A Woman Named Jackie

A Woman Named Jackie
Based on	Biography by C. David Heymann
Teleplay by	Roger O. Hirson
Directed by	Larry Peerce
Starring	Roma Downey Stephen Collins William Devane Joss Ackland Wendy Hughes Ashley Crow Andrew Buckley Sarah Michelle Gellar Bob Gunton
Theme music composer	Lalo Schifrin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producers	Lorin Bennett Salob Lester Persky (exec. producer)
Cinematography	Mike Fash
Editors	Susan B. Browdy Eric A. Sears
Running time	246 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 13 (1991-10-13) – October 15, 1991 (1991-10-15)

A Woman Named Jackie is a 1991 American television miniseries chronicling the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It was based on C. David Heymann's 1989 book of the same title.^[1]

The miniseries was split into three parts:

• A Woman Named Jackie, Part 1: The Bouvier Years (October 13, 1991)
• A Woman Named Jackie, Part 2: The Kennedy Years (October 14, 1991)
• A Woman Named Jackie, Part 3: The Onassis Years (October 15, 1991)

Cast

Actor	Role
Roma Downey	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Stephen Collins	John F. Kennedy
William Devane	John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III
Joss Ackland	Aristotle Onassis
Wendy Hughes	Janet Lee Bouvier
Ashley Crow	Lee Bouvier Radziwill
Andrew Buckley	John F. Kennedy Jr.
Nadia Dajani	Christina Onassis
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Teenage Jacqueline Bouvier
Josef Sommer	Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Eve Gordon	Marilyn Monroe
Brian Smiar	Lyndon B. Johnson

Award and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1992	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries	Lester Persky, Lorin Bennett Salob, and Tomlinson Dean	Won	[2]
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special	Shelley Komarov (for "Part I")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special	Walter Hoylman, Jerry Clemans, Robert L. Harman, and Allen L. Stone (for "Part III")	Nominated

See also

• Cultural depictions of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
• Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture

References

1. Heymann, C. David (1989). A woman named Jackie. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Cummunications. ISBN 9780818404726. OCLC 19512014.
2. "A Woman Named Jackie". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 9, 2024.

External links

• A Woman Named Jackie at IMDb