Cheryl Hines (born September
21, 1965) is an America
actress, best known for her role as Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. In
2009 she made her directorial debut at the
Tribeca Film Festival with
Serious
Moonlight.
Early life
Hines was
born in Miami
Beach
, Florida
, the
daughter of Rosemary Graham Harbolt and James Hines, 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 and Tallahassee Community College in
Tallahassee.
Hines
attended both West Virginia University
and Florida State University
, before graduating from the University of
Central Florida
.
Career
Before
making her break in Hollywood
, Hines worked as a waitress, television reporter,
telephone operator as well 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 actors 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.
Her 2009 directorial debut
Serious
Moonlight stars
Meg Ryan with a
script by the late
Adrienne Shelly,
Hines' co-star in
Waitress.
Personal life
She has been married to Paul Young, founder of the management firm
Principato-Young, since December 30, 2002, and their daughter,
Catherine Rose, was born on March 8, 2004.
Filmography
| Film |
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1996 |
Cheap Curry and Calculus |
Short film |
|
| 2004 |
Along Came Polly |
Catering Manager |
Worldwide Total Gross: $171,963,386 |
| 2005 |
Herbie: Fully
Loaded |
Sally |
Worldwide Total Gross: $144,146,816 |
| Our Very Own |
Sally Crowder |
Festival and DVD-release only |
| 2006 |
Bickford
Shmeckler's Cool Ideas |
Professor Adams |
Limited release |
| RV |
Jamie Munro |
Worldwide Total Gross: $86,892,180 |
| Keeping Up with the
Steins |
Casey Nudelman |
Domestic Total Gross: $4,339,241 (limited release) |
| 2007 |
Waitress |
Becky |
Worldwide Total Gross: $22,179,430 (limited release) |
| Goodnight Vagina |
Meg March |
Short film |
| 2008 |
The Grand |
Lainie Schwartzman |
Zak Penn film. Domestic Total Gross:
$115,879 (limited release) |
| Henry Poole Is
Here |
Meg |
Worldwide Total Gross: $1,879,368 (limited release) |
| Bart Got a Room |
Beth Stein |
Domestic Total Gross: $53,760 (limited release) |
| Space Chimps |
Luna (voice) |
Worldwide Total Gross: $64,787,979 |
| The Legend of Secret Pass |
Nitika (voice) |
|
| 2009 |
All in the
Bunker |
Eva Braun |
Short film |
| The Ugly
Truth |
Georgia |
|
| Serious
Moonlight |
Directorial debut |
|
|
References
- Heeb Magazine, Issue #15, Features
-
http://www.examiner.com/x-8509-NY-Film-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m4d25-Moonlighting-as-director-a-chat-with-Cheryl-Hines
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