Janina Ramirez
Acting • Born 1980-07-07
Biography
Dr Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (pronounced [ja'nina]; née Maleczek; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. She specializes in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context. Ramirez went to school in Slough, Berkshire. She gained a degree in English literature, specializing in Old and Middle English, from St Anne's College, Oxford, before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. She completed a PhD on the artistic and literary symbolism of birds, which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the University of Winchester, University of Warwick, and University of Oxford.
Filmography
20 credits
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Movie • 2014
Self
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
Movie • 2011
Presenter
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
Movie • 2018
Presenter
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
Movie • 2017
Self - Presenter
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Movie • 2010
Self - Presenter
The Viking Sagas
Movie • 2011
Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
Movie • 2016
Presenter
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Movie • 2021
Self - Presenter
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
Movie • 2014
Presenter
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Movie • 2012
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
Movie • 2019
Self - Presenter
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
Movie • 2022
Self - Presenter
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
TV • 2012
Self - Presenter
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
TV • 2020
Self - Presenter
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
TV • 2015
Self - Presenter
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self
Handmade in Bolton
TV • 2019
Herself - Presenter
An Art Lovers' Guide
TV • 2017
Self - Presenter