
Jackie Speier
Acting
1950-05-14 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography(20)
movieI Am Vanessa Guillen
as Self · 2022 · 7.5
movieMotherland
as Self · 2022 · 2.0
movieA Long March
as Self · 2022 · 0.0
movieRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self · 2021 · 7.5
movieLost in America
as Self · 2019 · 0.0
tvJonestown: Terror in the Jungle
as Self · 2018 · 6.8
movieTruth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
as Self · 2018 · 6.7
tvExplained
as Self · 2018 · 7.5
movieI Am Evidence
as Self · 2017 · 6.4
movieEqual Means Equal
as Self · 2016 · 4.2
movieJackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military
as Self · 2016 · 0.0
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015 · 6.1
tvThe Seventies
as Self · 2015 · 7.4
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014 · 5.2
tvAt This Hour with Kate Bolduan
as Self · 2014 · 5.0
tvWolf
as Self · 2014 · 0.0
movieThe Invisible War
as Self · 2012 · 7.1
movieJonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
as Self · 2006 · 7.0
tvThe Colbert Report
as Self · 2005 · 6.9
tvThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
as Self · 2005 · 3.8