Christiane Amanpour Biography
Christiane Amanpour born in England as Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is a journalist and TV host working as the Chief International Correspondent for CNN and host of CNN International’s nightly interview program Amanpour. She also hosts Amanpour & Company on PBS.
Amanpour was sent to a boarding school in England by her parents when she was 11. She attended Holy Cross Convent in Buckinghamshire, an all-girls academy, and New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex, a Roman Catholic school. Amanpour moved to the U.S. to study journalism at Rhode Island University. With a B.A., she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Journalism degree in 1983.
How old is Christiane Amanpour?-Age
The British-Iranian journalist is 63 years old as of 12 June 2021. She was born in 1958 in London, United Kingdom.
Christiane Amanpour Family
She is the daughter of Mohammad Taghi and Patricia Anne Amanpour. Her father is a Persian, from Tehran who is of Islamic religion while his mother is an English and Persian Catholic. She has a sister named Lizzy Amanpour.
Christiane Amanpour Husband
She has been married once and her marriage ended in divorce. She was married to James Rubin (James Phillip Rubin), the United States former diplomat and journalist. The couple tied their knot in 1998 and in July 2018, it was announced that they were divorcing. They together have a son who was born in 2000, he is named Darius John Rubin.
What is the salary of Christiane Amanpour?-Net Worth
Her yearly salary is estimated to be $2 million. She has an estimated net worth of $18 million as of 2020. She has made a good fortune from her career as a journalist and television host.
Christiane Amanpour Career
Amanpour was recruited by CNN in 1983 as an entry-level desk assistant. She was assigned to write on the war between Iran and Iraq and communism’s collapse. In many of the world’s hotspots, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Balkans, she has written on major crises. She became the first foreign reporter after 9/11 to interview British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. Amanpour was the chief foreign correspondent for CNN from 1992 to 2010, as well as the anchor of Amanpour, a regular CNN interview program that aired from 2009-2010. In March 2002, during the siege, Yasser Arafat hanged upon her.
Amanpour was reporting from Kiseljak, not far from Sarajevo, on 22 December 1992, during the Bosnian War. Kiseljak was in Croatian possession, undamaged, and well provided with necessities, ostensibly. Amanpour claimed that While people in Sarajevo are dying from starvation, the Serbs are living in Kiseljak in plenty a claim that some observers subsequently criticized as spreading misinformation and beautiful lies.
Amanpour announced she would leave CNN for ABC News on 18 March 2010. On 1 August 2010, she hosted her first show. She interviewed Muammar Gaddafi and his sons, Saif al-Islam and Al-Saadi Gaddafi, on February 28, 2011. On 13 December 2011, ABC reported that on 8 January 2012, Amanpour would be leaving her post as anchor of ABC News ‘This Week. She would return to CNN International where for 27 years, she had previously worked.
It was revealed in December 2011 that in the spring of 2012, Amanpour would return to CNN International. The 30-minute New York recording of Amanpour’s show had to be screened twice a night. Presently, the show is produced and broadcast from London. Amanpour made headlines on 7 January 2015 by referring to the Islamic extremists who murdered the 12 Charlie Hebdo journalists as’ activists’ in a segment on 12 November 2020, comparing the Trump administration to the Nazis and Kristallnacht.
It was revealed in May 2018 that she would replace Charlie Rose on PBS. On September 10, 2018, Amanpour’s new show, Amanpour & Company, premiered on PBS. In Gilmore Girls, she appeared and voiced herself in Iron Man 2 and Pink Panther 2. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs and of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Board of Directors. She has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Speech and Protection for Journalists since April 2015.
Christiane Amanpour Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2016- I Am JFK Jr.
♦ 2015 -The Diplomat
♦ 2015-State of Control
♦ 2014-Trash
♦ 2013-Miracle Rising: South Africa
♦ 2009-Pink Panther 2
♦ 2004 -Outfoxed
♦ 2001-War Photographer
♦ 2001- Zoolander
♦ 1998-CNN Presents Dying to Tell the Story