Rachel Maddow
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1973-04-01 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Castro Valley, California, USA
- Also known as
- Rachel Anne Maddow
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.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989
as Rachel Maddow (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest / Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Shows (26)
The Simpsons
1989
as Rachel Maddow (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest / Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
1997
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
30 Rock
2006
as Rachel Maddow
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
American Experience
1988
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Ugly Betty
2006
as Rachel Maddow
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Batwoman
2019
as Vesper Fairchild (voice)
The Rachel Maddow Show
2008
as Self - Hostess
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self - Guest
Alpha House
2013
as Rachel Maddow
Away
2020
as Rachel Maddow
Visible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
The Matt Gaetz Show
2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prime: Weekend
2024
as Self - Host
Movies (23)
Red, White & Royal Blue
2023
as Rachel Maddow
The Ides of March
2011
as Rachel Maddow
Stormy
2024
as Self
RBG
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Feels Good Man
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hating Breitbart
2012
as Self
Miss Representation
2011
as Self
All the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self (uncredited)
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
as Self (archive footage)
A Greater Society
2018
as Self (archive footage)
From Russia with Lev
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Fight
2020
as Self
Greedy Lying Bastards
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
2019
as Self
Left of the Dial
2005
as Self
The Muslims Are Coming!
2013
as Self
The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought
2024
as Self
Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2020
Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2023
as Self
Man on the Run
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist
2010
as Self
Day of Destruction, Decade of War
2011
as Host
About 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 A… With 49 credits spanning from 1988 to 2025, Rachel Maddow has appeared in 23 films and 26 TV shows.
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- The Ides of March (2011) — as Rachel Maddow
- Stormy (2024) — as Self
- RBG (2018) — as Self (archive footage)
- Feels Good Man (2020) — as Self (archive footage)
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