Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958 in London, England. She is a writer and actress, known for 钢铁侠2 (2010), Zoolander 2 (2016) and 垃圾男孩 (2014). She was previously married to James Rubin.
News reporter for CNN. [1999]
Husband (now Estranged husband) James P. Rubin is the State Department spokesman. [1999]
She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.
Has a son, Darius John Rubin (b. March 27, 2000), with her ex-husband James Rubin.
Born in Ealing, London, England, to Patricia Anne (Hill) and Mohammad Taghi Amanpour. Her father was from a wealthy Persian family, and was born in Tehran. Her English mother was born in Paris, France, to English parents. Her parents met when her mother traveled to Iran.
Lived in Iran until her late teens/early twenties. She left her homeland because of the Iranian Revolution.
Her son was named Darius John: John after her and her now ex-husband's very good friend John Kennedy Jr..
Is constantly refered to in Gilmore Girls (2000) as the character Rory's (阿丽克西斯·布莱德尔) 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 father was Muslim and her mother was Catholic.
Discovered on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that her great-great-great-great-grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Taghi, who was Governor of the Province of Isfahan in the 1840s.
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 was the name of one of the 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 马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德 after he was announced as the president of Iran on June 13th.
Kensington, London, England [May 2009]
Lives in New York City. [February 2010]
Failed her driving test 4 times as a student in England, and passed the test first time after moving to the U.S.A.
Found out on the Genealogy show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr that her paternal grandfather's brother was murdered in Iran and when her grandfather found out about it he went to Teheran to exact "blood money" and when he got to Teheran he was given a title given to clerics in order to appease him.