Maria Shriver

First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011

Photo by: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:November 6, 1955

Age:70

Zodiac Sign:Scorpio

Born in:Chicago, United States

Residence:Brentwood, United States

Languages:English

Actor Lawyer Women's Rights Activist Children's Writer Journalist News Presenter Writer

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Maria Shriver:
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John F. Kennedy:
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Robert F. Kennedy:
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Movies & TV

Last Action Hero

Books

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real World

Awards

California Hall of Fame (2016)Peabody Awards

Maria Shriver

First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011

Biography

Maria Owings Shriver ( SHRY-vər; born November 6, 1955) is an American writer and journalist. Shriver is a member of the Shriver family and Kennedy family, a former First Lady of California, and the founder of the non-profit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to actor and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with whom she had four children, before separating in 2011 and divorcing in 2021. Shriver began her journalism career at KYW-TV and briefly anchored the CBS Morning News before joining NBC News in 1986. After anchoring weekend editions of the Today show and the NBC Nightly News, she became a correspondent for Dateline NBC, also covering politics. After leaving NBC News in 2004 to focus on her role as First Lady of California, she returned in 2013 as a special anchor. For her reporting at NBC, Shriver received a Peabody Award in 1998 and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a "television show with a conscience".

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Quotes

“I’m trying to take a beat to digest the Rittenhouse verdict. My son just asked me how it’s possible that he didn’t get charged for anything. How is that possible? I don’t have an answer for him.”

— 19 November 2021 tweet

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Maria Shriver at Celebrity Fight Night XXIV in Phoenix, Arizona.

Women’s health advocate Maria Shriver speaks alongside President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a Women’s History Month Reception, Monday, March 18, 2024, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Maria Shriver on the red carpet at Celebrity Fight Night XXIV at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.