As talk show royalty Conan O’Brien gears up to host the Oscars tonight, it’s likely he will be in full support of his wife Liza. Here’s everything to know about the hosts famous wife
As excitement builds for the 97th Annual Academy Awards, Oscars fans are excited to watch host Conan O’Brien take to the stage.
The king of the talk shows, the comedian has taken over hosting duties from US star Jimmy Kimmel who has previously hosted the star studded awards for the last four years.
Oscars hosts are renowned for their humour and quick wit, it seemed like a perfect gig for the American star who has been hosting on screen since 1993, with his extremely famous wife by his side for many years.
Conan and his wife Liza Powel O’Brien first met in 2000 when she appeared in a pre-taped sketch for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and for the host it was “love at first sight”. The pair were then married in 2002 in Seattle, which is Liza’s hometown.
At the time when they first met, Liza, born Elizabeth Ann Powell, was working for an advertising agency, and they started dating for two years before getting married “Yes, you should have children. Your children should be my children,” Conan later recalled thinking at the time they met.
Now 23 years later, the couple are still together and have two children. Their daughter, Neve, was born in 2003. Their son, Beckett, was born in 2005. Looking back at their timeline, where they met during the sketch, Liza claimed she has rewatched the episode “many times” but said her husband won’t watch it. “He wants to remember it instead. He says he prefers his memory to whatever the truth is,” she said in 2022 on the podcast Inside Conan.
It’s clear Liza has made a name for herself alongside her Hollywood husband, and while she was a copywriter when they initially met, she has gone on to become a playwriter, with nine completed plays, six of which are full-length, according to her website. Recently, The Black List and Theatrical Rights Worldwide selected her play APOSTROPHE to be included in the TRW 2024/2025 publishing catalog.
Powel is the writer and narrator for Significant Others, which is a historical podcast that explores “folks just beyond the spotlight of history,” according to the podcast’s official description.
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