--- name: "Cheryl Hines" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cheryl-hines" fi1m_id: "cheryl-hines" imdb_id: "nm0385644" tmdb_id: 57854 wikidata_id: "Q272917" roles: ["Actor","Director"] born: "21 September 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 54 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-23T04:08:50.102452+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Cheryl Hines ## Identity Cheryl Hines - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cheryl-hines - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** cheryl-hines - **IMDb ID:** nm0385644 - **TMDB ID:** 57854 - **Wikidata ID:** Q272917 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Hines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57854 Actor and director. Born 21 September 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor, Director - **Born:** 21 September 1965, Miami Beach, Florida, USA - **Active:** 2000–2017 - **Also known as:** شرلی هینس - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 directing - **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 62 (2), 2010s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Hines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57854 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) (84) - **Netflix:** [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70) - **Tubi:** [*The Ugly Truth*](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md) (39) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Cheryl Hines > Cheryl Hines is the one who listens while everyone else talks. She makes reasonableness funny, which almost nobody can do, and her best work comes when a script leaves her standing still beside someone who will not stop talking. Watch Cheryl Hines in *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000) while Larry David explains why he was right. She does not roll her eyes or wind up for a line of her own. She listens, and the longer she listens the more unreasonable he sounds, until the laugh arrives without anyone having asked for it. Cheryl David is the measuring stick of that show: we know how far Larry has gone by how far she has had to lean back. The quarrels can wear, as we said in our review, but Hines is one of the reasons the embarrassment stays plausible instead of tipping into sketch. The habit was taught. She learned to improvise at The Groundlings in Los Angeles, where Lisa Kudrow was her first teacher, and *Curb* was cast as an improvised show, which is how she got in the door. "The truth with improv is you have to really listen to the other actor because you can only listen and respond. There are no written lines," she has said. That is the whole method, and she kept to it across twelve seasons beside Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and JB Smoove, all of whom play louder than she does. Around the series she took supporting parts in films: the exasperated one opposite Robin Williams in *RV* (2006), Becky in Adrienne Shelly's *Waitress* (2007), an anchorwoman in *The Ugly Truth* (2009). She directed Shelly's script *Serious Moonlight* the same year, and an episode of *Curb* in 2020. *Suburgatory* (2011) gave her the lead and let her be the noisy one for once. Dallas Royce is the queen of the cul-de-sac, a woman so hospitable that it takes half a season to notice how lonely she is, and Hines can make a single greeting carry three meanings. Opposite Carly Chaikin's entirely blank Dalia, she is all warmth and no stillness, the reverse of her Curb setting. We did not expect to mind about Dallas, and by the middle of the first season we did, because Hines kept the brightness one notch too high throughout, and the gap between the voice and the woman was where the loneliness lived. The films have been less generous. *The Ugly Truth* is a poor picture, and she and John Michael Higgins are the best thing in it, turning a handover to the weather into a divorce hearing. We laughed hardest at the pair of them and then watched the script drop them once the ratings plot had moved on. That is the pattern: film comedies cast her as the sensible one, use her to steady a star, and give her nothing to build. Her one feature as director was reported to have plain shot choices and slow dialogue scenes, an odd note on an actor whose entire gift is pace. What Hines needs is a talker, a long take and permission to wait. Television has given her that twice. Somebody should write her a third part with nothing written in it. ## Biography Cheryl Hines is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for playing Cheryl David, the wife of Larry David, in the HBO series *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000–2024). She also directed the episode "Artificial Fruit" from the tenth season in 2020. Hines trained with the Los Angeles improv group The Groundlings. Before her breakthrough role she worked as a personal assistant to director Rob Reiner. Her feature directorial debut was the 2009 comedy *Serious Moonlight*. She has appeared in films including *Along Came Polly* (2004), *RV* (2006), *The Ugly Truth* (2009) and *A Bad Moms Christmas* (2017), and in television series such as *The Middle* (2009) and *Hannah Montana* (2006). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, watch.plex.tv.