# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ananda-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:06.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ananda-lewis"
name: "Ananda Lewis"
slug: "ananda-lewis"
description: "Sarasvati Ananda Lewis was an American broadcast journalist, veejay and carpenter. She was a two-time NAACP Image Award recipient. Described as \"a bright star who was the voice of a generation\", Lewis served as a cultural role model and staple television personality for BET and MTV during the late 1990s. She hosted BET's Teen Summit and served as a MTV VJ as well as hosting the network's show Hot Zone as well as occasionally hosting and frequently co-hosting Total Request Live. Lewis hosted The Ananda Lewis Show, a nationally syndicated American television talk show that ran for two seasons. The show reported on serious subjects in contrast to more sensationalized contemporary talk shows such as the Ricki Lake Show and the Jerry Springer Show. After a break from television, she became a correspondent for The Insider. Lewis returned to television in 2019 to host the revival of While You Were Out on TLC."
tagline: "American television personality and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ananda_Lewis_LF.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "1973-03-21"
deathDate: "2025-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.864785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1048225/"
    handle:    "nm1048225"
sources:
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    title: "آنندا لیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أناندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اناندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Lewis"
    title: "Ananda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3615038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump