Biography: Cheryl Hines

Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress best known for her role as Cheryl David, Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Biography

Early life

Hines was born in Miami Beach, Florida, the daughter of Rosemary Graham Harbolt and a father whom she has described as "sort of a redneck". ^{Part of the family came from Frostproof, Florida; Hines grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where she was a member of the Young Actors Theatre throughout high school. Hines also attended Lively Technical Center in Tallahassee.}

“I went to this vocational technical institute in Tallahassee called Lively,” Hines fondly recounts. “There was a small group of girls right out of high school, and we’d get into a lot of trouble for partying all night and then going in the next morning, washing each other’s hair, setting it in rollers and sleeping under the hair dryer for, like, an hour.”

Hines attended both West Virginia University and Florida State University, before graduating from the University of Central Florida.

Career

Hines worked as a personal assistant to Rob Reiner when she moved to LA. Though Reiner did not play a critical role in her career, he would come watch her shows when she began acting. Hines moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career, and began by doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater. Among the people she studied with was Lisa Kudrow. ^{She also learned to write comedy sketches, which served her well when working on Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO as Larry David's wife, Cheryl. The show is written as retroscripting in which the plot outlines are generally and loosely drawn and the individual characters improvise to create the dialogue.}

“When the show first came out, people from Tallahassee thought, ‘Well, maybe Cheryl got married,’” she recalls of the show’s initial reception. “Sometimes, I do feel like I live two lives.”

In July 2006, Hines received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In films, she was one of the stars of RV opposite Robin Williams, Waitress with Keri Russell and the 2008 mockumentary comedy The Grand, a spoof of the World Series of Poker.

On November 24, 2008, TV Guide reported that Hines will co-star in the new ABC sitcom In The Motherhood, where she will be acting out real-life stories submitted by mothers.

Personal life

She has been married to Paul Young, Chairman of L.A.’s Groundlings Theater, ^{since December 30, 2002, and their daughter Catherine Rose was born on March 8, 2004. Hines participated in the 2006 Pro-Am Poker Equalizer. Hines is sister to Rebecca Hines, a professor at the University of Central Florida.}

Filmography

• Cheap Curry and Calculus (1996)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series) (2000-Present)
• Reno 911! (TV series) (2003)
• Double Bill (TV film) (2003)
• Along Came Polly (2004)
• Father of the Pride (TV series) (2004)
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
• Our Very Own (2005)
• Scrubs (TV series) (2006)
• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)
• RV (2006)
• Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
• Waitress (2007)
• Jack's big music show (2007)
• The Grand (2008)
• Henry Poole is Here (2008)
• Bart Got a Room (2008)
• Space Chimps (voice) (2008)
• The Legend of Secret Pass (voice) (2008)
• The Ugly Truth (2009)
• Labor Pains (2009)
• Farlanders (2009)

References

1. The Washington Post Company (2007-05-10). "Cheryl Hines balances tragic with the comic", MSNBC. Retrieved on 24 May 2007. 
2. ^ Moore, Roger (2007-05-24). "Improv skills earn Hines some really big winners", Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved on 24 May 2007. 
3. ^ Heeb Magazine, Issue #15, Features
4. Horatio Sanz Embraces Motherhood" TV Guide. November 24, 2008. Retrieved on November 26, 2008.