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Pramila Jayapal
ActorBorn September 21, 1965 (59 years)
Pramila Jayapal (born September 21, 1965) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents most of Seattle, as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district's first female member of Congress, she is also the first Asian American to represent Washington at the federal level.
Before entering electoral politics, Jayapal was a Seattle-based civil rights activist, serving until 2012 as the executive director of OneAmerica, a pro-immigrant advocacy group. She founded the organization, originally called Hate Free Zone, after the September 11 attacks. Jayapal co-chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus from 2019 to 2021, henceforth serving as chair. She serves on both the Judiciary Committee and Budget Committee.
Before entering electoral politics, Jayapal was a Seattle-based civil rights activist, serving until 2012 as the executive director of OneAmerica, a pro-immigrant advocacy group. She founded the organization, originally called Hate Free Zone, after the September 11 attacks. Jayapal co-chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus from 2019 to 2021, henceforth serving as chair. She serves on both the Judiciary Committee and Budget Committee.
Filmography
| 2024 | The Weekend with Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele (2024) (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2023 | Inside with Jen Psaki (2023) (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2022 | Symone (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Land of the Giants: Titans of Tech (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | everything’s gonna be all white (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2020 | The Mehdi Hasan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | To be deleted (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Tooning Out The News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Corporate Coup D'État · as Self - Democrat Representative |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2017 | Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2016 | A.M. Joy (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The Circus (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | CNN This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Erin Burnett OutFront (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | State of the Union with Candy Crowley (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2008 | The Rachel Maddow Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe, The Weekend with Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele, The Weekend, Way Too Early, Joe Scarborough Presents and Morning Joe First Look (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - House Judiciary Committee Member |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1980 | CNN Special Report (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Representative, Washington (segment "nancy Pelosi") |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - Washington Congresswoman |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self - Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus |