22 Facts About Marcia Clark

Marcia Rachel Clark is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer.

Marcia Clark was the lead prosecutor in the O J Simpson murder case.

Marcia Clark's father was born in Mandatory Palestine and raised there and in Israel, and worked as a chemist for the FDA.

Marcia Clark studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1976 with a degree in political science, and then earned a Juris Doctor degree at Southwestern University School of Law.

Marcia Clark worked in private practice and as a public defender for the city of Los Angeles before she became a prosecutor in 1981.

Marcia Clark worked as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, California and was mentored by prosecutor Harvey Giss.

Marcia Clark resigned from the district attorney's office after she lost the Simpson case.

Since the Simpson trial, Marcia Clark has made numerous appearances on television, including as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.

Marcia Clark provided coverage of high-profile trials and reported from the red carpet at awards shows such as the Emmy Awards.

Marcia Clark was a guest attorney on the short-lived television series Power of Attorney and was featured on Headline News analyzing the Casey Anthony trial.

In July 2013, Marcia Clark provided commentary for CNN during the Florida trial of George Zimmerman.

Marcia Clark is played by Sarah Paulson in the 2016 television series The People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story, which focuses on the Simpson trial.

Paulson's performance as Marcia Clark earned wide acclaim, and she earned a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role.

Marcia Clark attended the Emmy Awards with Paulson on September 18,2016.

In 2019, Marcia Clark appeared in the 18th season finale of Gordon Ramsay's reality series Hell's Kitchen as a VIP guest diner for winner and Season 6 veteran Ariel Contreras-Fox.

In 2024, Marcia Clark appeared on the third episode of comedian John Mulaney's live comedy special Everybody's in LA.

Marcia Clark has said that it was an experience with which she did not deal until later in life and that it greatly influenced her decision to become a prosecutor.

In 1976, Marcia Clark married Gabriel Horowitz, an Israeli professional backgammon player whom she had met as a student at UCLA.

In 1980, Marcia Clark married her second husband, Gordon Marcia Clark, a computer programmer and systems administrator who was employed at the Church of Scientology.

Gordon argued at a custody hearing during the Simpson trial that he should receive full custody of their children given the long hours that Marcia Clark had spent working for the trial.

Marcia Clark no longer considers herself religious, although she was raised Jewish and her first wedding was a Conservative Jewish ceremony.

Marcia Clark was a member of the Church of Scientology until 1980.