A major American icon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has been portrayed, alluded to, and referred to in many media in the popular culture from the 1960s and continuing into the 21st century.
Art Andy Warhol's 16 Jackies (1964) uses four news images of Kennedy prior to, the day of, and shortly after her husband's assassination. Warhol made several copies of this piece, using a combination of silkscreen and painting; one is in the collection of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.16 Jackies , Walker Art Center, accessed 2012-04-30. Gerhard Richter's 1964 painting Frau mit Schirm (Woman with Umbrella) is an emotional but respectful portrait of Kennedy, painted from a newspaper image.. Tina Mion's 1997 oil painting Jacqueline Kennedy, the King of Hearts - Stop Action Reaction depicts Kennedy holding a playing card (the King of Hearts) that is being cut in two by a bullet. It is in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.Jacqueline Kennedy, the King of Hearts - Stop Action Reaction, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, accessed 2012-04-29.
Film references Portrayals In the 1968 short film Eat Your Makeup directed by John Waters, Divine plays Jackie Kennedy in a re-enactment of the JFK assassination. Waters later said on The Graham Norton Show that the scenes were filmed on his parents' home street to the neighbors' disgust, as it was not long after the real assassination had occurred. In The End of a Dynasty (1988), a docudrama about the "Kennedy curse", Cortnie Campbell plays Kennedy. In the 1991 film JFK, actress Jodie Farber plays Kennedy. The 1992 film Love Field, set during (and after) the President Kennedy's assassination, a Dallas housewife's life centers around Kennedy's actions, and she finds herself ruined by the President's assassination in Dallas. The role of Kennedy is played by actress Rhoda Griffis, in what is regarded as her breakout role. In the 1992 film Ruby, Mary Chris Wall plays Kennedy. In the 2000 film Thirteen Days, Stephanie Romanov plays Kennedy. The 2000 science fiction film Timequest explores what happens to Kennedy after the assassination is prevented by a time traveler, taking on an alternate timeline. Jacqueline Kennedy, played by (Caprice Benedetti), is one of the main leading roles in this film. In The Hoax (2006), Elizabeth Marley plays Kennedy. In the 2006 short film A Peace of Jackie, Susan Waldrop plays Kennedy. Minka Kelly portrays her in the 2013 film The Butler. Kat Steffens portrays her in the 2013 film Parkland. The 2016 film Jackie centers around the first lady (played by Natalie Portman, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance) as she reacts to her husband's death in the days following the assassination. Kim Allen portrays her in the 2017 film LBJ.
Other references in film The 1978 film The Greek Tycoon is a fictionalized portrayal of the story of Kennedy and her second husband, with the names changed. The Jackie Kennedy character, named Liz Cassidy, is portrayed by Jacqueline Bisset, who also portrayed Kennedy in America's Prince. Bisset's clothes were designed by Halston, who was also designing for Kennedy at the time. In the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill, when Bond (Timothy Dalton) introduced Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) to Q (Desmond Llewelyn), he referred her as "Miss Kennedy". Bouvier was Jacqueline Kennedy's maiden name. In the 1997 film Spice World, bandmember Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, appears in the photoshoot scene as Jackie Kennedy wearing a brown matching Pill box hat and Chanel suit with Jackie's trademark sunglasses and a handbag. In the 1997 film The House of Yes, actress Parker Posey played a main character who referred to herself as "Jackie O.", due to her obsession with the First Lady. In the 2001 film Riding in Cars with Boys, Brittany Murphy's character tells Sara Gilbert's character she looks like Onassis. In the 2001 film Legally Blonde, the main character is left by her boyfriend with the following explanation: "If I'm going to be a Senator by the time I'm thirty, well, I need to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn." In the 2003 film Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, actress Reese Witherspoon chooses to wear a Jackie Kennedy Onassis-inspired dress on her first day working in the U.S. Capitol. In the 2007 film Hairspray, Tracy made a reference to Kennedy's hairstyle when Edna Turnblad says her hair is "naturally stiff". Tracy also mentioned her as the first lady because the movie took place at the time of her husband's presidency. In the 2015 animated film Minions, supporting character Scarlet Overkill's style is very similar to and based on Jackie Kennedy's as she wears similar glasses, the same gloves and has a similar hairstyle that strongly resemble hers.
TV films Cristine Rose in The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977), 2-part TV film) Jaclyn Smith in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981 TV movie) Jennifer Dale in Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987 TV movie) Robin Curtis in LBJ: The Early Years (1987 TV movie) Rhea Perlman in How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (2000 TV movie) Jill Hennessy in Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001 TV movie) Jacqueline Bisset in America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003 TV movie) Jesalyn White in LBJ vs. the Kennedys: Chasing Demons (2003 TV movie) Anna Valle in Callas e Onassis (2005 TV movie) Jeanne Tripplehorn in Grey Gardens (2009 TV film) Ginnifer Goodwin in Killing Kennedy (2013 TV film)
TV miniseries In Kennedy (1983 TV miniseries), Blair Brown plays Kennedy In Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 TV miniseries), Juanin Clay plays Kennedy In Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), a 4-hour TV movie adaptation, Francesca Annis plays Kennedy In A Woman Named Jackie (1991 TV mini-series), Marianna Bishop plays a young Jackie, Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a teenage Jackie, and Roma Downey plays an adult Jackie In Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000 TV miniseries), a 4-hour adaptation of the book by Donald Spoto, Sally Taylor-Isherwood plays Jackie Bouvier at 8, Emily VanCamp plays Jackie Bouvier at 13, and Joanne Whalley plays Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as an adult In The Kennedys (2011 TV mini-series), Katie Holmes played Kennedy. She reprised her role again in a 2017 sequel, The Kennedys: After Camelot.
