Samantha Harris Net Worth

Hailing from Hopkins, Minnesota, Harris’s parents founded a renaissance festival called King Richard’s Faire. Harris grew up in a traditional Jewish family. She graduated with a degree from Northwestern University. In 2005 Harris married Michael Hess. The couple has two children, the first of whom was born in 2007. Harris took a break from hosting Dancing with the Stars to take maternity leave, before returning for the rest of the season. Three years later their second child was born, after which is left her post at Dancing with the Stars and was replaced by Brooke Burke. Harris announced that the move was to focus on other career ventures, such as her stint on The Insider and Entertainment Tonight. Harris announced in April of 2014 that she suffered from breast cancer and would have a double mastectomy.