Jackie Speier
Actor
- Born
- May 14, 1950 (age 76) · 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.
Known for
The Invisible War
January 20, 2012
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
April 26, 2006
I Am Vanessa Guillen
November 16, 2022
I Am Evidence
April 24, 2017
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
June 18, 2021
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
September 28, 2018
Equal Means Equal
August 27, 2016
Motherland
September 15, 2022
A Long March
May 10, 2022
Lost in America
November 15, 2019
Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military
March 1, 2016
Acting11
- 2022I Am Vanessa Guillen as Self
- 2022Motherland as Self
- 2022A Long March as Self
- 2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2019Lost in America as Self
- 2018Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost as Self
- 2017I Am Evidence as Self
- 2016Equal Means Equal as Self
- 2016Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military as Self
- 2012The Invisible War