Bianna Golodryga

Anchor / Senior Global Affairs Analyst

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max, a new seven-day-a-week/24-hour service on Max, Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform.
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About

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max, a new seven-day-a-week/24-hour service on Max, Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform.

Prior to joining CNN full-time, Golodryga served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning.

In 2017, Golodryga also joined CNN part-time as a contributor. Her expertise in financial news and Russian political affairs contributed to CNN’s coverage of everything from stock market volatility, the President’s historic 2018 summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, to the Mueller investigation. Previously, Golodryga was the news and finance anchor for Yahoo News and before that, she co-anchored Good Morning America weekend edition, as well as serving as ABC News’ Business Correspondent.

Golodryga began her career in television news in 2001 as a bureau producer from the New York Stock Exchange for the cable news channel, CNBC. Prior to her career in television, Golodryga worked in the financial services sector.

Golodryga has received several awards and recognition, including the Keystone Policy Center Leadership Award, the University of Texas at Austin Pro Bene Meritis Award, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program, Good Morning America.

Golodryga graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Russian/East European and Eurasian Studies and a minor in economics. She is fluent in Russian.