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3Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Kennedy Onassis (''née'' Bouvier; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, literature editor, photographer, and socialite who became the First Lady of the United States as her husband, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, became president of the US.
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5She was well known for [[TheFashionista her influence on American fashion]] and for helping decorate the White House with artifacts from previous administrations.
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7Her marriage to Jack was marked with tragedy of having a stillborn daughter named Arabella and a son, Patrick, who died from illness a few days after birth, and being right next to her husband when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas (see also the UsefulNotes/ZapruderFilm page). She remarried in 1968 with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis; her married name during this time "Jacqueline Onassis" is the reason why she was nicknamed "Jackie O". She was widowed for a second time in 1975 and did not marry again.
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9Jackie and JFK had two children who lived to adulthood, Caroline and [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedyJr John Jr.]], the latter of whom died in 1999 in a plane crash.
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11She died in 1994 from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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16* ''Film/TheButler'': She is played by Creator/MinkaKelly, as Jackie gave one of JFK's ties to Cecil after her husband's death.
17* ''Film/{{Jackie}}'': Creator/NataliePortman plays her during the following days after the assassination as she prepares for his funeral.
18** Portman later reprised her role when she hosted an episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
19* ''Film/LoveField'': She was portrayed by Creator/RhodaGriffis in the aftermath of the JFK assassination.
20* ''Film/ThirteenDays'': She is played by Creator/StephanieRomanov, taking place in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
21* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': She appears twice in the film's opening credits: when JFK publicly meets and congratulates Dr. Manhattan, and in the JFK assassination scene. Played by Carrie Genzel.
22* ''[[Film/GreyGardens2009 Grey Gardens (2009)]]'': She is portrayed by Creator/JeanneTripplehorn for a single scene, as the film centers more on Jackie's cousin Edith Bouvier Beale, one of the subjects (alongside her mother of the same name) of the 1975 documentary ''Film/GreyGardens''. Tripplehorn in fact said questions she had about Edith Bouvier Beale that she thought would be answered by being a part of the film remained unsolved.
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25* ''Film/KillingKennedy'' (MadeForTVMovie): She is portrayed by Creator/GinniferGoodwin.
26* ''Series/TheKennedys'' and ''Series/TheKennedysAfterCamelot'': She is played by Creator/KatieHolmes.
27* ''Series/AWomanNamedJackie'': She was portrayed by Creator/MariannaBishop, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, and Creator/RomaDowney at different points of her life.
28* ''Series/JackieBouvierKennedyOnassis'': She is played by Creator/SallyTaylorIsherwood, Creator/EmilyVanCamp, and Creator/JoanneWhalley at different points of her life.
29* ''Film/AmericasPrinceTheJohnFKennedyJrStory'' (MadeForTVMovie): She is portrayed by Creator/JacquelineBisset.
30* ''Series/QuantumLeap'': There is a brief glimpse of her towards the end of the Season Five episode "Lee Harvey Oswald," where Sam failed to stop Oswald from shooting John F. Kennedy. Al makes mention [[spoiler:of how in the original timeline Oswald had also killed Jackie: the point of Sam's leap was to save ''her''. [[BittersweetEnding The episode ends with a photo montage]] of Jackie leading the nation in mourning.]]
31* ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'': She is played by Creator/JodiBalfour.
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34* Music/ToriAmos's song "Jackie's Strength" from her album ''From the Choirgirl Hotel'' references to Jackie's strained marriage to [=JFK=] and the tragedy in Dallas.

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