Cheryl Ruth Hines (born September 21, 1965)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for playing Cheryl in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She has also starred as Dallas Royce on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2014), and made her directorial debut with the 2009 film Serious Moonlight. Hines is the wife of lawyer, and former 2024 United States presidential candidate and current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services[2] nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Cheryl Hines | |
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 Hines at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 | |
| Born | Cheryl Ruth Hines September 21, 1965 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Central Florida |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Television | Curb Your Enthusiasm Suburgatory Son of Zorn I Can See Your Voice |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Kennedy family (by marriage) |
Early life
editCheryl Ruth Hines[3] was born in Miami Beach, Florida on September 21, 1965, to James and Rosemary Hines.[4] According to her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., she grew up very poor, not even having her own bed until after high school.[5] Part of her family came from Frostproof, Florida,[6] but she grew up in Tallahassee,[6] where she was a member of the Young Actors Theatre throughout high school. Hines also attended Lively Technical Center and Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1990 with a degree in radio and television production.[7] She was raised Catholic.[8]
Career
editHines began her acting career by performing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater. Her fellow students included Lisa Kudrow.[6] Hines made guest appearances on television shows such as Swamp Thing and Unsolved Mysteries. She also appeared on an episode of The Dating Game in 1996. She was not picked on the episode.
Hines received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2003 and 2006.[9] She has said that "Until Curb, I'd done small roles, really small roles. They wanted to cast an unknown actress. It worked in my favor that I hadn't done anything. It changed my life."[10]
Hines appeared in RV opposite Robin Williams,[11] Waitress with Keri Russell, and the 2008 mockumentary The Grand, a spoof of the World Series of Poker. Her 2009 directorial debut Serious Moonlight stars Meg Ryan with a script by the late Adrienne Shelly, Hines' director and co-star in Waitress.
Hines played Jane in the 2009 ABC sitcom In the Motherhood. It is a loose adaptation of the web series. The series was dropped due to low ratings after five of its planned seven episodes were aired. During the 2009–2010 season of Brothers & Sisters, Hines guest-starred as Kitty Walker McCallister's campaign manager, Buffy. In July 2010, Hines was announced to be joining the cast of the Nickelodeon film based on The Fairly OddParents, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! as a human disguise of Wanda, Timmy's fairy godmother.[12]
Hines served as executive producer for the 2010 reality series School Pride, which follows the renovation of a different school each week.[13] Hines starred as Dallas Royce on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory.[14] The series ended in 2014 after three seasons.[15] She appeared in We Need Help, a web series airing on Yahoo! Screen. On January 29, 2014, Hines received the 2,516th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[16]
Hines is a panelist on a singing game show, I Can See Your Voice.[citation needed]
Personal life
editHines married Paul Young, founder of the management firm Principato-Young, on December 30, 2002. Their daughter Catherine Rose Young was born on March 8, 2004. On July 20, 2010, Hines and Young filed for divorce after nearly eight years of marriage.[17] When a nephew was born with cerebral palsy, Hines contacted United Cerebral Palsy for answers and resources. Over time, she became involved with UCP and has used her celebrity status to help elevate its visibility.[18] Hines serves on the board of trustees of United Cerebral Palsy.[19] Hines and her family won $25,000 for UCP on the July 12, 2015, episode of Celebrity Family Feud.
In December 2011, Hines began dating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[20] They were introduced by Hines's co-star Larry David, from the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.[21] They announced their engagement in April 2014.[22] They married on August 2, 2014, at the Kennedy Compound on Cape Cod.[23] Robert Kennedy Jr. announced in April 2023 that he was running as an independent for president of the United States in 2024. Hines said in an interview: "I support Bobby and I want to be there for him, and I want him to feel loved and supported by me."[24]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cheap Curry and Calculus | Sheila | Short film |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Catering Manager | |
| 2005 | Cake | Roxanne | |
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Sally | ||
| Our Very Own | Sally Crowder | ||
| 2006 | Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas | Professor Adams | |
| RV | Jamie Munro | ||
| Keeping Up with the Steins | Casey Nudelman | ||
| 2007 | Waitress | Becky | |
| Goodnight Vagina | Meg March | Short film | |
| The Grand | Lainie Schwartzman | ||
