Elizabeth Warren

She and her husband have a long-standing New Year's Eve tradition of staying in and watching Casablanca (1942), which she remarked she has seen "about a zillion times".

Elizabeth Warren was born on June 22, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA as Elizabeth Ann Herring.

Graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S. in 1970 and received a J.D. form Rutgers Law--Newark in 1976.

Was the Leo Gottieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she taught contract law, bankruptcy and commercial law. In the wake of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, she was named chair of the Congressional oversight panel created to oversee the U.S. bailout of financial institutions, formally known as the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).

In May 2009, she was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Elected to the US Senate from Massachusetts in 2012, defeating incumbent Scott Brown in what became the second most expensive US election of the year, behind the presidential election. Her election made her the first female senator from Massachusetts.

Is an unlikely fan of the TV series Ballers (2015).

Endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election.

Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage penned by Kamala Harris. [May 2017]

On December 31, 2018 she announced an exploratory committee to run for president in 2020.

On Saturday February 9, 2019 she formally launched her 2020 Democratic Presidential Campaign in Lawrence, Massachusetts.