Elizabeth Anne Vargas is an American television journalist who is the lead investigative reporter/documentary anchor for A&E Networks, and the host for Fox’s revival of America’s Most Wanted.
She began her new position on May 28, 2018, after being an anchor of ABC’s television newsmagazine 20/20 and ABC News specials for the previous 14 years. In 2006 Vargas was co-anchor of World News Tonight alongside ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff.
She broadcast her first A&E Investigates series, Cults & Extreme Belief, in May 2018. The Untold Story, a series focusing on the untold stories of influential people and events, premiered in April 2019. In January 2021, it was confirmed that Vargas would host a revival of America’s Most Wanted on Fox, which premiered on March 15, 2021.
Vargas is now the anchor of News Cafe on A&E’s FYI Network. On September 19, 2022, Vargas will guest anchor NewsNation Prime during the week until September 23, 2022.
Elizabeth Vargas Parents: Meet Rafael Vargas, Anne Vargas
Elizabeth Vargas was born on the 6th of September 1962 in Paterson, her father was of Italian descent and her mother was of Italian-German-Swedish descent.
Her father’s name was Rafael Vargas and was an officer in the U.S army, her mother’s name was Anne Vargas and was an English teacher.
Elizabeth Vargas has two siblings and she graduated from American High school.
Vargas then spent much of her youth moving from post to post in Germany, Belgium, and the United States. Vargas graduated from an American high school in Heidelberg, where she realized her passion for journalism.
Vargas enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1980 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1984, having served as a student reporter at KOMU-TV and a student editor at KBIA.