Rachel Maddow
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Maddow in 2025 | |
| Born | Rachel Anne Maddow April 1, 1973 |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Television | The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Partner | Susan Mikula (1999–present) |
| Website | www |
Rachel Anne Maddow (/ˈmædoʊ/ ⓘ MAD-oh; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.
Maddow has received multiple Emmy Awards for her broadcasting work; in 2021, she also received a Grammy Award for the audiobook version of Blowout (2019).
Maddow holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University and a doctorate in political science from the University of Oxford and is the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States.