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Tammy Duckworth
Born March 12, 1968 (57 years)
Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war. Despite her injuries, she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war. Despite her injuries, she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014.
Filmography
| 2024 | Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | I Am Vanessa Guillen · as Self - Senator, Illinois (d) |
| 2022 | Born Free: The Real Cost of Birth in America · as Self - U.s. Senator (d-Il) |
| 2021 | American Veteran (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 2020 | The Mehdi Hasan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The ReidOut (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator, Illinois |
| 2019 | Fly Like a Girl · as Self |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2015 | MTP Daily (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Coming Back with Wes Moore (TV Series) · as Self (2014) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 2013 | All In with Chris Hayes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | HouseQuake · as Self |
| 2009 | State Of The Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Rachel Maddow Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | CSNY Deja Vu · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Illinois Senator |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | To the Contrary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator From Illinois |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator, Illinois |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - Member, U.s. Senate Committee On Armed Services |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self - Member, U.s. Senate Armed Services Committee |