Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's 60 Minutes. She is known for her news and television investigations and award-winning foreign reporting. For her body of work she has earned various journalism awards including a Lifetime Achievement News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2003 for overall excellence in reporting.

Filmography

• Dexter: Resurrection — Lesley Stahl
• 2023Transformers: Rise of the Beasts — Lesley Stahl
• 2022Marcel the Shell with Shoes On — Lesley Stahl
• 2020Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
• Kidding — Lesley Stahl
• Unforgettable — Lesley Stahl
• 2008Eagle Eye — Newscaster
• 2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — Newscaster (voice)
• 200660 Minutes: The Science Of Sexual Orientation — Host
• Frasier — Lesley Stahl
• Murphy Brown

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2025Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life — Self (archive footage)
• Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal — Self
• 2022Watergate: High Crimes in the White House — Self
• 2019Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)
• 2018RBG — Self (footage from 60 Minutes) (archive footage)
• Watergate — Self
• The Nineties — Self (archive footage)
• The Colbert Report — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• Live from Lincoln Center — Self - Host
• 60 Minutes — Self - Correspondent
• Face the Nation — Self