- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 26, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Novo Mesto, SR Slovenia, Yugoslawia [now Slovenia]
Melania Trump
Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model and the third wife of President Donald Trump. She has served as First Lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021. She is the first naturalized citizen and the first non-native English speaker to become first lady; the second foreign-born first lady, after Louisa Adams; the second Roman Catholic first lady, after Jacqueline Kennedy; and the second first lady to hold the position nonconsecutively, after Frances Cleveland. Melanija Knavs was born in Yugoslavia, where she began working as a fashion model at the age of 16 while pursuing her education. She changed the spelling of her name to Melania Knauss and traveled to Paris and Milan to seek modeling work before meeting Paolo Zampolli; Zampolli hired her and sponsored her immigration to the United Sta…
Filmography
tvAmerica Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieMelania
2026 · Self, Producer
tvThe Donald Trump Show
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieDie Elon-Musk-Story
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAmerica at War
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe TikTok-Army of the AfD
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieIt Musk Be Love: Trump & Elon
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieMelania
2022 · Self
movieA Pete Hegseth and Melania Trump Interview
2022 · Self
movieWe Feed People
2022 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvWhen Ruby Wax Met...
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieDonald Trump Is President and You're Not: A Portrait of Donald J. Trump
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Accidental President
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Plot Against the President
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieLooking for Melania Trump
2020 · Self
tvFirst Ladies
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieNicotine - A Drug with a Future
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Way I See It
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieFeels Good Man
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieAmerican Deep State
2020 · Self
movieFrenemies: Putin and Trump
2020 · Self - D. Trump's Wife (archive footage)
movieMargaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieFahrenheit 11/9
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieKing Bibi
2018 · Self (archive footage)
moviePope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018 · Self - First Lady (uncredited)
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting
movie95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting
2017 · Self
tvTrump: An American Dream
2017 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieIvanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
2017 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGet Me Roger Stone
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne Nation Under Trump
2016 · Self
President Trump: Can He Really Win?
moviePresident Trump: Can He Really Win?
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieWho Is Donald Trump?
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of Trump
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self (archive footage), Self (archive voice)
tvSpotlight
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self (archive footage)
tv7.30
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieDonald Trump: All-American Billionaire
2010 · Self
movieAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007 · Self
tvThe Celebrity Apprentice
2004 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieZoolander
2001 · Melania Knauss (uncredited)
tvWhite House Christmas
1998 · Self
tvDispatches
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvFrontline
1983 · Self (archive footage)
tvEntertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
tv20/20
1978 · Self
tv60 Minutes
1968 · Self
tvMiss USA
1963 · Self - Judge
tvPanorama
1953 · Self (archive footage)
Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries
tvUntitled Melania Trump Docuseries
— · Self, Executive Producer