Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an American actress and documentary filmmaker who grew up in Ross, California and graduated from Stanford University before completing a certificate program at the American Conservatory Theater. She moved to Hollywood in 2002 to build an acting career, working in television, film and theater; her television credits include Life, Mad Men, Strong Medicine and Numb3rs. She wrote, directed and produced Miss Representation (2011), about the way the media represent women in positions of power, which had its premiere in Sundance's documentary competition and later won an audience award at a festival in Palo Alto. The Mask You Live In (2015), which she likewise wrote, directed and produced, examines American ideas about masculinity and also premiered at Sundance. Her third film was The Great American Lie, and in 2022 she directed the documentary Fair Play.