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Rachel Maddow
Homepage
http://www.rachelmaddow.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-04-01,Castro Valley, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Rachel Maddow (born April 1, 1973, in Castro Valley, California, U.S.) is an American political commentator, television host, and radio personality best known as the host of "The Rachel Maddow Show" (2008– ) on the cable news channel MSNBC. Maddow grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area with her father, an attorney, and her mother, a school administrator. She attended Stanford University, where she earned a B.A. in public policy in 1994. As a senior she received the John Gardner Fellowship for public service, which allowed her to work with the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in San Francisco and become involved in prison AIDS advocacy. During her time at Stanford she publicly came out as a lesbian by posting an open letter throughout her dormitory. In 1995 Maddow went to the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She completed her doctorate (D.Phil.) in politics in 2001. Her dissertation examined HIV/AIDS and health care reform in British and American prisons. Before finishing her degree, Maddow returned to the United States and settled in western Massachusetts. While continuing her prison AIDS advocacy and completing her dissertation, she held a variety of jobs. Her broadcasting career began after she answered an open audition at a local radio station in Holyoke, Massachusetts, for a “news girl” on a morning program. She won the position and served as the host’s on-air sidekick before eventually receiving her own show on a Northampton station. In 2004 a friend passed recordings of Maddow’s work to producers at Air America, a newly formed liberal talk radio network. She was hired as a news reader and soon became co-host of "Unfiltered" with Lizz Winstead and Chuck D. After the program ended in 2005, she was given her own weekday program, "The Rachel Maddow Show," which later expanded from one hour to two. Through her radio work she developed a reputation as a knowledgeable and policy-focused commentator. While continuing on radio, Maddow began appearing on MSNBC in 2005 as a guest on Tucker Carlson’s political talk program, where she frequently debated conservative viewpoints. Over the following years she appeared regularly on various cable news and political discussion programs. After Carlson’s show ended in 2008, Maddow became a frequent guest host on MSNBC’s "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." Her television program, "The Rachel Maddow Show," premiered on MSNBC on September 8, 2008, combining news coverage, political commentary, and interviews with figures from politics, culture, and academia. The program quickly became one of the network’s most prominent political shows. In addition to broadcasting, Maddow has written several books. Her first, "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power" (2012), examined U.S. military policy since the Vietnam War. She later published "Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth" (2019), about the global oil and gas industry, and "Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House" (2020), written with Michael Yarvitz and based on her podcast about former U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew.

Filmography

Greedy Lying Bastards

5.5

Greedy Lying Bastards
2013-03-08

A Greater Society

0

A Greater Society
2018-09-17

Miss Representation

6.9

Miss Representation
2011-01-20

All the President's Men Revisited

7

All the President's Men Revisited
2013-04-21

Hating Breitbart

5.8

Hating Breitbart
2012-10-19

Left of the Dial

7.4

Left of the Dial
2005-03-31

Red, White & Royal Blue

7.933

Red, White & Royal Blue
2023-07-27

7.478

RBG
2018-05-04

The Muslims Are Coming!

10

The Muslims Are Coming!
2013-09-13

Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell

0

Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2023-11-12

The Occupation of the American Mind

8.4

The Occupation of the American Mind
2016-01-19

6.714

Man on the Run
2023-10-08

The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist

7

The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist
2010-04-19

6.667

Stormy
2024-03-08

Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn

10

Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
2023-03-17

The Ides of March

6.677

The Ides of March
2011-10-07

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

7.5

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
2019-08-30

5.2

The Fight
2020-07-31

7.031

Feels Good Man
2020-09-04

Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey

4.5

Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2020-08-01

From Russia with Lev

8.2

From Russia with Lev
2024-09-08

The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

7

The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought
2024-10-01

Day of Destruction, Decade of War

0

Day of Destruction, Decade of War
2011-09-01

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.363

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

6.407

Ugly Betty
2006-09-28

The Colbert Report

6.974

The Colbert Report
2005-10-17

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.098

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

6.399

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

7.495

30 Rock
2006-10-11

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.082

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.765

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.915

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

The Rachel Maddow Show

5.9

The Rachel Maddow Show
2008-09-08

RuPaul's Drag Race

7.466

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009-02-02

0

Prime: Weekend
2024-01-14

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.765

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

6.825

Batwoman
2019-10-06

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.022

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

8.022

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Visible: Out on Television

6.696

Visible: Out on Television
2020-02-14

7.151

Alpha House
2013-04-19

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

5.944

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02

6.544

Away
2020-09-04

American Experience

6.5

American Experience
1988-10-04

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.098

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.082

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.098

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.587

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.316

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

7.17

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009-06-01

Late Show with David Letterman

6.436

Late Show with David Letterman
1993-08-30