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Dallas Royce — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) - *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Fi1m 39, as Georgia Bordeney — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md) ### Directed (1) - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, as Cheryl David — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) ## Complete filmography (62) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Popular Theory* (2024), as Tammy Page / Aunt Tammy - *Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy* (2023), as Sharon Herman - *About Fate* (2022), as Judy - *Fear and Loathing in Aspen* (2021), as Eve Homeyer - *Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans* (2021), as Momblank (voice) - *The Flight Attendant* (2020), series, as Dot Karlson - *Turkey Drop* (2019), as Mrs. Jacobs - *Stumptown* (2019), series, as Ginger Lloyd - *3Below: Tales of Arcadia* (2018), series, as Momblank (voice) - *The Conners* (2018), series, as Dawn - *This Close* (2018), series, as Stella - *A Bad Moms Christmas* (2017), as Sandy - *Wilson* (2017), as Polly - *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Brenda Decarlo - *Son of Zorn* (2016), series, as Edie - *Nine Lives* (2016), as Madison Camden - *The Benefactor* (2015), as Mia - *Christmas Eve* (2015), as Dawn - *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, as Fay - *Life After Beth* (2014), as Judy Orfman - *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, as Kathy Walker - *Think Like a Man Too* (2014), as Andrea (uncredited) - *Cold Turkey* (2013), as Deborah - *The Crazy Ones* (2013), series, as Beth Minker - *Suburgatory* (2011), series, as Dallas Royce — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) - *A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!* (2011), as Wanda - *Love Bites* (2011), series, as Kristen Lerner - *The Legend of Secret Pass* (2010), as Nitika (voice) - *Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back* (2010), as Luna (voice) - *Wright vs. Wrong* (2010), as Keri Daly - *Serious Moonlight* (2009), Director - *The Middle* (2009), series, as Dr. Sommer Samuelson - *The Ugly Truth* (2009), as Georgia Bordeney — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md) - *Labor Pains* (2009), as Lisa DePardo - *In the Motherhood* (2009), series, as Jane - *Henry Poole Is Here* (2008), as Meg - *Space Chimps* (2008), as Luna (voice) - *Bart Got a Room* (2008), as Beth Stein - *The Grand* (2007), as Lainie Schwartzman - *Waitress* (2007), as Becky - *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Buffy McCreary - *Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas* (2006), as Professor Adams - *Keeping Up with the Steins* (2006), as Casey Nudelman - *RV* (2006), as Jamie Munro - *Hannah Montana* (2006), series, as Catherine York - *Campus Ladies* (2006), series, Director - *Our Very Own* (2005), as Sally Crowder - *Herbie Fully Loaded* (2005), as Sally - *Cake* (2005), as Roxanne - *Father of the Pride* (2004), series, as Kate (voice) - *Along Came Polly* (2004), as Catering Manager - *Reno 911!* (2003), series, as Trailer Park Lady - *Wanda at Large* (2003), series, Actor - *A Tale of Two Wives* (2003), as Rose Goodman - *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Paige - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Cheryl David · Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) - *Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm* (1999), as Cheryl David - *Oh Baby* (1998), series, Actor - *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Debbie, Marla - *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, as Lauren Williamson - *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, as Helen - *Bad Moms' Moms*, as Sandy ## Gallery - ![Cheryl Hines](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-ea34f3a64c92.jpg) Cheryl Hines — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cheryl_Hines_at_the_White_House_on_February_13%2C_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cheryl Hines, Grand Marshall of the Springtime Tallahassee Parade signing autographs.](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-e3d27981d854.jpg) Cheryl Hines, Grand Marshall of the Springtime Tallahassee Parade signing autographs. — Himileanmedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Cheryl_Hines_04062013_SpringtimeTallahasseeGrandMarshallSigning.jpg/1280px-Cheryl_Hines_04062013_SpringtimeTallahasseeGrandMarshallSigning.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-6a275375fd8f.jpg) Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009) — Rubenstein, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Cheryl_Hines_2009_TFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-90bc4311f4a3.jpg) Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009) — Rubenstein, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Cheryl_Hines_2009_TFF_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cheryl Hines](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-1f9cc06be569.jpg) Cheryl Hines — Image via TMDB - ![Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-c798c8777c5d.jpg) Cheryl Hines – Tribeca Film Festival "Whatever Works" Premiere. (2009) — Rubenstein, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Cheryl_Hines_2009_TFF_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Actress Cheryl Hines at the 83rd Academy Awards. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/62395/gallery-7a4405ce4a6e.jpg) Actress Cheryl Hines at the 83rd Academy Awards. (2011) — David Torcivia at https://www.flickr.com/photos/viatorci/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cheryl_Hines_2011_AA.jpg/1280px-Cheryl_Hines_2011_AA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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