Christine Ockrent

Christine Ockrent

Christine Ockrent (born 24 April 1944) is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television. She interviewed Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the former Iranian prime minister, in Evin prison after the Islamic revolution in 1979. It was the last interview with Hoveyda before his execution. Ockrent was born in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of Belgian diplomat Roger Ockrent. She attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school in Paris. She graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1965. She worked for the CBS news magazine, 60 Minutes, while in charge of morning news for Europe 1 in France. In 1981, she became the first female anchor of the 8 pm news on the Antenne 2 television channel. Afterwards, she worked for TF1 as anchor of the evening news at France 2; and since 1990 for France 3 as the host of different news magazines. She was chief of the L'Express editorial office. For over a decade she presented France Europe Express, a TV show about European issues. She is a fervent supporter of a united Europe, she proved so by signing the Soros letter for a federal answer to the crisis of the euro. Ockrent held the number two post at the Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France, until she was relieved in May 2011. She refused to resign, saying that she had had to endure "nine months of manoeuvres that have sullied my honour and reputation". She is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. In 2002, Ockrent wrote the preface to Ma guerre à L'indifference (English: My war against indifference), a book by United Nations official Jean-Sélim Kanaan. She is the author of more than a dozen works including: La Double vie d'Hillary Clinton (The Double Life of Hillary Clinton), Robert Laffont (2001) Les Oligarques: le système Poutine (The Oligarchs, The Putin System), Robert Laffont (2014) Le Prince mystère de l'Arabie (The Mysterious Prince of Arabie). Mohammed Ben Salman, les mirages d'un pouvoir absolu, Robert Laffont (2018). Ockrent is the life partner of Bernard Kouchner, a French politician and the former foreign minister, with whom she had a son, Alexandre, born 11 March 1986. Source: Article "Christine Ockrent" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brussels, Belgium, 1944-04-24

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Le Bon Plaisir	Une journaliste	59
2	1984	Vive la crise !		0
3	1984	Rive droite, rive gauche	Self (voice)	56
4	2007	Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...	Self (archive footage)	60
5	2008	La folie des années 80	Self	0
6	2012	The New Watchdogs	Self	74
7	2018	La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé	Self	80
8	2021	Le rock alternatif (une brève période de médiatisation du punk français 1986-1989)	Self	0
9	2021	Mitterrand et la télé	Self (archive footage)	87
10	2021	Mitterrand, président culturel	Self (archive footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Apostrophes	Self	85
2	1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist	55
3	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
4	1985	Châteauvallon	Christine Ockrent	53
5	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
6	1987	Le Monde En Face	Self - Host	97
7	1990	Stars 90	Self	62
8	2006	Infrarouge	Self	55
9	2006	On n'est pas couché	Self - Guest	52
10	2006	Salut les Terriens !	Self - Guest	35
11	2009	C Politique	Self - Guest	25
12	2018	La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé	Self	82
13	2021	C ce soir, le débat	Self - Guest	20
14	2021	C ce soir, le débat	Self-Guest	20
15	2022	Quelle époque !	Self - Guest	50
16	2023	En société	Self - Guest	0

Christine Ockrent

Film

Television