Julie Banderas had already won an Emmy for her work in local television when she joined Fox News Channel in 2005. She started as a general assignment reporter, went on to anchor Fox Report Weekend and now also serves as a rotating anchor on Fox Noticias, the network’s Spanish-language news program.
Away from the studio, Banderas is a mother of three. She occasionally shares glimpses of family life on social media and made news of her own in 2023 when she announced on Gutfeld! that she and her husband, financial adviser Andrew Sansone, were getting divorced.
Her Connecticut roots and family background
Banderas was born on September 25, 1973, in Hartford, Connecticut, and turned 53 in 2026. Her mother, Fabiola Rodriguez Bidwell, immigrated from Colombia and became an entrepreneur. Her father, Howard Dexter Bidwell, was a Navy veteran and civil engineer who founded Consolidated Precast. He died in 2010 at age 80.
Banderas grew up with her sister, Melissa Bidwell, who went into film production. She also has four half-siblings.
She attended Rosarian Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, before heading to Boston for college. She graduated from Emerson College in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.
The local news jobs that led her to Fox News
Banderas began her broadcasting career at WLVI-TV in Boston. She held reporting and anchoring jobs in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and her hometown of Hartford before joining WNYW-TV, New York’s Fox 5, as a weekend anchor.
Her coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Fox 5 earned her an Emmy for outstanding single newscast. She joined Fox News Channel in March 2005 and became the anchor of Fox Report Weekend in 2008.
Her assignments at Fox News have included Hurricane Sandy, the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba and the inauguration of Pope Francis. She has also taken on anchoring duties at Fox Noticias, where she is part of a rotating lineup that includes Andrea Linares.
Is Julie Banderas married? Her divorce and life with three children
Banderas married Sansone on August 29, 2009, at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. The couple welcomed two daughters, Addison Melissa and Avery Julie, and a son, Andy Harrison.
After more than 13 years of marriage, Banderas said on Gutfeld! in February 2023 that she and Sansone were getting divorced. She has since been publicly identified as divorced, and there has been no confirmed announcement of a new marriage.
One family outing took her back to Camelback Mountain in Pennsylvania, where she reportedly tore her ACL and meniscus in a collision with another skier in 2019. After undergoing surgery, she returned to the slopes there with her family in January 2020.
Julie Banderas’ estimated salary and net worth
Banderas’ net worth is estimated at $1 million to $5 million as of 2026. Her career in television news, including more than two decades at Fox News Channel, is cited as her main source of earnings.
Her annual salary is estimated at $200,000 to $300,000 based on her experience
