Cheryl Hines

Overview

Cheryl Ruth Hines was born on September 21, 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida, to Rosemary (Graham) and James Hines, and grew up in Tallahassee, Florida. She went to West Virginia University, Florida State University and graduated from the University of Central Florida. She studied theater and television production, but it was not until she moved to Los Angeles and studied at the Groundlings Theater that she felt she had really learned anything about comedy. Her first teacher there was Lisa Kudrow. She learned to improvise and write comedy sketches. This experience helped her prepare for the role of Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000). The dialogue on the situation comedy is improvised, so she feels right at home. She still performs at the Groundlings Theater when she has a chance.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cheryl Hines

Member of The Groundlings, an improvisational ensemble.
Former personal assistant to Rob Reiner.
Gave birth to her first child at age 38, a daughter Catherine Rose Young on March 8, 2004. Child's father is her now ex-first husband, Paul Young.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6621 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 29, 2014. Comedian Kevin Nealon and actor Jeremy Sisto were guest speakers at the ceremony.
Acted as the "victim" in the Psycho Soundstage Attraction (now the Shrek 4-D Soundstage) at Universal Studios Orlando while attending the University of Central Florida.

It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person. [Woman's World issue, November 30, 2004]
[on her poker-playing hobby]: I do have a tendency to talk a lot at the poker table, which throws people off because they spend a lot of time trying to read me. But I talk a lot when I have a good hand and when I have a bad hand, too. Sometimes it annoys people so much they can't wait to get out of the tournament. And that can only be good for me. Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.

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