Cheryl Ruth Hines is an
AmericaThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
n actress and director, known for her role as
Larry DavidLawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...
's wife Cheryl on
HBOHBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. , HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium network in America . In addition to its U.S...
's
Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
. She currently appears on the ABC sitcom
SuburgatorySuburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...
. In 2009, she made her directorial debut at the
Tribeca Film FestivalThe Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
with
Serious MoonlightSerious Moonlight is a 2009 black comedy film directed by Cheryl Hines. It stars Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long. It was released by Magnolia Pictures on 4 December 2009.-Plot:...
.
Cheryl Ruth Hines is an
AmericaThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
n actress and director, known for her role as
Larry DavidLawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...
's wife Cheryl on
HBOHBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. , HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium network in America . In addition to its U.S...
's
Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
. She currently appears on the ABC sitcom
SuburgatorySuburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...
. In 2009, she made her directorial debut at the
Tribeca Film FestivalThe Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
with
Serious MoonlightSerious Moonlight is a 2009 black comedy film directed by Cheryl Hines. It stars Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long. It was released by Magnolia Pictures on 4 December 2009.-Plot:...
.
Early life
Hines was born in
Miami Beach, FloridaMiami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, a daughter of James and Rosemary Hines.
Part of the family came from
Frostproof, FloridaFrostproof is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The city is located in southern Polk County on the Lake Wales Ridge. The population was 2,975 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,954...
; but she grew up in
TallahasseeTallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
, where she was a member of the Young Actors Theatre throughout high school. Hines also attended
Lively Technical CenterLively Technical Center is a technical training school for adult and high school students. Lively is located in Tallahassee, Florida,United States, and occupies three sites, including the main campus at 500 Appleyard Drive, and the campuses at Tallahassee Regional Airport and Leon County Detention...
and
Tallahassee Community CollegeTallahassee Community College is a community college, located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. The institution was founded in 1966 by the Florida Legislature. The college is a member of the Florida College System....
, in Tallahassee. She has two brothers and a sister and was raised Catholic. She attended
West Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
and
Florida State UniversityThe Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
, before graduating from the
University of Central FloridaThe University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
.
Career
Before making her break in Hollywood, Hines worked as a waitress, television reporter, and telephone operator, as well as a personal assistant to
Rob ReinerRobert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...
when she moved to
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to pursue acting. Though Reiner did not play a critical role in her career, he would watch her shows when she began acting.
Hines began her acting career by doing improvisational
comedyComedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
at
The GroundlingsThe Groundlings are an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin to produce sketches and improvised scenes...
Theater. Among the people she studied with was
Lisa KudrowLisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends, for which she received many accolades including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards...
. She also learned to write comedy sketches, which served her well when working on
Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
, on HBO, as Larry David's fictional wife, Cheryl. The show is written as
retroscriptingRetroscripting is a term for two techniques used in movie and television programs.-Plot outline:A retroscripted script contains a plot outline and leaves dialogue deliberately vague for interpretation by the actors through improvisation...
, 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
RVRV is a 2006 comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Geoff Rodkey, and starring Robin Williams, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth and Will Arnett. It was released on April 28, 2006 in North America...
opposite
Robin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
,
Waitress with
Keri RussellKeri Lynn Russell is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe...
, and the 2008 mockumentary comedy
The GrandThe Grand is an improv comedy film directed by Zak Penn. The film has an ensemble cast including Ray Romano, Woody Harrelson, Chris Parnell, Werner Herzog, Jason Alexander, Dennis Farina, David Cross, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Karnow and Cheryl Hines along with several real Las Vegas poker...
, a spoof of the World Series of Poker. Her 2009 directorial debut
Serious MoonlightSerious Moonlight is a 2009 black comedy film directed by Cheryl Hines. It stars Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long. It was released by Magnolia Pictures on 4 December 2009.-Plot:...
stars
Meg RyanMargaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra , professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American actress and producer. Raised in Bethel, Connecticut, Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982...
with a script by the late
Adrienne ShellyAdrienne Shelly , was an American actress, director and screenwriter. Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years...
, Hines's co-star in
WaitressWaitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007.-Plot:...
.
During the 2009-2010 season of
Brothers and Sisters, she guest-starred as Kitty Walker McCallister's campaign manager, Buffy.
It was announced in July 2010 that Hines would be joining the cast of the new
NickelodeonNickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
film based on their series
The Fairly OddparentsThe Fairly OddParents is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001 on Oh Yeah!...
,
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner!. She served as Wanda, the main character's (Timmy) godmother. (She plays live-action scenes while Susan Blakeslee voices CGI scenes).
Hines serves as the executive producer for the 2010 reality series
School PrideSchool Pride is an American reality television series which airs on NBC, from executive producers Cheryl Hines and Denise Cramsey. The 7-episode series follows the renovation of a different public school each week. The aired from October 15, 2010 to November 26, 2010...
, which follows the renovation of a different school each week.
Personal life
Hines married Paul Young, founder of the management firm Principato-Young, on December 30, 2002. They have one child. Hines serves on the Board of Trustees of
United Cerebral Palsy.
On July 20, 2010, Hines and Young filed papers for their divorce after nearly eight years of marriage.
Filmography
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1993 |
Swamp ThingSwamp Thing, also known as Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes...
|
Louise Brenner |
Episode: "Heart of the Mantis" |
| 1996 |
Cheap Curry and Calculus |
Sheila |
Short film |
| 1997 |
Unsolved MysteriesUnsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
|
Nurse |
Episode: "9.18" |
| 1998 |
|
Helen |
Episode: "Six Degrees of Marlon" |
Suddenly SusanSuddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
|
Debbie |
Episode: "Poetry in Notion" |
| 1999 |
Suddenly SusanSuddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
|
Marla |
Episode: "The Cheerleaders" |
| Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Cheryl David |
TV movie |
| 2000 |
Friends |
Woman #2 |
Episode: "The One with Rachel's Sister" |
| 2000–present |
Curb Your EnthusiasmCurb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
|
Cheryl David |
78+ episodes |
| 2002 |
So Little TimeSo Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001 to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus, due to network management changes...
|
|
Episode: "The Job" |
Everybody Loves RaymondEverybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
|
Lauren Williamson |
Episode: "Annoying Kid" |
| 2003 |
Reno 911! Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the material is improvised, using a broad outline, and...
|
Trailer Park Lady |
Episode: "Terrorist Training: Part 1" |
|
Rose Goodman |
TV movie |
| Wanda at Large Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The series was created by and stars comedian Wanda Sykes.-Synopsis:...
|
Dr. Linda |
Episode: "Did Wanda Say a Four Letter Word?" |
| 2004 |
Along Came Polly Along Came Polly is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg, starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston in the lead roles.-Plot:...
|
Catering Manager |
|
| 2004–2005 |
Father of the Pride Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV .-Overview:...
|
Kate (voice) |
14 episodes |
| 2005 |
Cake -Plot:The picture follows the life of Pippa McGee as she takes that giant step between 29 and 30 that involves growing up, becoming responsible and discovering true love....
|
Roxanne |
|
| Herbie Fully Loaded |
Sally |
|
| Our Very Own |
Sally Crowder |
|
| 2006 |
ScrubsScrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
|
Paige Cox |
Episode: "My New God" |
| Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas |
Professor Adams |
|
RVRV is a 2006 comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Geoff Rodkey, and starring Robin Williams, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth and Will Arnett. It was released on April 28, 2006 in North America...
|
Jamie Munro |
|
Keeping Up with the SteinsKeeping Up with the Steins is a 2006 comedy film directed by Scott Marshall, and starring Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz and Daryl Hannah...
|
Casey Nudelman |
|
| 2007 |
WaitressWaitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007.-Plot:...
|
Becky |
|
Jack's Big Music ShowJack's Big Music Show is a children's television program currently airing on the Nick Jr. television network. The show premiered on the same network on September 12, 2005...
|
Sudsy Bubblestein |
Episode: "Mel's Bath Day" |
| Goodnight Vagina |
Meg March |
Short film |
|
Lainie Schwartzman |
|
| 2008 |
Henry Poole Is Here Henry Poole Is Here is a 2008 American drama film directed by Mark Pellington. The screenplay by Albert Torres focuses on a dying man whose religious neighbor insists the water stain on the side wall of his house is an image of Jesus Christ....
|
Meg Wyatt |
|
Bart Got a RoomBart Got a Room is a 2009 comedy film written and directed by Brian Hecker, and stars Steven Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, William H. Macy, and Cheryl Hines. Also appearing in the film are Ashley Benson, Brandon Hardesty, Kate Micucci, Jennifer Tilly, Dinah Manoff and Chad Jamian Williams as Bart. The film...
|
Beth Stein |
|
Space ChimpsSpace Chimps is a 2008 computer-animated family comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Starz Media and 20th Century Fox, and it was released on July 18, 2008. The film is produced by Barry Sonnenfeld, John H. Williams, and John W...
|
Luna (voice) |
|
| 2009 |
All in the BunkerAll in the Bunker is a 2009 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Andrew Overtoom. It is a Go Mental Productions film and stars Kurtwood Smith and Cheryl Hines.-Cast:* Kurtwood Smith as Adolf Hitler* Cheryl Hines as Eva Braun...
|
Eva BraunEva Anna Paula Hitler was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich, when she was 17 years old, while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later...
|
Short film |
Hannah MontanaHannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
|
Catherine York |
Episode: "What I Don't Like About You" |
Labor PainsLabor Pains is a 2009 romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Luke Kirby, Cheryl Hines, Chris Parnell, Bridgit Mendler, and Kevin Covais. The film received a television premiere on ABC Family on July 19, 2009. It was originally scheduled to be released in theatres...
|
Lisa DePardo |
|
| In the Motherhood In the Motherhood is an American television sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason entry and ran from March 26, 2009 to June 25, 2009. The series was produced by ABC Studios in association with Cabloom! and Mindshare.-Plot:...
|
Jane |
7 episodes |
|
Georgia |
|
| 2010 |
|
Nitika (voice) |
|
| Wright vs. Wrong |
Keri Daly |
TV movie |
| Love Bites -Episodes:-Development:In January 2010, NBC announced Love Bites as one of many pilots on its early development slate. Becki Newton was cast in late February, followed quickly by Jordana Spiro. Marc Buckland was confirmed to be directing the pilot in early March. In May 2010, NBC announced it had...
|
Kristen Lerner |
Episode: "TMI" |
|
StardustStardust is a fictional character appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics and existing in that company's Marvel Universe. Stardust is one of the many Heralds of Galactus...
(voice) |
Episode: "Last Exit Before Doomsday"
Episode: "This Al Dente Earth" |
| Brothers & Sisters |
Buffy McCreary |
3 episodes |
| Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back is a 2010 animated comedy film and sequel to the 2008 film Space Chimps. The film was directed and produced by John H. Williams, written by Rob Moreland, with animation by Vanguard Animation and Prana Studios....
|
Luna (voice) |
|
| 2011 |
|
Wanda |
TV movie |
| 2011-present |
Suburgatory Suburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...
|
Dallas Royce |
Main role |
Producer
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 2006–2007 |
Campus Ladies Campus Ladies is an American sitcom that premiered on Oxygen on January 8, 2006. It stars Christen Sussin and Carrie Aizley as two 40-something women who decide to go enroll at the fictional University of the Midwest...
|
3 episodes |
| 2008 |
Hollywood Residential |
TV series |
Director
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 2006 |
Campus Ladies Campus Ladies is an American sitcom that premiered on Oxygen on January 8, 2006. It stars Christen Sussin and Carrie Aizley as two 40-something women who decide to go enroll at the fictional University of the Midwest...
|
Episode: "No Means No" |
| 2009 |
Serious Moonlight Serious Moonlight is a 2009 black comedy film directed by Cheryl Hines. It stars Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long. It was released by Magnolia Pictures on 4 December 2009.-Plot:...
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