| 2008 | Hollywood Residential | Herself | |
| Henry Poole Is Here | Meg Wyatt | ||
| Bart Got a Room | Beth Stein | ||
| Space Chimps | Luna (voice) | ||
| 2009 | All in the Bunker | Eva Braun (voice) | Animated short |
| Labor Pains | Lisa DePardo | ||
| The Ugly Truth | Georgia | ||
| 2010 | The Legend of Secret Pass | Nitika (voice) | |
| Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back | Luna (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Life After Beth | Judy Orfman | |
| Think Like a Man 2 | Andrea | ||
| 2015 | The Benefactor | Mia | |
| Christmas Eve | Dawn | Also known as Stuck | |
| 2016 | Nine Lives | Madison Camden | |
| 2017 | Wilson | Polly | |
| A Bad Moms Christmas | Sandy | ||
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Momblank (voice) | |
| 2022 | About Fate | Judy | |
| 2024 | Popular Theory | Tammy Page |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Swamp Thing | Louise Brenner | Episode: "Heart of the Mantis" |
| 1997 | Unsolved Mysteries | Sharon Berman (Ashely's mother) | Episode: "9.18" - YouTube/FlimRise Episode: "9.15" |
| 1998 | The Wayans Bros. | Helen | Episode: "Six Degrees of Marlon" |
| Suddenly Susan | Debbie | Episode: "Poetry in Notion" | |
| 1999 | Marla | Episode: "The Cheerleaders" | |
| Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm | Cheryl David | TV movie (series pilot) | |
| 2000 | Friends | Woman #2 | Episode: "The One with Rachel's Sister" |
| 2000–2024 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Cheryl David | Main role (seasons 1–7, 9–12; guest season 8) |
| 2002 | So Little Time | Barbara Morrison | Episode: "The Job" |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | Lauren Williamson | Episode: "Annoying Kid" | |
| 2003 | Reno 911! | Trailer Park Lady | Episode: "Terrorist Training: Part 1" |
| A Tale of Two Wives | Rose Goodman | TV movie | |
| Wanda at Large | Dr. Linda | Episode: "Did Wanda Say a Four Letter Word?" | |
| 2004–2005 | Father of the Pride | Kate (voice) | 14 episodes |
| 2006 | Scrubs | Paige Cox | Episode: "My New God" |
| 2007 | Jack's Big Music Show | Sudsy Bubblestein | Episode: "Mel's Bath Day" |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana | Catherine York | Episode: "What I Don't Like About You" |
| In the Motherhood | Jane | 7 episodes | |
| 2010 | Wright vs. Wrong | Keri Daly | TV movie |
| The Super Hero Squad Show | Stardust (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| Brothers & Sisters | Buffy McCreary | 3 episodes | |
| 2011 | Love Bites | Kristen Lerner | Episode: "Too Much Information" |
| A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! | Wanda | TV movie | |
| 2011–2014 | Suburgatory | Dallas Royce | Main role; 56 episodes |
| 2013 | Hollywood Game Night | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Crazy Ones | Beth Minker | Episode: "Zach Mitzvah" |
| 2015 | The Middle | Dr. Sommer Samuelson | Episode: "The Convention" |
| 2015–2016 | TripTank | Various voices | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Young & Hungry | Kathy Kaminski | Episode: "Young & Parents" |
| 2016–2018 | Mike Tyson Mysteries | Virgilia / Jillian Davis (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Son of Zorn | Edie Bennett | Main role; 13 episodes |
| 2017 | Pickle and Peanut | Susan (voice) | Episode: "Wet Wedding" |
| 2017–2018 | Nobodies | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Funny You Should Ask | Herself | 35 episodes |
| 2018 | Fresh Off the Boat | Fay | Episode: "Big Baby" |
| Hell's Kitchen | Herself | Blue Team's VIP guest diner; Episode: "Hell Freezes Over" | |
| 2018–2019 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Momblank (voice) | 16 episodes |
| This Close | Stella | 6 episodes | |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | Brenda Decarlo | Episode: "The One Where the Sun Comes Out" |
| Drunk History | Lady Bird Johnson | Episode: "Fame" | |
| 2020 | Make It Work! | Herself | Television special |
| Stumptown | Ginger Lloyd | Episode: "Dirty Dexy Money" | |
| The Conners | Dawn | Episode: "Mud Turtles, A Good Steak and One Man in a Tub" | |
| The Masked Singer | Guest panelist | Episode: "The Group B Finals - The Mask Chance Saloon" | |
| 2020–present | I Can See Your Voice | Herself | Regular panelist |
| 2021–2022 | The Masked Dancer | Guest panelist | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Flight Attendant | Dot Karlson | Main role (season 2) |
| Lego Masters | Herself | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | Fantasy Island | Jessica Warren | Episode: "Tara and Jessica's High School Reunion / Cat Lady" |
Producer
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006–2007 | Campus Ladies | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Hollywood Residential | TV series |
Director
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Campus Ladies | Episode: "No Means No" |
| 2009 | Serious Moonlight | Feature film debut |
| 2020 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Episode: "Artificial Fruit" |
Audio broadcasts
editPodcasts
editHosted
edit- 2020–2024: Tig and Cheryl: True Story[25] – cohosted with Tig Notaro
Guest
editReferences
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- ^ https://www.megynkelly.com/?s=Robert+f.+Kennedy, "Deep Dive, Part 2: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., approximately the 27:00 mark
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