Kyle is a Republican and endorsed Rick Perry in the 2016 presidential election. In 2020, she unsuccessfully ran for Midlothian ISD Trustees. In 2016, Kyle was featured in season 1, episode 5 of American Elements on CarbonTV. In September 2015, she was a judge for the Miss America pageant. Co-written with military and war author Jim DeFelice, the book details her life as a military wife and how she dealt with the sudden and untimely death of her husband. On May 5, 2015, Taya Kyle's autobiography, American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal, was released by HarperCollins publishing. Publication of Taya Kyle's autobiography It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 87th Academy Awards. Pictures nationwide in January 2015, was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Taya Kyle was involved in the making of the film, working with the film's screenwriter Jason Hall, and she was portrayed by Sienna Miller. Ĭlint Eastwood directed the feature film American Sniper in 2014, based on the lives of Chris and Taya Kyle. An appeals court threw out part of the lawsuit in June 2016, and the case was ultimately settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Ventura won the lawsuit in an 8 to 2 jury decision. In the book's chapter titled "Punching Out Scruff Face", Chris Kyle stated he had punched a celebrity he called "Scruff Face" for saying the SEALs "could afford to lose a couple" in war. The lawsuit was the continuation of an original lawsuit filed in 2012 against Kyle's husband, over a statement made in the book American Sniper. In May 2013, former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura brought a defamation suit against Taya Kyle for $1.3 million. The foundation's mission is to "serve those who serve us by providing meaningful interactive experiences that enrich family relationships". In 2014, Kyle founded the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation as a touchstone for veterans and their families.
On February 2, 2013, he was shot and killed at a shooting range in Texas, making Taya a widow at age 38. His autobiography, American Sniper, was published on January 3, 2012. They married in 2002 and later had two children, Colton and McKenna.Īs a Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle is known as the most lethal sniper in U.S.
Her older sister is Ashley (Studebaker) Brittell. Her father previously served as the mayor of Lake Oswego, Oregon. She is also the co-author of American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal, a book about life with her husband.īorn Taya Renae Studebaker on September 4, 1974, in Portland, Oregon, she is the daughter of Kim and Kent Studebaker. Known as the widow of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, she was portrayed by actress Sienna Miller in the film American Sniper based on his autobiography of the same name. Taya Renae Kyle (née Studebaker born September 4, 1974) is an American author, political commentator, and military veteran's family activist.
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