Jackie Speier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier (born May 14, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Speier represented much of the territory that her political mentor, Leo Ryan, represented. In 1978, while working as his aide, Speier survived five gunshot wounds when Ryan was assassinated during the Jonestown massacre. Speier was a member of the California State Senate, representing parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On April 8, 2008, she won the special election for the vacated United States House of Representatives seat of the late Congressman Tom Lantos. In 2021, she announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2022 midterm elections.
Known For
Explained
The Invisible War
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
I Am Vanessa Guillen
I Am Evidence
The Seventies
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Equal Means Equal
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
Motherland
At This Hour with Kate Bolduan
Filmography
A Long March
Movie · as Self
I Am Vanessa Guillen
Movie · as Self
Motherland
Movie · as Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Movie · as Self
Lost in America
Movie · as Self
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
Movie · as Self
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Explained
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Am Evidence
Movie · as Self
Equal Means Equal
Movie · as Self
Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military
Movie · as Self
The Seventies
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
At This Hour with Kate Bolduan
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Wolf
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Invisible War
Movie · as Self
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Movie · as Self
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
TV · as Self · 11 eps
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self · 1 ep