Jackie Speier
Known for ActingBorn 1950-05-14San 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
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · as Self
Lost in America
2019 · as Self
The Invisible War
2012 · as Self
I Am Evidence
2017 · as Self
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006 · as Self
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
2018 · as Self
Equal Means Equal
2016 · as Self
I Am Vanessa Guillen
2022 · as Self
A Long March
2022 · as Self
Motherland
2022 · as Self
Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military
2016 · as Self