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Tonya Harding

ActorBorn November 12, 1970 (54 years)
Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater and boxer, and reality television personality.

Born in Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised by her mother, who enrolled her in ice skating lessons when Tonya was 3 years old. Harding spent much of her early life training, eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport. After climbing the ranks in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships between 1986 and 1989, Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition. She was the 1991 and 1994 U.S. champion, and 1991 World silver medalist. In 1991, she became the first American woman and the second woman in history (after Midori Ito) to successfully land a triple Axel in an international competition. Harding is a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion.

In January 1994, Harding became embroiled in controversy when her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, orchestrated an attack on her fellow U.S. skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. On March 16, 1994, Harding accepted a plea bargain in which she pled guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution. As a result of her involvement in the aftermath of the assault, the United States Figure Skating Association banned her for life on June 30, 1994; she was stripped of her 1994 title.

From 2003 to 2004, Harding competed as a professional boxer. Her life has been the subject of many books, films, documentaries, and academic studies. In 2014, two television documentaries were made about Harding's life and skating career (Nancy & Tonya and The Price of Gold), inspiring Steven Rogers to write the film I, Tonya in 2017, for which Australian star Margot Robbie portrayed Harding, and also produced the film.

Known For

  • The Smoking Gun Presents: The World's Dumbest
  • Breakaway
  • The Prize Fighter

Filmography

2025
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · as Self - Former Olympic Skater
2022
Killer Sally (TV Series) · as Self - Former Olympic Figure Skater (archive Footage)
2019
Lorena (TV Series) · as Self
2018
75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member
2017
I, Tonya · as Self (archive Footage)
2017
The Jury Speaks (TV Series) · as Self
2014
The '90s: The Last Great Decade (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Former Olympic Ice Skater
2014
Nancy & Tonya · as Self
2014
The Price of Gold · as Herself
2010
Worst Cooks in America (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
2009
30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self
2006
2005
Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
2004
ESPN25: Who's #1? (TV Series) · as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self
2003
2002
Gylne tider (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Celebrity Boxing · as Self
2001
Weakest Link (TV Series) · as Self
1999
The Man Show (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Banned from Television II · as Self - Wedding Night
1996
Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Arli$$ (TV Series) · as Tonya Harding
1995
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (TV Series) · as Self - Former Figure Skater (segment "total Recall")
1994
Extra (TV Series) · as Self
1988
Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1986
Sharp Edges · as Self
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self
1954
The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self

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