TV series In season two episode "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" of The Crown (2016 Netflix original TV series), South African film and television actress Jodi Balfour plays Kennedy. The season is set in the early 1960s, during Queen Elizabeth II's early reign."The Crown Adds Michael C. Hall & Jodi Balfour as Jack & Jackie Kennedy". Deadline, February 9, 2017 For the season 43 of sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Natalie Portman reprised the role of Kennedy who comes as a ghost to give advice to First Lady Melania Trump (portrayed by Cecily Strong). In the sketch, Melania refers to Kennedy as "Jackie O's"."Former First Ladies Try To Cheer Up Melania Trump About Her Husband's Alleged Affair In Biting 'SNL' Sketch". Business Insider, February 4, 2018 For FX's TV series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans in the episode "Phantasm Forgiveness" she was played by Dara Adler. For FX's TV series Love Story she was played by Naomi Watts.
Literature (Alphabetical by author) Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby (1967) features a dream sequence in which Rosemary Woodhouse finds herself on a yacht with the First Family and briefly speaks to Kennedy. This scene is depicted in the 1968 film version, but the identity of the Kennedys is not made clear.Rosemary's Baby at Filmsite.org In Kurt Vonnegut's Galápagos (1985), Onassis is one of several celebrity guests who abandon the cruise before it leaves port..
Steven Rowley's The Editor is a novel about a writer for whom Jackie Onassis is the receptive and kind editor of his first novel.
The following are books in which Onassis is referenced biographically:
Music Artists Jackie Onassis - the name of an Australian hip hop duo. Jacki-O - American rapper
Songs "52 Girls" by the B-52's - Kennedy is one of the eponymous 52 girls "Anything" by Third Eye Blind - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Bobby and Jackie and Jack" from the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along references the Kennedy family "Bullet" by the Misfits - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Burn Like Brilliant Trash (at Jackie's funeral)" by Machines of Loving Grace - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Captured by the Moment" by Steve Perry - Kennedy mentioned in the lyrics "Cruel" by Bryan Ferry - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Don't Let Me Explode" by the Hold Steady - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Fever for the Flava" by Hot Action Cop - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Jackie" - recorded by Elisa Fiorillo and later covered by Lisa Stansfield's band, Blue Zone for their 1988 album, Big Thing "Jakie Kennedy" by Ola Svensson "Jacqueline/Jackie O" by Strung Out - about Kennedy after her husband's assassination "Jackie O'" by D-A-D "Jackie O" by John Mellencamp "Jackie Onassis" by Human Sexual Response "Jackie Onassis" by Sammy Rae - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos - inspired by Kennedy "Jackie Will Save Me" by American rock band Shiny Toy Guns "Jump Down, Spin Around (Pick A Dress O' Cotton)" lyrics by Allan Sherman - one of the earliest songs that mention her: "See how this one looks on me, Just like Jackie Kennedy." "La, La, La" (Excuse me Miss Again)" by Jay-Z - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "The Lady is a Vamp" by the Spice Girls - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Linda Lovelace" by David Allan Coe - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Mrs. O" by the Dresden Dolls - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Nightmare On Elm Street" by A Balladeer - about her husband's assassination "One's on the Way" by Loretta Lynn - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Posthuman" by Marilyn Manson - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Romeo and Juliet" by Mickey Avalon - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Saturn 5" by Inspiral Carpets - she and JFK are referenced implicitly or literally "She Walked Beside the Wagon" by Lorrie Morgan - describes Kennedy at the President's funeral "Tire Me" by Rage Against the Machine - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "Touched by the Sun" by Carly Simon - written for Kennedy, a personal friend of Simon's "Tomorrow Wendy" by Concrete Blonde - Kennedy is referenced in the lyrics "The Trouble With Lovers" by Vegas "You Wear It Well" by Rod Stewart - "Madam Onassis" is referenced in the lyrics of the 1972 hit single "National Anthem" by Lana Del Rey - Del Rey emulates Kennedy while reenacting the JFK assassination and the couple's life together alongside rapper ASAP Rocky in the song's music video "Puppy Love" by Lana Del Rey "Marilyn" by G-Eazy
Plays and theatrical works Cirque Jacqueline, by Andrea Reese — Triad Theater, NY, NYTriad Theater Die Prinzessindramen: Der Tod und das Maedchen IV - Jackie, by Elfriede Jelinek The First Lady, by Herman van Veen and Lori Spee Grey Gardens - Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, NY; the character of Jacqueline Bouvier appears in Act I, portrayed by Sarah Hyland Jackie, by Naomi West & Catherine Wilson Editions de la Martiniere Jackie, An American Life, by Gip Hoppe — Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA; Margaret Colin portrayed Kennedy.Wilber Theatre Jackie O, an opera by Michael Daugherty — Houston Opera Studio, Houston, TXHouston Opera Studio Jackie Undressed, by Andree Stolte — Eagles Dare Theater, NY, NYEagles Dare Theater JACKS, by Lys Anzia — Fremont Centre Theatre, South Pasadena, CAFremont Centre Theatre * Cirque Jacqueline by Andrea Reese — Triad Theater, NY, NY.