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Kirsten Gillibrand
Born December 9, 1966 (58 years)
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
Born and raised in upstate New York, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College and from the UCLA School of Law. After holding positions in government and private practice and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
After Clinton was appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat Clinton had vacated, making her New York's second female senator. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to keep the seat, and was reelected to full terms in 2012 and 2018. During her Senate tenure, Gillibrand has shifted to the left. She has been outspoken on sexual assault in the military and sexual harassment, having criticized President Bill Clinton, Senator Al Franken, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, all fellow Democrats, for alleged sexual misconduct. She supports paid family leave, a federal jobs guarantee, and the abolition and replacement of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Born and raised in upstate New York, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College and from the UCLA School of Law. After holding positions in government and private practice and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
After Clinton was appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat Clinton had vacated, making her New York's second female senator. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to keep the seat, and was reelected to full terms in 2012 and 2018. During her Senate tenure, Gillibrand has shifted to the left. She has been outspoken on sexual assault in the military and sexual harassment, having criticized President Bill Clinton, Senator Al Franken, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, all fellow Democrats, for alleged sexual misconduct. She supports paid family leave, a federal jobs guarantee, and the abolition and replacement of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Filmography
| 2025 | October 8 · as Self |
| 2025 | The Age of Disclosure · as Self |
| 2024 | The Program · as Self |
| 2024 | The Weekend with Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele (2024) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (TV Series) · as Self - Senate Armed Services Committee |
| 2022 | I Am Vanessa Guillen · as Self - Senator, New York (d) |
| 2022 | Jesse Watters Primetime (TV Series) · as Self - At Dnc |
| 2021 | No Responders Left Behind · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2020 | Expecting Amy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2020 | Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Tooning Out The News (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2020 | Hillary (2020) (TV Series) · as Self - Senator, New York (d) |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self - Illustrious Guest |
| 2018 | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Breaking Big (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Zero Weeks · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2017 | Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2016 | Weediquette (TV Series) · as Self - Us Senator (d-Ny) |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Chelsea (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Hunting Ground · as Self - U.s. Senator For New York |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | US Infrastructure · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | New Day (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | All In with Chris Hayes (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Conversation With Amanda De Cadenet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Chairman Of The Us Senate Armed Services Subcommittee On Personnel |
| 2011 | Lunch Hour · as Self |
| 2011 | Erin Burnett OutFront (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Overheard (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |
| 2009 | State Of The Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 2008 | Andrea Mitchell Reports (USA) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Al Jazeera Documentaries (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate |
| 2004 | The Biggest Loser (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | MSNBC Live/MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator |
| 1992 | To the Contrary (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Senator, New York (segment "senator Gillibrand") |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator, New York |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - New York Senator |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self - Senator, New York |