Lewinsky is best known for her relationship with President Bill Clinton while she was a White House intern and employee, which led to his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998.

The relationship, which took place between 1995 and 1997, became public in January 1998.

• She later became an anti-bullying advocate, delivering the TED talk The Price of Shame (2015).

• She became a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in 2014, was a producer of the series Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021), and launched the podcast Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky in 2025.