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Anna Wintour
Producer, Actor
Born November 3, 1949 (74 years)
Anna Wintour, OBE (born November 3, 1949) is the British-born editor-in-chief of American Vogue, a position she has held since 1988. With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and sunglasses, Wintour has become an institution throughout the fashion world, widely praised for her eye for fashion trends and her support for younger designers. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname "Nuclear Wintour".
She is the eldest daughter of Charles Wintour, editor of the London Evening Standard. Anna became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her father consulted her on how to make the newspaper relevant to the youth of the era. Her career in fashion journalism began at two British magazines. Later she moved to the United States, with stints at New York and House & Garden. She returned home for a year to turn around British Vogue, and later assumed control of the franchise's magazine in New York, reviving what many saw as a stagnating publication. Her use of the magazine to shape the fashion industry has been the subject of debate within it. Animal rights activists have attacked her for promoting fur, while other critics have charged her with using the magazine to promote elitist views of femininity and beauty.
A former personal assistant, Lauren Weisberger, wrote the 2003 bestselling roman à clef The Devil Wears Prada, later made into a successful film starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a fashion editor widely believed to be based on Wintour. In 2009 she was the focus of another film, R.J. Cutler's documentary The September Issue.
She is the eldest daughter of Charles Wintour, editor of the London Evening Standard. Anna became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her father consulted her on how to make the newspaper relevant to the youth of the era. Her career in fashion journalism began at two British magazines. Later she moved to the United States, with stints at New York and House & Garden. She returned home for a year to turn around British Vogue, and later assumed control of the franchise's magazine in New York, reviving what many saw as a stagnating publication. Her use of the magazine to shape the fashion industry has been the subject of debate within it. Animal rights activists have attacked her for promoting fur, while other critics have charged her with using the magazine to promote elitist views of femininity and beauty.
A former personal assistant, Lauren Weisberger, wrote the 2003 bestselling roman à clef The Devil Wears Prada, later made into a successful film starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a fashion editor widely believed to be based on Wintour. In 2009 she was the focus of another film, R.J. Cutler's documentary The September Issue.
Filmography
| 2024 | In Vogue: The 90s (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Federer: Twelve Final Days · as Self (voice) |
| 2023 | High & Low - John Galliano · as Self |
| 2023 | American Symphony · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Beckham (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Halftime · as Self |
| 2022 | The Kardashians (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Editor-In-Chief, Vogue |
| 2020 | Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful · as Self |
| 2019 | Wonder Boy · as Self |
| 2019 | Very Ralph · as Self |
| 2019 | Inside the Ritz Hotel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The 73rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2018 | Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic · as Self |
| 2018 | Ocean's Eight · as Anna Wintour |
| 2017 | The Gospel According to André · as Self |
| 2017 | Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The 71st Annual Tony Awards · as Self |
| 2017 | Inside Dior (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue (TV Series) · as Herself |
| 2016 | Serena · as Self |
| 2016 | The 70th Annual Tony Awards · as Self |
| 2016 | The First Monday in May · as Self |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 · as Anna Wintour |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The 69th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Dior and I · as Self (uncredited) |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2014 | Vogue: 73 Questions (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Fashion Fund (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2013 | The Last Impresario · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | Mademoiselle C · as Self |
| 2013 | Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's · as Self |
| 2012 | In Vogue: The Editor's Eye · as Herself |
| 2012 | Venus and Serena · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Bill Cunningham New York · as Self |
| 2009 | The Day Before (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The September Issue · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The City (2008) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Valentino: The Last Emperor · as Self |
| 2007 | Keeping Up with the Kardashians (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · as Self |
| 2007 | Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton · as Herself |
| 2006 | The Hills (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Seamless · as Self |
| 2003 | Imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self - Vogue Magazine |
| 1995 | Catwalk · as Self |
| 1994 | Hi Octane (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Sky World News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Today at Wimbledon (TV Series) · as Self - Spectator |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |