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Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger (born November 6, 1955), better known as Maria Shriver, is an American journalist for NBC and the First Lady of California.
Biography
Maria Shriver was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second child and only daughter of the politician Sargent Shriver and his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and a niece of the assassinated American President John F. Kennedy. Shriver received a B.A. degree in American Studies from Georgetown University. Since April 26, 1986 she has been married to Arnold Schwarzenegger with whom she has four children:
- Katherine Eunice (born December 13, 1989)
- Christina Maria Aurelia (born July 23, 1991)
- Patrick Arnold (born September 18, 1993)
- Christopher Sargent Shriver (born September 27, 1997)
Her children attend school in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
Career
She was a TV news reporter for NBC's Dateline NBC from 1989 until 2004. In August of 2003, Shriver took an unpaid leave of absence from NBC News when her husband became a candidate in the 2003 California recall. Upon her husband's inauguration as the 38th Governor of California, she became the First Lady of California on November 17, 2003. She then returned to reporting, making two more appearances as an anchor for Dateline NBC. Her broadcast journalism career started with KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On February 3, 2004, Shriver told NBC she wished to be "relieved of duties at NBC News," citing the conflict of interest between her role as a journalist and her status as the First Lady of California and her increasing role as an advocate of her husband's administration. NBC News president Neal Shapiro did not refer to Shriver's decision as a resignation, however, and issued a statement calling Shriver's departure "an extended leave of absence."
Prior to her work at NBC, Shriver had co-anchored the CBS Morning News. She has won Peabody and Emmy awards and is the author of two best-selling books: What's Heaven and Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real World.
References
- "Maria Shriver: A Who2 Profile". Retrieved Nov. 8, 2005.
External links
- Official site of the First Lady of California
- A brief biography
- Shriver Resigns from 'Dateline NBC' Post - Associated Press, February 4, 2004.
- Maria Shriver at IMDb