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Born:
1975-12-21

Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Credits:
22 Total Roles

Jemele Hill

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Biography

Jemele Juanita Hill (/dʒəˈmɛl/ jə-MEL; born December 21, 1975) is an American sports journalist, TV personality, and author. She worked for the Raleigh News & Observer, the Detroit Free Press, and the Orlando Sentinel. She joined ESPN in 2006 and worked in various roles until 2013, when she succeeded Jalen Rose as host of ESPN2's Numbers Never Lie. The show was rebranded to His & Hers which she co-hosted with Michael Smith. Hill and Smith co-hosted SC6, the 6 p.m. (ET) edition of ESPN's flagship SportsCenter from 2017 to 2018.

In 2017, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding News Special for the ABC News Special The President and The People. In she left her role as co-host of SC6 and joined the ESPN website, The Undefeated. She left ESPN shortly afterward to work as a contributing writer for The Atlantic. From August 2020 to February 2021, she co-hosted Vice's Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick to Sports alongside Cari Champion.

She is the co-founder of the film and production company Lodge Freeway Media and published her autobiography Uphill: A Memoir in 2022.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Untold: The Fall of Favre MOVIE Self - Sports Journalist
2025 Hoops, Hopes & Dreams MOVIE Self
2024 Above the Fold with Jemele Hill TV Self - Host
2024 Power of the Dream MOVIE Self
2024 Memes & Nightmares MOVIE Self
2024 Black Twitter: A People's History TV Self - Writer & Journalist
2023 Bye Bye Barry MOVIE Self
2023 The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports MOVIE Self
2022 Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL MOVIE Self - Sports Journalist (archive footage)
2021 National Champions MOVIE Jemele Hill

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