Brianne Leary is an American actress. She was the host of The Disney Channel's Walt Disney World Inside Out and Animal Planet's Petsburgh USA.

Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star and she is cousin to writer Timothy Leary.

When in High School at Canyon Del Oro - in Tucson, Arizona - she was a gymnastics champion, finishing in the top three at the State Championship in 1974.

She first appeared on television as a contestant on Match Game '76, a CBS daytime game show. She won several games, earning in excess of $9,000. She came back to the show three years later as a celebrity panelist, becoming the only person to appear on the show as both a contestant and a panelist.

She later appeared on CHiPs as Officer Sindy Cahill before guest appearing in various shows, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon and 1st & Ten. She also made an appearance in a Battle of the Network Stars V in 1978.

In 1996 she later created a Canadian children's TV show Stickin' Around with Robin Steele.

In early 2000, she was a co-anchor on WNYW New York's Good Day New York.

Brianne is of Black Irish descent. She was a gymnastics champion at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Arizona. She went on to the State Championship in 1974 and placed in the top three (I can't remember her exact placement). She was a companion to Robert Conrad (I) in the late 70s (of "Wild Wild West, The" (1965) and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976) fame). She was also a companion to Barry Newman (I) (of "Petrocelli" (1974) fame). Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. Timothy Leary (yes THE Timothy Leary) was her cousin.

Brianne's first appearance on television may have been as a contestant on the CBS daytime game show, "Match Game 73" (1973). Her Irish name created a small stir among the show's regulars, including Gene Rayburn and Charles Nelson Reilly, and she proved an adept player, winning several games.

Competed on the "Match Game 73" (1973) television game show, winning in excess of $2,600.00.

She was in New York City doing a "lite" TV news story when the World Trade Center was attacked. During the war in Afghanistan, she used every connection she had to be sent there to cover the war for CNN because she was tired of her "lite" news assignments. She wrote about her experiences in Oprah Winfrey's "O" magazine.

She attended Pima Junior College in Arizona, USA.

Developed the Paw Plunger, a self-contained device for cleaning dogs' paws when they come in from outdoors.