- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1973
- Place of Birth
- Castro Valley, California, USA
Rachel Maddow
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 ex…
Filmography
movieAndrew Young: The Dirty Work
2025 · Executive Producer
movieThe American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought
2024 · Self
movieFrom Russia with Lev
2024 · Self (archive footage), Executive Producer
movieStormy
2024 · Self
tvPrime: Weekend
2024 · Self - Host
movieServing in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2023 · Self
movieMan on the Run
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieRed, White & Royal Blue
2023 · Rachel Maddow
movieKenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieFeels Good Man
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvAway
2020 · Rachel Maddow
moviePandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2020
movieThe Fight
2020 · Self
tvVisible: Out on Television
2020 · Self
tvBatwoman
2019 · Vesper Fairchild (voice)
movieRaise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
2019 · Self
movieA Greater Society
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieRBG
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Occupation of the American Mind
2016 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
The Muslims Are Coming!
2013 · Self
movieAll the President's Men Revisited
2013 · Self (uncredited)
tvAlpha House
2013 · Rachel Maddow
movieGreedy Lying Bastards
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieHating Breitbart
2012 · Self
movieThe Ides of March
2011 · Rachel Maddow
Day of Destruction, Decade of War
2011 · Host
movieMiss Representation
2011 · Self
movieThe McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist
2010 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 · Self - Guest
tvLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Special Guest
tvThe Rachel Maddow Show
2008 · Self - Hostess
tv30 Rock
2006 · Rachel Maddow
tvUgly Betty
2006 · Rachel Maddow
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
movieLeft of the Dial
2005 · Self
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Rachel Maddow (voice)
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Self
Ultra
— · Producer, Story
Bag Man
— · Book, Executive Producer