Caroline Kennedy Caroline Kennedy Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy was five days away from her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following year, Caroline, her mother, and brother John F. Kennedy Jr. settled on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she attended school. Kennedy graduated from
Caroline John character Edith Hewlett. In 1995, she appeared as Janet Young in the BBC drama adaptation of Joanna Trollope's "The Choir". Other minor TV appearances included "Eastenders", "It Might Be You", "Silent Witness" and "Dangerfield". John also appeared in a non-speaking, background role in the film "Love Actually". Her career in the theatre included appearances in "His Majesty" (1992), "Silas Marner" (1998), "The Master Builder" (1999), "Death of a Salesman" (2001), "Happy Birthday Dear Alice" (2002), and "Dona Rosita" (2004).<ref name=obit/ Caroline John was the third of eight children born to theatre director Alexander John, and his wife the actress and