Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy is perhaps the most famous First Lady. Married to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President who was assassinated in 1963, she is best known for restoring the White House, for being a fashion icon and for her elegance and grace. People are still fascinated today with the woman at the center of Camelot, as many films and TV programs have centered on her and her husband. Click through our photo gallery above that highlights all of the actresses who’ve tried to fill Jackie’s pillbox hat.

Pictured above is Jackie Kennedy during her special “A Tour of the White House” with Charles Collingwood for CBS News. Kennedy was awarded a Trustee Emmy Award in 1962 and to date is the only first lady to have won an Emmy.

-By Amanda Spears

Katie Holmes

“The Kennedys After Camelot”

A sequel to “The Kennedys,” this Limited Series focuses on the life of the former First Lady in the aftermath of the assassination of her husband JFK. Joining Holmes is Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy and Alexander Siddig as Aristoteles Onassis. Holmes is the only actress to have portrayed the icon twice.

Natalie Portman

“Jackie” (2016)

Following the assasination of her husbank John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through traumatic grief to define her husband’s legacy.

Oscar Nominaitons: Actress (Portman); Costume Design (Madeline Fontaine) and Original Score (Mica Levi).

Ginnifer Goodwin

“Killing Kennedy” (2013)

A TV Movie based on the Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s best-seller. When JFK (Rob Lowe) and a former angry Marine cross paths, history is changed in this detailed film about the assassination and its immediate aftermath.

Emmy Nominations: Best TV Movie, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing

Kat Steffens

“Parkland” (2013)

A film recounting the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Minka Kelly

“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (2013)

Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House.

SAG Award Nomination: Best Film Ensemble

Katie Holmes

“The Kennedys” (2011)

The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history is depicted in this TV miniseries.

Emmy Wins: Best Actor (Barry Peeper as Robert F. Kennedy), Best Sound Mixing, Best Hairstyling and Best Makeup

Emmy Nominations: Best Miniseries or Movie, Best Actor (Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.), Best Original Main Title Theme Music, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction

Jeanne Tripplehorn

“Grey Gardens” (2009)

The story of Edith Bouvier Beale (Jessica Lange) and her daughter Little Edie (Drew Barrymore), aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kenndedy Onassis (Tripplehorn).

Emmy Wins: Best TV Movie, Best Actress (Lange), Best Supporting Actor (Ken Howard), Best Art Direction, Best Hairstyling and Best Makeup

Emmy Nominations: Best Actress (Barrymore), Best Supporting Actress (Tripplehorn), Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Single Camera Picture Editing, Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes, Best Makeup Non-Prosthetic, Best Music Composition and Best Sound Mixing

Jacqueline Bisset

“America’s Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story” (2003)

TV Movie that takes a inside look at the life of John F. Kennedy Jr., a man destined to live in his father’s shadow. His mother (Bisset) pushes him, stifles him, forbids him to become an actor or won’t hear of him dating an actress, before she passes away.

Jill Hennessy

“Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot” (2001)

TV Movie about the women of Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy women. 

Emmy Nominations: Best Music Composition

Joanne Whalley

“Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis” (2000)

A TV Movie that chronicles her life and marriage through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her second marriage to Aristotle Onassis.

Emmy Nominations: Best Hairstyling and Best Makeup

Stephanie Romanov

“Thirteen Days” (2000)

A dramatization of the Kennedy administration’s struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

Roma Downey

“A Woman Named Jackie” (1991)

This TV Miniseries spans her life before and through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Emmy Wins: Best Miniseries

Emmy Nominations: Best Costume Design and Best Sound Mixing

Sara Michelle Gellar

“A Woman Named Jackie” (1991)

Years before “Buffy,” Gellar plays a teenage Jacqueline Bouvier in the TV movie starring Roma Downey.

Emmy Wins: Best Miniseries

Emmy Nominations: Best Costume Design and Best Sound Mixing

Blair Brown

“Kennedy” (1983)

TV miniseries of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy.

Golden Globe Nominations: Best Miniseries/Movie, Best Actor (Martin Sheen as John F. Kennedy) and Best Actress (Brown)

Jaclyn Smith

“Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy” (1981)

TV Movie focusing on the former first lady’s years in D.C., from working as a newspaper’s “Inquiring Camera Girl” to meeting and being courted by Rep. Jack Kennedy to life on the campaign trail and into the White House.

Emmy Nominations: Best Hairstyling, Best Music Composition and Best Costume Design

Coming Soon: ‘The Crown’ Season 2

It was recently announced that on the second season of Netflix’s “The Crown,” Jodi Balfour will play Jackie Kennedy and Michael C. Hall will play John F. Kennedy.