---
name: "Nina Totenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nina-totenberg"
fi1m_id: "nina-totenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0869304"
tmdb_id: 1236580
wikidata_id: "Q7038136"
roles: []
born: "14 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:35:08.426789+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nina Totenberg

## Identity

Nina Totenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nina-totenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nina-totenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869304
- **TMDB ID:** 1236580
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7038136
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Totenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7038136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236580

Actor. Born 14 January 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 January 1944, New York City, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Totenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7038136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236580

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*RBG*](https://film.one/film/rbg.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent and occasional screen presence. Born on 14 January 1944 in New York City, she has worked for National Public Radio since 1975, reporting primarily on the US Supreme Court.

She appears as herself in the documentary *RBG* (2018) and has small roles or cameos in the films *Dave* (1993) and *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *RBG* (2018), Fi1m 74, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/rbg.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dave* (1993), as Nina Totenberg
- *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992), as Election Anchor

## Gallery

- ![Nina Totenberg](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-8ce0db927209.jpg) Nina Totenberg — Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Nina_Totenberg_NPR_journalist.jpg/1280px-Nina_Totenberg_NPR_journalist.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Totenberg and Angela Evans U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award from from the LBJ Foundatio (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-69f0baa78f01.jpg) Nina Totenberg and Angela Evans U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award from from the LBJ Foundatio (2020) — LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/DIG14658-052_%2849531518166%29.jpg/1280px-DIG14658-052_%2849531518166%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Totenberg U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award from from the LBJ Foundation in an event hel (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-fa2f7ebc32cf.jpg) Nina Totenberg U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg receives the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award from from the LBJ Foundation in an event hel (2020) — LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/DIG14658-189_%2849531517816%29.jpg/1280px-DIG14658-189_%2849531517816%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This image depicts Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the State of Alabama (second from left) at a panel discussion held by the Department of (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-afc3e22292d7.jpg) This image depicts Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the State of Alabama (second from left) at a panel discussion held by the Department of (2013) — Photo Credit: Lonnie Tague for the Department of Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Gideon_versus_Wainwright_50_years_panel.jpg/1280px-Gideon_versus_Wainwright_50_years_panel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, serves as master of ceremonies during a tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Li (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-00450be65e3b.jpg) Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, serves as master of ceremonies during a tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Li (2020) — Jay Godwin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nina-Totenberg-2020-JG8_9414.jpg/1280px-Nina-Totenberg-2020-JG8_9414.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, serves as master of ceremonies during a tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Li (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4172425/gallery-b5a8fad622f2.jpg) Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for NPR, serves as master of ceremonies during a tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Li (2020) — LBJ Library from Austin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Nina_Totenberg_%2849469991371%29.jpg/1280px-Nina_Totenberg_%2849469991371%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Edward R. Murrow Award 2010: Edward R. Murrow Award (won)
- Carey McWilliams Award 1993: Carey McWilliams Award (won)
- James Madison Award 1992: James Madison Award (won)
- George Polk Award 1991: George Polk Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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