Arianna Huffington
Biography
Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stasinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλος)) is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s. She is the ex-wife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.
In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election.
In 2009, Huffington was named as number 12 in Forbes' first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media. She has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardian's Top 100 in Media List.
On February 7, 2011, AOL announced it would acquire The Huffington Post for US$315 million and make Huffington president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, which will include The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties such as Engadget, AOL Music, Patch Media, and StyleList.
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Full filmography
- Family Guy (1999) as Arianna Huffington (voice)
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- How I Met Your Mother (2005) as Arianna Huffington
- Conan (2010) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Colbert Report (2005) as Self
- The Colbert Report (2005) as Self - Guest - The Huffington Post
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- The L Word (2004) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Cleveland Show (2009) as Arianna the Bear (voice)
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
- John Q (2002) as Arianna Huffington
- Roseanne (1988) as Estree Longet
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015) as Self
- Snoops (1999) as Arianna Huffington
- The Siege (1998) as Capitol Week Pundit
- Politically Incorrect (1993) as Self