Nicole  Lapin is known for being a anchor on cnn Live who regularly appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International. In January 2010, Lapin joined cnbc in New York as an anchor for Worldwide Exchange, joining CNBC Europe's Ross Westgate in London and CNBC Asia's Christine Tan in Singapore.  She made her debut on that program February 1, 2010.

Lapin is reportedly single, according to LA Confidential Magazine.he was quoted in Men's Health (magazine) saying she looks for manners and life experience in a potential mate.

Lapin has been a vegetarian since she was young and a vegan since 2002. In 2009, she was named one of the "20 under 30" influential vegans by VegNews Magazine.Lapin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the child of a scientist and a former beauty queen. Her family is Jewish and her mother is a former Miss Israel.Lapin became interested in journalism while watching coverage of the Gulf War on CNN, which her parents barred her from watching due to "the perceived negativity and carnage."Lapin got her first broadcast experience when she was in high school and worked as the news anchor for the cable access station At the age of 15 she attended Harvard University.She studied European Union politics at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and transferred to Northwestern University, where she graduated as valedictorian of the Medill School of Journalism