Katie Couric's Daughters Are Quite Successful — Meet Ellie and Carrie

If you've watched primetime television news at all over the last few decades, odds are that you're familiar with Katie Couric. Katie has been working in the industry since 1979, and in that time, she has established herself as one of the most famous faces of journalism.

Although reporters don't tend to really get too much into their personal lives on air, Katie has truly become a bona fide star, news aside, and engrained herself into pop culture in the process. With that being said, a lot is known about who she is, both on and off the air, but what do we know about her children? Keep reading for all of the facts.

During Katie's first marriage to Jay Monahan, the couple had two daughters, Elinor “Ellie” Monahan and Caroline “Carrie” Monahan.

On July 23, 1991, just two years after Katie and Jay were married, Ellie was born. Carrie then came along just a bit over four years later, on Jan. 5, 1996.

Sadly, tragedy struck the family when Jay passed away from colon cancer in 1998, leaving Katie alone to raise her two young daughters.

Katie — who would go on to marry again, this time to John Molner in 2014 — has spoken about Jay on numerous occasions and has posted online about him as well, referring to their daughters while speaking about him.

In a 2020 Instagram post for Father's Day, Katie wrote, "Jay, we love you, miss you and hold you in our [three heart emojis]. We celebrate and remember you this Father’s Day. You would be so proud of your girls."

Ellie attended Yale University and graduated back in 2013. In the years since her schooling ended, Katie's eldest daughter has made an impressive name for herself in the television industry. She worked as a writer’s assistant during Season 3 of Mr. Robot, the Emmy-winning Amazon series, and went on to write for Amazon's smash hit The Boys.

Ellie got engaged in 2019 to Mark Dobrosky, using the ring that Jay originally gave Katie when they were getting married. Two years later, when the wedding took place in Port Jervis, N.Y., Ellie paid a special tribute to her late father when she walked down the aisle.

As explained by Katie on Instagram, "Ellie walked down the aisle to 'Ashokan Farewell' played by the composer, Jay Unger and his family band. Jay Monahan loved that song, which was used in Ken Burn’s series on the Civil War, so it was a way to honor him."

Jay, who had worked as a criminal defense attorney and a television legal commentator, had also been a Civil War enthusiast.

Katie added in her post: "Yes, I cried the whole time. Most of the people there did."

Ellie and husband Mark welcomed their first child, John Albert Dobrosky, on March 23, 2024. In a heartfelt post about the miracle moment that she shared via her website, Katie admitted, "Witnessing your baby have a baby is wild." But, as a new grandmother, she says she is "going to try to enjoy every moment." She added, "It’s so true what they say: The days are long, but the years are short. As a grandparent, I’m hoping the years will be long!"

Ellie isn't the only one of Katie's kids to attain success in their line of work. Ellie's younger sister, Carrie, has been working diligently to carve out her own lane in the field of journalism, much like her mother has for decades now.

Carrie attended Stanford University and graduated in 2018. In 2019, she graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in journalism.

Per Carrie's LinkedIn profile, she previously worked as a fact check producer at Reuters. She also worked as a co-producer at Ark Media for nearly two years, taking part in the creation of "feature documentaries, TV, and streaming content for such outlets as HBO, Netflix, Participant, PBS, Apple TV+ and more." Currently, Carrie works as a development producer at RadicalMedia.