Christiane Amanpour Biography
Christiane Amanpour is an American Emmy-Award-Winning anchor/reporter/correspondent working for CNN News where she serves as a chief international anchor. She joined the network in 1983 as an entry-level desk assistant.
Christiane Amanpour Age
Amanpour who originally was born, Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is 64 years old as of 2022. She was born on 12 January 1958 in the West London suburb of Ealing.
Christiane Amanpour Height
Amanpour stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Christiane Amanpour Family
Amanpour was born to her loving parents Mohammad Taghi and Patricia Anne Amanpour. Her father was of Iranian ethnicity, from Tehran. She was raised in Tehran until she attained the age of 11 years and later went to England to a boarding school. Her mother was Roman Catholic while her father is Shi’ite Muslim.
Christiane Amanpour Husband
Amanpour was married to her loving husband James Rubin in the year 1998 who is a former US Assistant Secretary of State. Rubin also was the spokesperson during the Clinton administration who represented the US State Department and also an informal adviser to former President Barack Obama and the former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The duo was blessed with their firstborn son Darius John Rubin in the year 2000 prior to their stay in London. They later relocated to New York City in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and rented an apartment in the year 2010.
Rubin later in May 2013 announced that he and his family would relocate back to London so as to work on several projects. Amanpour later in October same year stated that she and her husband would be relocating permanently to London and that her family would live in England. Later in July 2018 the duo officially announced that they were divorcing.
Christiane Amanpour’s Net Worth
Amanpour has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a chief international anchor.
Christiane Amanpour Salary
Amanpour earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Christiane Amanpour Education
Amanpour went to a primary school in Iran where she was later sent by her parents to England to a boarding school at the age of 11 years old. There she attended Holy Cross Convent in Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire which is an all-girls school. Later at the age of 16, Amanpour went to New Hall School, in Chelmsford, Essex, a Roman Catholic school.
Amanpour later went to the United States after her graduating from New Hall School. There she joined Rhode Island University where she pursued journalism and graduated. Prior to her being a student she also tenured both at WBRU-FM and the NBC affiliate WJAR as an electronic graphics designer in Providence, Rhode Island. Amanpour later in the year 1983 graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island. While there, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Sorority.
Christiane Amanpour Career
Amanpour is an American journalist working for CNN News. She serves as the chief international anchor based in the network’s London bureau. Amanpour anchors the network’s award-winning global affairs program “Amanpour,” which also airs on PBS in the United States. She began her career at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, where she served as an entry-level assistant on the international assignment desk. Amanpour later was promoted to being a reporter and later to an entry-level assistant on the international assignment desk for the network.
Amanpour became popular with her audiences due to her uncompromising and fearless approaches and a reckoning force by global influencers. Later in the year, 1996 CNN became a must-watch television to world leaders. This was due to Amanpour’s report on the conflict hotspots in the Gulf and the Balkans.
She also reported on the 1991 Gulf War, the invasion led by America in 2003, and also covered Iraq’s recent history documentary on bloody violence. Covering Saddam Hussein’s trial live from the courtroom where the former dictator was being charged with humanity crimes and was sentenced to death.
Amanpour covered live during the Sarajevo siege exposing the Bosnian War brutality on the ground and the city’s daily life tragedy for civilians. She later was outspoken about the massacres and genocide committed against the Bosnian Muslims and called out the human rights abuses. Amanpour later in 2009 spoke to a raft of decision-makers and leaders on issues that affect the world today.
Amanpour has covered exclusive interviews with power players globally throughout her tenure at the network. She became the first international correspondent during the September 11 attacks to interview Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Amanpour also conducted an Emmy-winning interview during the Arab Spring height, the last, with ‘Colonel’ Moammar Gadhafi, who is Libya’s former leader. She also interviewed Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is the last journalist prior to his deposition.
Amanpour interviewed Iranian president Hassan Rouhani after his landslide election victory evoking the Holocaust occurrence. During the World Cup semi-final in 2014, Amanpour became the first American journalist to feature Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff after her country’s defeat. She also interviewed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on his country’s violent demonstrations that are widespread.
January 2014, she exclusively broke the news of a dossier of testimony and photographs. These were alleged to show systematic torture of prisoners by government forces in Syria welcoming a panel of war crimes experts who attested to the veracity of the shocking allegations. This evidence is what led to the confrontation with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev challenged him to justify his government’s support for the Assad regime.
Asides from this, she has reported on the aftermath of many humanitarian crises including the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2011 Japanese tsunami. There, she visited a community center that had been converted into a makeshift morgue for victims of the storm.
Asides from her work as an anchor and reporter, she happens to be an active rights campaigner. She is also a board member of the Committee to Project Journalists, the International Women’s Media Foundation, and the Center of Public Integrity. Christiane has also used her profile to raise awareness of key global issues and journalists’ rights.
Amanpour also interviewed educational rights activist Malala Yousafzai for CNN on several occasions. Then, she was bringing focus to her courage and international advocacy work. The month of May 2014 saw him use an appearance on BBC television in order to raise awareness of the plight of the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. Then, she was asking British Prime Minister David Cameron to join the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
In the course of her career, she has been privileged to receive the twelve News and Documentary Emmy Awards. She was also privileged to win three DuPont-Columbia Awards, the Courage in Journalism Award, four Peabody Awards, and two George Polk Awards.
This is in addition to receiving nine honorary degrees and being named a CBE. During her third year, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. Christiane was also an honorary citizen of Sarajevo and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of the Press and the Safety of Journalists.
CNN Christiane Amanpour ovarian cancer
Amanpour was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the month of June 2021. Christiane was diagnosed with this disease by an international journalist when she went to her doctor in London. When she went for an annual screening, a grapefruit-sized cyst was discovered on her right ovary.
She states that she had major successful surgery in order to remove it. Amanpour further states that she would undergo several months of chemotherapy. Amanpour states that she credits her medical experts and support from loved ones which include her 22-year-old son Darius John for getting her through the tough times.
Christiane Amanpour CNN News
Amanpour is working at STATION where she works alongside other famous STATION meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Jim Acosta
- Becky Anderson
- Zain Asher
- John Avlon
- Dana Bash
- John Berman
- Victor Blackwell
- Wolf Blitzer
- Kate Bolduan
- Pamela Brown
Christiane Amanpour Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 249K followers on Instagram, over 928K followers on Facebook, and over 3.2M followers on her Twitter accounts.
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