception in 1996.

She also worked as an ABC News correspondent, and she also served as a field correspondent for The Pulse, a now-defunct Fox newsmagazine. During her time with Fox, Herridge almost exclusively covered news about Hillary Clinton. Herridge has also authored a publication about Al Qaeda’s American recruits.

Claudia Cowan

Claudia Cowan worked her way through the ranks at KTTV-TV right from being a messenger. After making it on the air, Cowan moved to KMST-TV, working as a desk assistant, and again she rose to the ranks of a reporter. She put in seven years at KOVR-TV 13 before moving to KRON-4 in 1995.

Fox News Channel recruited Cowan in 1998, where she’s stuck up to date. Cowan is the daughter of Babara Rush, who is best known for her award-winning role in It Came From Outer Space, and Warren Cowan, the co-founder of the PR and global marketing agency Roger & Cowan.

Sandra Smith

Sandra Smith co-anchors the Fox News Channel program America’s Newsroom. While at Louisiana State University, Smith ran track & field. Smith graduated as a business major and speech minor. She first worked with Aegis Capital as a research associate and then as a trader with Hermitage Capital Corporation.

Smith also worked with Terra Nova Institutional before finally breaking into TV as a Bloomberg Television reporter. She joined the Fox Business Network in 2007 when the network launched. From 2014, Smith has co-hosted the Fox News Channel female-driven commentary show Outnumbered. She has also been a regular on other Fox shows like Imus in the Morning and Fox Business Happy Hour.