Cheryl Hines

 Hines was a waitress and a television reporter before she was granted her acting break. She appeared frequently on shows such as Swamp Thing or Unsolved Mysteries. In the year 1996, she was featured in an episode of The Dating Game. It was not selected. Hines as well as Meg Ryan, at Serious Moonlight's premiere. Hines' directorial debut. Hines started her acting career by performing improv comedy at The Groundlings Theater. Lisa Kudrow was one of the actors she studied with. [3] She also learned how to write comedy sketches, which proved to be an excellent talent for her while she was working as Larry David's fictional partner, Cheryl. The show employs the retroscripting technique, where the outline of the plot is generally sketched loosely, and then actors play around with it to create dialog. Hines, Grand Marshal for the Springtime Tallahassee Grand Parade on April 6, 2001. She recalls that people in Tallahassee were thinking "Maybe Cheryl got married" when they first saw the show. "Sometimes, I do feel like I live two lives. Hines has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress on a Comedy Series in 2003 and in 2006. [6] Speaking about being cast in the show Hines has said she "Until Curb, I'd done small roles, really small roles. They were looking to cast an unproven actress. This worked for me in the sense that I hadn't done anything. It transformed my life."