Christiane Amanpour Movies and Career Information

Christiane Amanpour, CBE (English pronunciation: /krɪstʃiˈɑːn ɑːmənˈpʊər/  ( listen); Persian: کریستین امان‌پور; born January 12, 1958) is anchor of ABC News's This Week and formerly chief international correspondent at CNN, where she worked for 27 years. Amanpour is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation). Amanpour was born in Iran according to some sources, in London, England, according to others, to her father, Mohammad, an Iranian airline executive, and her British mother, Patricia. The Amanpours led a privileged life under the government of the Shah of Iran. She completed her primary education in Iran, and at the age of 11 her parents sent her to boarding school in England. She attended and graduated from an all-girls school, New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Christiane returned to England not long after the Islamic Revolution began. She stressed that they were not forced to leave but rather that when they were returning Iraq invaded Iran, and so they stayed, and after a while it just became difficult to return to Iran. Amanpour moved to the United States to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island. During her time there, she