Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker and actress. She is the director, writer, and producer of the film Miss Representation, which premiered in the documentary competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Her second film, which she wrote, produced, and directed, was The Mask You Live In, which is an examination of American society’s definition of masculinity.

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Summary Jennifer Siebel NewsomJennifer Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker and actress. She is the director, writer, and producer of the film Miss Representation, which premiered in the documentary competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Her second film, which she wrote, produced, and directed, was The Mask You Live In, which is an examination of American society’s definition of masculinity. She co-founded The Representation Project, an organization which works to end gender stereotypes.

Newsom was previously the state’s Second Partner from 2011 to 2019 and First Lady of San Francisco from 2008 to 2011. She met Governor Gavin Newsom on a blind date set up by a mutual friend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in October 2006. She and Gavin wed in July of the same year at her parents’ ranch in Stevensville, Montana. The Newsoms have four children: Montana Tessa, Hunter, Brooklynn, and Dutch.