Brianne Banigan Leary (born July 28, 1957) is an American actress and inventor. She co-hosted the Disney Channel's second season of Walt Disney World Inside Out with George Foreman and J.D. Roth. She also hosted 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. In 1996, she created a Canadian children's TV show, Stickin' Around, with Robin Steele.