Lauren Sánchez
American news anchor
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| April 14 2025 | Successfully completed the first all-female flight aboard the New Shepard rocket (NS-31). |
| April 14 2025 | Completed sub-orbital mission on Blue Origin NS-31, becoming one of the first female journalists to fly to space, alongside Gayle King. |
| February 2025 | Announced as a crew member for the first all-female flight aboard the New Shepard rocket (mission NS-31), scheduled to launch no earlier than April 14, 2025. |
| February 27 2025 | Announced as part of Blue Origin's eleventh New Shepard space flight crew, alongside Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Kerianne Flynn, and Gayle King. |
| February 27 2025 | Announced as part of Blue Origin's eleventh New Shepard space flight crew, which would make her one of the first journalists to fly to space. |
| 2024 | Received the Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award at the Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. |
| 2024 | Listed in the film 'The Trainer', role not specified |
| October 2024 | Pledged $60 million with Jeff Bezos to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for land restoration across multiple states. |
| September 29 2024 | Released her first children's book 'The Fly Who Flew to Space', which debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. |
| March 2024 | Pledged $60 million to create centers focusing on biomanufacturing and climate change. |
| 2023 | Sánchez was honored by This is About Humanity at their annual fundraising event. |
| May 22 2023 | Became engaged to Jeff Bezos. |
| May 22 2023 | Sánchez and Jeff Bezos became engaged. |
| March 2023 | Pledged $60 million to create centers focusing on biomanufacturing and climate change. |
| April 2019 | Bezos' divorce was finalized, and Sánchez and Whitesell filed for divorce. |
| April 2019 | Filed for divorce from Patrick Whitesell, which was finalized in October of the same year. |
| April 2019 | Bezos' divorce was finalized. |
| February 2019 | Bezos published a blog post alleging blackmail and extortion by National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. regarding his affair with Sánchez. |
| January 2019 | Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Scott announced their divorce after 25 years of marriage. |
| 2018 | Sánchez began an extramarital affair with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. |
| 2017 | Appeared as a Newscaster in 'Girlfriend's Day' |
| 2016 | Founded Black Ops Aviation at age 40, becoming the first female-owned aerial film and production company after obtaining her pilot's license. |
| 2015 | Played a Boston Newscaster in 'Ted 2' |
| 2014 | Appeared in Rake TV series as News Anchor No. 1 in the episode 'Serial Killer' |
| 2013 | Portrayed a reporter in the film 'White House Down' |
| 2012 | Appeared as a news reporter in 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' |
| 2011 | Sánchez plays a TV Anchor in 'We Bought a Zoo' |
| 2010 | Featured in People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' issue and Us Weekly's 'Hot Bodies' issue. |
| 2010 | Appeared in NCIS TV series as Agent Sanchez in the episode 'Double Identity' |
| 2010 | Appeared in Days of Our Lives TV series as Cece Chavez in two episodes |
| 2010 | Lauren Sánchez appears in 'The Big Picture' film, playing the role of Layla |
| 2010 | Sánchez was featured in People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' issue. |
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