About
| Birth Notes: | 12 January 1958, London, England, UK |
| Height: | 171 cm |
| Family: | * James Rubin (8 August 1998 - present); 1 child |
Filmography
| Iron Man 2 (2010) as Herself |
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) as Herself |
| Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) as Herself |
| Veillées d'armes (1994) as Herself |
| War Photographer (2001) as Chief International Correspondent CNN |
Trivia
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* (1999) News reporter for CNN. * (1999) Husband James P. Rubin is the State Department spokesman. * She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. * (27 March 2000) Her first child, with husband James, was born * She is half-Iranian * Lived in Iran until her late teens/early twenties. She left her homeland because of the Iranian Revolution. * Her son born was born on 27 March 2000. He was named Darius John Rubin - John after her & husband's very good friend JFK Jr. * Is constantly refered to in "Gilmore Girls" (2000) as the character Rory's ('Alexis Bledel' (qv)) big role model. * At 11, she was sent from Iran to a Catholic girl's boarding school in England. * Was an accomplished equestrian who competed as a child jockey. * Is the eldest of four sisters. * Her parents are Mohammad and Patricia Amanpour. * Her father is Iranian and her mother is British. * Amanpour was permitted to interview the extremist Russian politician, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, for 60 Minutes after he specifically said he would not be interviewed by an American correspondent from the show. * Fluent in Farsi and most of the time speaks Farsi in Iran. * Her son's name is Darius. Darius is a Persian name which is a name of one of historical kings of Iran. * She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to journalism. * She made an interview with Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after he was announced as the president of Iran on June 13th. |
Quotes
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* But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars. * It occurred to me that I have spent almost every working day of the past ten years living in a state of repressed fear. * U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they track my movements in order to know where they will be deployed next. |
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