Who is Rachel Maddow’s partner Susan Mikula? Wiki Bio
Susan Mikula was born in New Jersey, USA, on 7 March 1958, so her zodiac sign is Pisces and she holds American nationality. She is an artist and a photographer, but also well-known for being the girlfriend of the famous American TV news program host Rachel Maddow.
Early life and education
Susan was raised alongside her older sister in both New Jersey and New Hampshire, by their father who was a painter and their mother who was working at a local company as a secretary.
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She grew up being interested in arts, and also while attending a public high school in New Hampshire, she became interested in acting and creative writing, and was physically active playing a variety of sports such as soccer and volleyball. Susan was painting in her spare time, and then after receiving her first camera, she became interested in photography.
Upon matriculation in 1976, she enrolled at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980.
Career as an artist
She launched her career upon enrolling at a college, and was involved in the art industry for several years before holding her first solo photo exhibition at a local gallery in 1998.
Susan is specialized in taking pictures of landscapes, and she went on to hold exhibitions in several big cities in the US such as New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles in California, and Miami in Florida. One of her biggest and most important exhibitions was in 2009 when she presented her work at the TJ Walton Gallery in Massachusetts, with her partner Rachel attending.
The year 2010 saw her feature in her first show “American Device Recent Photographs”, and after that, she worked on her three series of landscape photos called “American Bond”. In 2017, she became a member of the art program Art in Embassies, and some of her photos made for this program were bought by the United States Embassy Art in Embassies.
As she has stated during an interview, some of Susan’s main influences and people who inspire her are the American painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, the late American painter and sculptor Edwin Parker ‘Cy’ Twombly Jr., and the late American abstract painter Agnes Bernice Martin.
Love life and relationship with Rachel Maddow
Susan met her girlfriend Rachel Maddow in 1999 when Susan hired her to help with her yard – at the time, Rachel was working on obtaining her Juris Doctor degree. The two went on their first date to the Ladies Day on the Range event organized by the National Rifle Association. They are currently living together at their farmhouse in Western Massachusetts, while they also have a flat in Manhattan.
Some of Susan’s fans believe that she is bisexual and that she was in a long-term relationship with a boy while she was attending college, allegedly dating for over three years before splitting ways. She found out that she was attracted by women while attending high school, but kept it hidden for a long time before she felt ready to come out of the closet.
Hobbies and other interests
Susan has been interested in history since she was a teenager, and has read numerous books about important historical events such as the World War II, the Balkan Wars, and the killing of the Romanov family. She is interested in other kinds of art as well, such as sculpting and writing, and has tried these but admitted that she isn’t as good at them as at photography.
She is a lover of animals with cats being her favorites, while she is an advocate for the preservation of endangered species and a supporter of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
She enjoys watching movies from time to time and some of her favorite actresses and actors are Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, and Ryan Gosling while some of her favorite movies are “Dear John”, “The Notebook”, and “Remember Me” among others.
Susan likes to travel and has been all around the US for both work and pleasure, while some of her favorite places are Miami and Los Angeles. She has also been to Europe on several occasions, vacationing in Greece, Croatia and England.
Appearance and net worth
Susan is 62 years old. She has long blonde hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 4ins (1.62m) tall, and weighs around 134lbs (61kgs). As of May 2020, her net worth is estimated at over $5 million, while Rachel’s net worth is reputedly over $7 million.
Who is Rachel Maddow? Wiki Bio
Rachel Anne Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California USA, on 1 April 1973 – her zodiac sign is Aries and she holds American nationality. She is best known for hosting “The Rachel Maddow Show”, as well as for syndicating the eponymous radio talk show between 2005 and 2010.
Rachel was raised in Castro Valley alongside her older brother David, by their mother Elaine who worked as a school program administrator, and their father Robert B. Maddow who was a captain in the US Air Force and a lawyer. The family is Catholic and highly religious, and many things were forbidden in the family, so it was thus a shock for Elaine and Robert when they found out Susan was dating a girl. Rachel attended Castro Valley High School, and after matriculation in 1991 enrolled at Stanford University, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in public policy in 1994. During her freshman year, a college newspaper published an article about her being lesbian, which is how her parents found out about it.
She continued her education at Lincoln College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2001.
She actually launched her career in 1999 when she joined WRNX radio station as their radio host. After that, she joined WRSI hosting their show “Big Breakfast” leaving after two years when she was invited to join Air America, where she hosted the morning show “Unfiltered”, and then in April 2005 she began hosting her own “The Rachel Maddow Show”. One of her most recent works has been launching the podcast “Bag Man” in October 2018.
She is also a writer, having published her first book “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power” in 2012, followed by her second book “Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth” in October 2019.
As someone interested in politics, Rachel didn’t support anyone at the 2008 presidential elections and stated how ‘don’t see herself as an Obama supporter’.
She has been suffering from cyclical depression since her teenage years, and has stated that she sometimes has no will to live but finds comfort in exercising, sleeping, and fishing. She has appeared in several TV series such as the comedy “Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union” in 2010 and “Saturday Night Live” in 2011, before appearing in the episode “Four Regrettings and a Funeral” of the animated comedy series “The Simpsons” on 3 November 2013. She is currently voicing Vesper Fairchild in the superhero series “Batwoman”.
Rachel has won numerous awards for her broadcasting work, including three Emmys in 2017.