Ann Hornaday

Biography

Ann Mills Hornaday (March 9, 1960 – October 18, 2026) was an American film critic at The Washington Post, and author. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, and growing up in Des Moines, Mills attended Smith College, majoring in government; she graduated in 1982. Hornaday moved to New York to become a freelance writer, contributing to Premiere, Us and Ms. magazines; at the latter, she also worked as a researcher and assistant to Gloria Steinem, a role she held from 1983 to 1985. Hornaday began contributing to the "Arts & Leisure" section of The New York Times, eventually going on to become film critic at t…