Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California, United States on April 1st, 1973 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 51, Rachel Maddow biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Rachel Anne Maddow (listen), MAD-oh; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator.
Maddow co-anchor and a nightly television show on MSNBC, and she appears as the channel's special event co-anchor alongside Brian Williams.
On Air America Radio, her syndicated talk radio show of the same name appeared. Maddow earned a bachelor's degree in public policy and a doctorate in political science from Oxford University, becoming the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States.
When asked about her political views by the Valley Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm unquestionably a liberal, which means that I'm in utter agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform."
Early life and education
Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Robert B. Maddow, her father, resigned from his service a year before her birth and then practiced as a prosecutor for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Elaine (née Gosse), her mother, was a school program administrator. David, her older brother, is the older brother she has. Her paternal grandfather came from a family of Jews (the original family surname being "Medvedof"), who came from the Russian Empire to the United States. Her paternal grandmother was of Dutch descent. Maddow's Canadian mother, who immigrated from Newfoundland and Labrador, has an English and Irish ancestry.
Maddow has said that her family is "very Catholic" and she grew up in a family that her mother has described as "very conservative." Maddow competed in high school volleyball, basketball, and swimming.
Maddow has described herself as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl" in high school, referring to John Hughes' films. She is a graduate of Castro Valley High School and attended Stanford University. She was outed as a lesbian by the college newspaper when an interview with her was published before she could tell her parents.
In 1994, she earned a bachelor's degree in public policy at Stanford. She was given the John Gardner Fellowship at graduation. She was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study at Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1995. She had been given a Marshall Scholarship the previous year but turned it down in favour of the Rhodes. This made her the first openly lesbian winner of the Rhodes Scholarship. She obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in politics at the University of Oxford in 2001. Her thesis, entitled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons, was released by Lucia Zedner, her boss.
Personal life
Maddow splits her time between Manhattan, New York, and West Cummington, Massachusetts, with her partner, artist Susan Mikula. They first met in 1999, when Maddow was doing her doctoral dissertation at the University of Ontario.
Maddow has suffered with cyclical depression since puberty. "It doesn't take away from my hobby, my job, or my energy," she said in a 2012 interview, but dealing with depression is part of the everyday life and life of the author. "It was a difficult call... Because it was nobody's company." In interviews, she explained why she decided to talk about it: "It was a difficult call... Since it wasn't nobody's company." Nonetheless, it had been instructive to me to discover that people who were surviving were leading happy lives despite the fact that they were suffering from depression. So I felt it was a bit of a responsibility to pay it back."
"I do three things to stay sane," Maddow said.": 56
Maddow underwent surgery in 2021 to remove a cancerous skin growth from her neck.
Honors and awards
- 2017 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Live Interview category for The Rachel Maddow Show segment "One-on-One with Kellyanne Conway".
- 2017 Emmy Award in the Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis category for The Rachel Maddow Show story "An American Disaster: The Crisis in Flint".
- 2011 Emmy Award in the Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis category for The Rachel Maddow Show segments "Good Morning Landlocked Central Asia!".
- Maddow was named in Out magazine's "Out 100" list of the "gay men and women who moved culture" in 2008.
- Maddow was voted "Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (American)" in AfterEllen's 2008 Visibility Awards.
- Maddow won a Gracie Award in 2009, presented by the American Women in Radio and Television.
- In 2009, Maddow was nominated for GLAAD's 20th Annual Media Awards for a segment of her MSNBC show, "Rick Warren, Change To Believe In?", in the Outstanding TV Journalism Segment category.
- On March 28, 2009, Maddow received a Proclamation of Honor from the California State Senate, presented in San Francisco by California State Senator Mark Leno.
- In April 2009, she was listed at No. 4 in Out magazine's Annual Power 50 List.
- Maddow placed sixth in the "2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100" list (May 11, 2009) and third in its "2009 Hot 100: Out Women" version.
- Maddow was included on a list of openly gay media professionals in The Advocate's "Forty under 40" issue of June/July 2009.
- In 1994, Maddow received an Honorable Mention in the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Prize in Ethics.
- In June 2009, Maddow's MSNBC show was the only cable news show nominated for a Television Critics Association award in the Outstanding Achievement in News and Information category.
- In March 2010, Maddow won at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in the category of Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine for her segment, "Uganda Be Kidding Me".
- In May 2010, Maddow was the 2010 commencement speaker and was given an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
- In July 2010, Maddow was presented with a Maggie Award for her ongoing reporting of healthcare reform, the murder of Dr. George Tiller, and the anti-abortion movement.
- In August 2010, Maddow won the Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award, which was presented by the Interfaith Alliance. Past honorees included Larry King, Tom Brokaw, and the late Peter Jennings.
- In February 2012, Maddow was presented the John Steinbeck Award by the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University.
- Maddow was named Outstanding Host at the 2012 Gracie Allen Awards
- On October 5, 2017, her MSNBC show won two Emmy Awards, for coverage of the tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and for Maddow's interview with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.
- In December 2017 The Advocate named her as a finalist for its "Person of the Year".
- In 2021, Fast Company included her on their second Queer 50 list.