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Jackie Speier
Born May 14, 1950 (75 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown (TV Series) · as Self - Legal Aide To Congressman Ryan |
| 2022 | I Am Vanessa Guillen · as Self |
| 2022 | Motherland · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self - California Congresswoman |
| 2019 | The Pickup Game · as Self - Congresswoman: 14th Congressional District, California |
| 2019 | Very Scary People (TV Series) · as Self - Author, 'undaunted: Surviving Jonestown' |
| 2018 | Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost · as Self |
| 2018 | Lost in America · as Self |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Issue Is (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | I Am Evidence · as Self |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self - California Congresswoman |
| 2017 | Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The Tucker Carlson Show (TV Series) · as Self - California Congresswoman |
| 2016 | Equal Means Equal · as Self |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | MTP Daily (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Seventies (2015) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | New Day (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Lead with Jake Tapper (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Invisible War · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Erin Burnett OutFront (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Witness to Jonestown · as Self - Congressional Aide |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - House Intelligence Committee |
| 2004 | Seconds From Disaster (TV Series) · as Self - Former Aide To Congressman Leo Ryan |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | CNN Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | MSNBC Live/MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Reliable Sources (TV Series) · as Self - California Congresswoman |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | The Fifth Estate (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - California Congresswoman |
| 1953 | World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Member Of Congress |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |