Cheryl Hines, actress, poker player and wife of Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running against Joe Biden.

At 57, Cheryl Hines already has several strings attached: actress, director, producer, and successful podcast host. Could she add “First Lady” of the United States? On April 19, her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the assassinated president’s nephew, announced that he was running against Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2024 race for the White House. famous woman

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Actress, profession

Born on September 21, 1965, Cheryl Hines grew up in a Catholic home in Tallahassee, Florida. From an early age, she knows that she will become an actress. A member of the Young Actors Theater during high school, he attended the University of Central Florida, where he studied radio and audio-visual production. The diploma in the pocket, heading to Los Angeles, without a pocket in the pocket, but in the head full of dreams. And because it’s hard to break into the Hollywood industry, she multiplies odd jobs: waitress, switchboard operator, TV reporter, personal assistant to actor and director Rob Reiner (to whom we owe, among others: When Harry met Sally) never losing sight of her life’s goal of becoming an actress. As we read in the columns DailyMail:she tried her hand at comedy and improv at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles alongside Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe in friends)

During an interview with Alec Baldwin on the Here’s the Thing podcast last year, Cheryl Hines recalled one of her bosses telling her she needed to “grow her breasts” if she wanted to make it in showbiz. “At the time I didn’t even think about it and I didn’t think it was necessary,” he said. “I got home and started thinking about all the actresses I was looking at and wondering if breast size had anything to do with it. I was like, ‘Goldie Hawn doesn’t have big breasts. Proof that Cheryl Hines had no intention of meeting the standards at the time.

with glory Larry and his vessel

One thing leads to another, the young actress appeared on the small screen several times. We see this especially in the series Swamp thing, Unsolved mysteries (Extraordinary investigation), Suddenly Susan Or friends. Then everything changed when he landed a role in the hit HBO sitcom in the early 2000s. Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry and His Belly): she plays Cheryl, the fictional wife of the main character Larry David (played by… Larry David). In a 2007 interview with NBC News, her co-star, and incidentally the creator of the cult series, talked about the moment she knew she was perfect for the role. After auditioning no less than fifteen actresses, he was captivated by the game of Cheryl Hines. “He knows exactly how to make a scene funny, and he will completely sacrifice himself for acting.”

Larry and his vessel Cheryl Hines pushes to another dimension. Here he is soon nominated for two Emmys and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In parallel, he stars in other series and films, among which Polly and me (2004) or: Knocked, but not much (2009) and also branched out into directing and producing. the adventure Larry and his vessel, it will last until 2020. After which we see Cheryl Hines again on TV in the music show “I Can See Your Voice” as a member of the jury. And we hear it in his “Tig and Cheryl. True Story” podcast alongside comedian Tig Notaro. In short, life in the spotlight.

queen of poker

As if that wasn’t enough, Cheryl Hines is also an avid poker player. Over the years, he has participated in many celebrity tournaments, the proceeds of which are donated to charity. In 2018, she explained that she developed a passion for the game during her pregnancy, which forced her to take a break from work. “Honestly, when I was pregnant, I didn’t have much to do and I wasn’t feeling very well, so I learned to play poker,” she explained. Americascard room , specialized online media. “When I had a child, I was able to play with real people. It was very exciting (…) You meet people who have the same interests as you and connect with them.”

On the personal front, Cheryl Hines was first married in 2002 to one Paul Young, who ran a management company. With him, she gave birth to a daughter, Catherine Rose Young, on March 8, 2004. However, the couple split in 2010 after eight years of marriage. With his only daughter, who is now 19 years old, he keeps her out of the limelight. Even if the girl appears on her mother’s social networks from time to time.

Meeting with RFK Jr.

A year after the official separation from Paul Young, Cheryl Hines finds love again in the arms of someone… JFK’s nephew, lawyer and member of the Democratic Party, Robert Kennedy Jr. It was Larry David who played the guardian of the two lovers, who got married in August 2014 at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. A month before the ceremony, the future bride was excited in the columns of the magazine People to see their “two families reunited.” “I come from a big family, and the Kennedys are a big family. It is natural. It’s funny.” However, the American admits it: it was “intimidating” to enter one of the most legendary clans in the United States. Only, against all odds, her second husband’s family turned out to be “much more hospitable and sympathetic than you can imagine “.

On “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in May 2019, Cheryl Hines reveals a glimpse of her life as a new member of the Kennedys. Answer: “A lot of sports, a lot of football. A lot of sailing, sailing.”

My husband’s opinion does not reflect my opinion

Cheryl Hines

That said, even though she’s an early supporter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sheryl Hines doesn’t hesitate to show that she doesn’t always share his opinion. She especially distanced herself when her husband became famous for his anti-vaccination activism on social media. In January 2022, during a congressional hearing, RFK Jr. made waves by comparing his country to Nazi Germany. According to him, the measures taken by the United States during the Covid crisis were more restrictive than the measures of the Hitler regime. “Even in Hitler’s Germany you could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did.”

Faced with this grotesque statement, the actress wanted to stay away from him. on Twitter, he announced. “My husband’s opinion does not reflect my opinion. Although we love each other, we have different opinions on many hot topics.

Moreover, since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he was running for the Democratic primary, Cheryl Hines has not expressed any comments or specific support for her husband. As if she preferred to stay away from her husband’s political ambitions. Proof, perhaps, that he does not believe in his presidential destiny… Or simply that he does not approve of it.

Lemonade with Fidel Castro

Meanwhile, Cheryl Hines is living the good life. On Instagram, she often posts her glamorous vacations at five-star resorts, yachts, or high-end restaurants. Even if she doesn’t stay completely passive, she recently launched a beauty care line with her daughter, Hines+Young.

Friend Cheryl Hines hangs out with celebrities and some of the world’s most famous leaders and politicians. He even claims that a few years ago he drank lemonade with Fidel Castro in Cuba, at the latter’s house. “We went to Cuba probably ten years ago and my husband wanted to know if we could visit Mr. Castro,” she said during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “When we arrived at the hotel, a man in a white linen suit told us. “The President will receive you.” They took us in a van, it was a good van, and I said, “Wow, what’s going on?” she says happily. Then let’s continue. “We arrived at his house, he was wearing a sports suit. We sat with him [mon mari] and spoke to him in Spanish for a while. They talked about assassination attempts, like you do when you drink lemonade,” he stumbles sarcastically. “He was good. It was the best lemonade I’ve ever had, I don’t know what was in it, but it was fantastic.” The former leader of Cuba has been dead for almost seven years. And who knows, Cheryl Hines may meet other heads of state in the future…

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