Who is Cheryl Hines? RFK’s wife and Larry David’s ‘Curb’ Co-Star

  • Actor Cheryl Hines is known for his role as Cheryl David in “Curb your enthusiasm.”
  • She married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2014 and has supported its political ambitions.
  • Together, the wealthy couple has seven children from previous marriages.

On Wednesday, Cheryl Hines accompanied her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., under his first confirmation committee for Senat’s Finance Committee.

Kennedy is President Donald Trump’s nominees for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Hines, whom he married in 2014, had a long race like Cheryl David on HBO’s “Curb your enthusiasm.”

From 2023, Hines’ and Kennedy’s total net value of about $ 15 million are appreciated, according to a Forbes analysis of the couple’s earnings, properties and debt.

Over the past few years, the couple has weathered several public storms, from Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism to infidelity rumors.

This is how a Hollywood actor became part of the Kennedy family.

Hines was assistant to director Rob Reiner


Cheryl Hines smiles while wearing a glass ship's necklace and olive green and white dress

Cheryl Hines in 2001.

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Originally from Florida, Hinees Studied Theater at the University of Central Florida, but had to change her major to radio and television production because plays in acting are in conflict with her part-time job, she told the college’s The fee In 2022.

After appearing on the TV show “Swamp Thing” from 1993, she moved to Los Angeles. She worked for Rob Reiner, the actor and the director behind “The Princess Bride” Los Angeles Times.

Hines appeared in episodes with “unresolved mysteries” and “Wayans Bros.” In the late 1990s before she landed her big break on “Curb your enthusiasm.” She played Cheryl David, the often experted wife (later ex-wife) by Larry David.

While working on over 100 episodes of “Curb,” Hines appeared on shows like “The Flight Attendant”, “The Conners” and “Fresh Off The Boat.” She also had a role in the movie “Waitress”.

Hines met Kennedy through his “curb” co-star


Cheryl Hines in a black dress with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s arm around her waist in front

Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In 2012.

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In 2002, Hines married Paul Young. Four years later, the couple’s daughter Catherine Rose Young was born. Hines and Young requested divorce in 2010.

Young and Hines remained friends and continued to celebrate Thanksgiving together.

Larry David helped introduce Hines and Kennedy in 2004 at a skiing event fundraiser in Banff, Alberta. David knew Kennedy through his ex -wife, climate activist Laurie David, The Hollywood reporter Reported in 2024.

Both Kennedy and Hines were married to other people at the time, but started dating in 2010. Kennedy is 12 years older than Hines, who turned 59 in September 2024.

In 2014, the couple married the Kennedy connection in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Kennedy has six children from previous marriages to Emily Ruth Black and Mary Kathleen Richardson.

When Hines got a star on Hollywood Boulevard, she joked that all three of her men were there – Kennedy, Young and David – Fox News reported in 2018.

Hines has said that she and Kennedy sometimes disagree on politics


Kyra Lemoyne Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines in 2014

Kyra Lemoyne Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines in 2014.

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Hines has openly expressed her rejection of Trump. In August, she told The Hollywood Reporter about her reaction when Trump was elected in 2016.

“Even when Trump was chosen, I really had to talk to myself because I was thinking ‘I won’t manage it through these four years,'” Hines Told Thr.

Despite her opinion of Trump, she has accompanied her husband to several political events recently, including his first Senate’s confirmation hearing, inauguration day and his “Make America Healthy Again Ball.”

In the past, Hines has said that she does not always agree with her husband’s political perspective. By 2022, Kennedy compared US vaccination policies with Nazi rules, suggesting that Anne Frank had more freedom in hiding than today’s Americans.

Shortly after his remark, Hines wrote on X “My husband’s opinions are not a reflection of my own. While we love each other, we are different on many current questions.” Kennedy apologized for his remarks shortly after.

In October 2024, people reported that a source close to Hines said she was considering divorcing Kennedy after reports came out of his alleged sexting affair with Olivia Nuzzi, a correspondent for the New York magazine.

“She has talked about filing divorce, but he asks her not to archive,” the source of People told. A representative of Kennedy said he only met Nuzzi once.

The couple is still married.