GMA Weather Girl: Who is Ginger Zee?

Ginger Renee Colonomos, known by her pseudonym Ginger Zee, is an American television personality.

Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist for ABC News, after having been the network’s weekend meteorologist.

After graduating from college, Ginger Zee worked for various media outlets such as WEYI-TV in Flint, Michigan, WYIN-TV in Merrillville, Indiana, WLAV-FM and WOOD-TV both in Grand Rapids, Michigan, WBMA-LD ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama as an intern under chief meteorologist James Spann, and WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois, an NBC owned and operated station.

Ginger Zee reached national prominence when she joined Good Morning America Weekend on November 12, 2011.

Ginger Zee occasionally appears on other ABC programming such as Nightline and ABC World News Tonight.

On December 2, 2013, ABC News announced that Ginger Zee would become Chief Meteorologist for Good Morning America and weather editor for ABC News, succeeding Sam Champion, who took a job with The Weather Channel.

For her personal life, Ginger Zee was diagnosed with narcolepsy at the age of 21 and is currently married to New York City-based media personality formerly for NBCUniversal’s LXTV and WNBC’s New York Live, and for the nationally syndicated Crazy Talk television series, Ben Aaron.

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep.

People with narcolepsy often find it difficult to stay awake for long periods of time, regardless of the circumstances