Jenna Wolfe

Jenna Wolfe (born Jennifer Wolfeld; February 26, 1974) is a Jamaican-born Haitian and American journalist and personal trainer. From 2007 to 2014, she was a correspondent for NBC's Today and Sunday co-anchor from 2007 to 2012 and news anchor for Weekend Today from 2012 to 2014. On September 12, 2014, Wolfe left the weekend Today show for a new role as lifestyle and fitness correspondent on the weekday Today show and NBC News.

From September 2017 through August 2022, Wolfe worked with Fox Sports on FS1 as a host of the show First Things First with Kevin Wildes and Nick Wright. She was also a field correspondent for Yellowstone Live on National Geographic.

Early life and education Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. Her father, Bennet Wolfeld, was Jewish and was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He owned a chain of leather factories in Puerto Rico and moved to Jamaica with his wife when he expanded his operations. Musician Bob Marley was a neighbor of her family in Kingston.

Wolfe's family moved from Jamaica to Haiti when she was five years old. She graduated from Binghamton University in 1996 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English.

Personal life Wolfe speaks English, French and Haitian Creole. Wolfe and Gosk married each other in 2013. Their second daughter was born on February 4, 2015. Wolfe and Gosk separated in 2021; Wolfe later commented that the strain on both of them while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic had contributed to family stress.