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Christine Ockrent

Producer, Actor
Born April 24, 1944 (80 years)
Christine Ockrent (born 24 April 1944) is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television.

She interviewed Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the former Iranian prime minister, in Evin prison after the Islamic revolution in 1979. It was the last interview with Hoveyda before his execution.

Ockrent was born in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of Belgian diplomat Roger Ockrent. She attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school in Paris. She graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1965.

She worked for the CBS news magazine, 60 Minutes, while in charge of morning news for Europe 1 in France. In 1981, she became the first female anchor of the 8 pm news on the Antenne 2 television channel. Afterwards, she worked for TF1 as anchor of the evening news at France 2; and since 1990 for France 3 as the host of different news magazines. She was chief of the L'Express editorial office. For over a decade she presented France Europe Express, a TV show about European issues. She is a fervent supporter of a united Europe, she proved so by signing the Soros letter for a federal answer to the crisis of the euro.

Ockrent held the number two post at the Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France, until she was relieved in May 2011. She refused to resign, saying that she had had to endure "nine months of manoeuvres that have sullied my honour and reputation".

She is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank.

In 2002, Ockrent wrote the preface to Ma guerre à L'indifference (English: My war against indifference), a book by United Nations official Jean-Sélim Kanaan. She is the author of more than a dozen works including: La Double vie d'Hillary Clinton (The Double Life of Hillary Clinton), Robert Laffont (2001) Les Oligarques: le système Poutine (The Oligarchs, The Putin System), Robert Laffont (2014) Le Prince mystère de l'Arabie (The Mysterious Prince of Arabie). Mohammed Ben Salman, les mirages d'un pouvoir absolu, Robert Laffont (2018).

Ockrent is the life partner of Bernard Kouchner, a French politician and the former foreign minister, with whom she had a son, Alexandre, born 11 March 1986.

Source: Article "Christine Ockrent" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
  • 60 Minutes

Filmography

2022
2021
Mitterrand et la télévision · as Self (archive Footage)
2016
Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self
2011
2010
2009
C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self
2009
The World in Front (TV Series) · as Self - Host
2008
GPS Fareed Zakaria (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor
2007
One Day, One Fate (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... · as Self (archive Footage)
2006
Salut les Terriens (TV Series) · as Self (guest)
2006
Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self
2006
On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Infrarouge (TV Series) · as Self
2006
La fille du juge · as Self
2005
2004
Le Grand Journal (TV Series) · as Self
2003
20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self
2000
L'invité (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Pas vu, pas pris · as Self
1998
Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self
1995
1994
1994
Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1987
NPA (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Châteauvallon (TV Series) · as Christine Ockrent
1984
Rive droite, rive gauche · as Self (voice)
1982
Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
1982
Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self
1979
Question Time (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
1975
Apostrophes (TV Series) · as Self

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