Jennifer Siebel Newsom

She wrote, directed, and produced the film Miss Representation (2011), which premiered in the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival. The film examines how the media have underrepresented women in positions of power. The Mask You Live In (2015), the second film she wrote, directed, and produced, scrutinizes American society's definition of masculinity.

• Name — Jennifer Siebel Newsom • Office — First Partner of California • Governor — Gavin Newsom • Term Label — Assumed role • Status — Current • Term Start — January 7, 2019 • Predecessor — Anne Gust Brown (as first lady) • Office1 — Second Lady of California • Lieutenant Governor1 — Gavin Newsom • Term Label1 — In role • Term Start1 — January 10, 2011 • Term End1 — January 7, 2019 • Predecessor1 — Laura Maldonado • Successor1 — Markos Kounalakis (as second partner) • Office2 — First Lady of San Francisco • Term Label2 — In role • Term Start2 — July 26, 2008 • Term End2 — January 10, 2011 • 1blankname2 — Mayor • 1namedata2 — Gavin Newsom • Predecessor2 — Kimberly Guilfoyle (2006) • Successor2 — Anita Lee • Birth Name — Jennifer Lynn Siebel • Born — 19 June 1974 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California, U.S. • Party — Democratic (2024–present) • Other Party — Republican (before 2008) Independent (2008–2024) • Children — 4 • Relatives — Thomas Siebel (second cousin once removed) • Education — Stanford University (BA, MBA)

Jennifer Lynn Siebel was born in San Francisco, to Kenneth F. Siebel Jr., an investment manager, and Judy Siebel (née Fritzer), cofounder of the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. She grew up in the suburb of Ross, California. She is the second cousin once removed to Thomas Siebel. Jennifer is the second oldest of five girls and attended Ross Grammar School and The Branson School. At six years old, she accidentally ran over her older sister, Stacy, with a golf cart, killing her. Siebel Newsom has stated that she still feels survivor's guilt over her sister's death. During high school, she played varsity basketball, soccer, and tennis. She later graduated with honors from Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American studies in 1996 and Master of Business Administration in 2001. At Stanford, she was recruited to play on the women's soccer team. While pursuing her MBA, Siebel Newsom also studied at the American Conservatory Theater, where she completed a certificate program. After completing her education, Siebel Newsom traveled to Africa, Latin America, and Europe on assignments with Conservation International, a global environmental coalition.

• Illustration — Siebel Newsom and Governor Newsom presenting the 2019 inductees in the California Hall of Fame. In 2002, Siebel Newsom moved to Hollywood, where she concentrated on building her acting career. Siebel Newsom earned many roles in television, film, and theater. She has appeared on such television shows as Life, Mad Men, Strong Medicine, and Numb3rs. Miss Representation premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to mostly positive reviews. The film went on to screen at numerous other festivals, including the San Francisco International Film Festival, Athena Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Palo Alto International Film Festival. The film interweaves stories from teenage girls with interviews with, among others, Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rosario Dawson, and Gloria Steinem discussing the media and its message regarding women. On February 10, 2011, Oprah Winfrey announced that she had acquired the film for the OWN Documentary Film Club. Funding for the film included contributions from corporations like Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which donated to The Representation Project, the nonprofit behind Siebel Newsom's filmmaking efforts. Siebel Newsom raised $101,111 on Kickstarter to fund the production of her second film The Mask You Live In, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Her third film was The Great American Lie. She directed the documentary film Fair Play in 2022. Several of her films, including Miss Representation and others produced through The Representation Project, received financial support from PG&E, a major California utility company with interests regulated by the state government. Siebel Newsom co-founded The Representation Project, an organization which works to end gender stereotypes. The Representation Project's board members include Jan Yanehiro, Nathan Ballard, Susie McCormick, and Maureen Pelton. In 2021, The Sacramento Bee revealed that from 2011 to 2018, Siebel Newsom earned $2.3 million from her film work through her nonprofit organization, which had received $800,000 in donations from companies with business before California's government as her husband Gavin Newsom's political career ascended, and continued to draw her salary after he became governor. While the practice is allowed by California law, outside ethics experts expressed concerns about conflicts of interest; a spokesperson for The Representation Project said Siebel Newsom had not overseen fundraising since 2015.

• Illustration — Siebel Newsom in 2006 In the early 2000s, Siebel Newsom dated actor George Clooney. She met Gavin Newsom on a blind date set up by a mutual friend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in October 2006. The couple announced their engagement in January 2008. They wed in July of the same year at her parents' ranch in Stevensville, Montana, and have four children. In 2011, Siebel Newsom and her family moved from San Francisco to Kentfield, where she had grown up. In 2019, Siebel Newsom and her family moved to Fair Oaks, California. Her sister Melissa Siebel is married to Joshua Irwing Schiller, son of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP co-founder Jonathan Schiller. Siebel Newsom was registered as a Republican until 2008, before re-registering as No Party Preference. Prior to registering as an independent voter, she accidentally registered with the far-right American Independent Party, before correcting her party to "decline to state". Siebel Newsom was one of several accusers against Harvey Weinstein in his 2022 Los Angeles criminal rape and sexual assault trial. In November 2022, Siebel Newsom testified in court that, in 2005, Weinstein had raped her in a hotel room, having lured her there under the pretenses of holding a professional discussion about film projects. Weinstein's attorney claimed what took place was "consensual, transactional sex". The jury was unable to reach a verdict on Siebel Newsom's accusation. However, the jury found Weinstein guilty on three counts pertaining to another accuser. Weinstein, who was already two years into a 23-year sentence for a rape and sexual assault conviction in New York, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the Los Angeles verdict. In 2021, Rose McGowan claimed Siebel Newsom tried to bribe McGowan in 2017 to stay quiet on Weinstein.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — She Spies — Woman #2 — Episode: "First Episode" • Presidio Med — Cyndy Lloyd — 4 episodes • 2003 — Strong Medicine — Nancy Donahue — Episode: "Misdiagnosis Murder" • The Proud Family — The Counselor — Episode: "The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock" • 2004 — Cracking Up — Trish — Episode: "Grudge Match" • 2005 — Numbers — Diane Rausch — Episode: "Bettor or Worse" • 2007–2008 — Life — Jennifer Conover — 9 episodes • 2008 — Mad Men — Juanita Carson — Episode: "For Those Who Think Young" • The Nanny Express — Pam — Television film • 2009 — Trauma — Stephanie — Episode: "Pilot" • 2010 — The Glades — Stephanie Chapman — 2 episodes

The authorities additionally record the headings Jennifer Siebel, Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom, Jennifer Newsom and Jennifer Siebel-Newsom. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was Catholicism. She married Gavin Newsom. 2 children are recorded: Montana Newsom and Hunter Newsom.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is recorded as actress, screenwriter and director.