Cheryl Hines
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| Born | September 21 1965 Miami Beach, Florida |
Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress famous for her role as Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Hines was born in Miami Beach, Florida to Rosemary Graham Harbolt and a father whom she has described as "sort of a redneck".[1] Part of her family came from Frostproof, Florida.[2] Hines grew up in Tallahassee, Florida,[2] where she attended Young Actors Theatre throughout high school. Hines attended West Virginia University and Florida State University, before graduating from the University of Central Florida.
[edit] Career
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.[2] She also learned to write comedy sketches, which served her well in her experiences with Larry David in the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO. 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.
In July 2006, Hines received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Curb Your Enthusiasm
[edit] Personal life
She has been married to Paul Young, Chairman of L.A.’s Groundlings Theater,[2] since December 30, 2002, and their daughter Catherine Rose was born on March 8, 2004. Hines participated in the 2006 Pro-Am Poker Equalizer.
[edit] 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)
- The Grand (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ The Washington Post Company. "Cheryl Hines balances tragic with the comic", MSNBC, 2007-05-10. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
- ^ a b c d Moore, Roger. "Improv skills earn Hines some really big winners", Orlando Sentinel, 2007-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
[edit] External links
- Cheryl Hines at the Internet Movie Databasede:Cheryl Hines
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