TV newswoman Deborah Roberts

You probably know Deborah Roberts as an ABC-TV reporter an anchor. You're probably familiar with her work on the newsmagazine program "20/20," as well as her work as a substitute anchor on the weekend edition of ABC's nightly newscast and on "Good Morning America."  And she's probably glad that you know her as all of that, because the news is her career, and her career is her identity.

But did you know that she's the wife of NBC News personality Al Roker?

In spite of that, Deborah Roberts has managed to maintain her own identity and be her own woman.  Working at a different network from her husband must help.  But in fact, she did work at NBC once - as a general-assignment reporter and later as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent.

Originally from Georgia, Ms. Roberts began her career there, as a reporter for WTVM-TV in Columbus , before moving to WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.Later, she worked for WFTV in Orlando, Florida, and covered NASA  - a local beat for a reporter of her location.

Though Ms. Roberts joined NBC in 1990, she has been with ABC since 1995.