Maria Shriver is an American television journalist and documentary producer and has received an Emmy award. In Russia, she is known mainly as the ex-wife of the film actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. She lived with him in a marriage union for 25 years.
Early years and first steps on TV
Maria Shriver was born in November 1955 in Illinois (Chicago). Her family is directly related to the most influential Kennedy clan, the mother of Maria Younis is the sister of the 32nd President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
Maria received her secondary education at one of the schools in Maryland. Then she became a student at Georgetown University in Washington. In 1977, the girl graduated from this university with a bachelor's degree in American studies (this is the name of a number of disciplines studying the United States).
In 1977, Shriver began working on TV in Philadelphia as a news editor and producer. And a year later, in 1978, she switched to Baltimore television.
In the fall of 1983, Maria moved to Los Angeles, where she began to work as a reporter for the CBS channel. Some time later, she also tried herself as a morning news presenter on the same channel.
Shriver's activities on NBC
In 1986, Maria changed her job once again - she became a correspondent and presenter on the NBC channel.
In 1988, she covered NBC's 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
During his long journalistic career, Shriver had the opportunity to interview such famous politicians as Fidel Castro, King Hussein ibn Talal of Jordan, George W. Bush.
During the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, she covered the Democratic and Republican conventions. In 2004, immediately after her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger was promoted to governor of California, Shriver announced her resignation from NBC. She found it impossible for herself to combine journalism with the duties of the first lady of the state.
Career from 2004 to the present day
Since 2004, Maria has worked in the governor's administration, and has also been active in social activities. One of her projects is the largest forum in the United States dedicated to the problems of modern women. In 2004, Shriver established the Minerva Award for California's Outstanding Women. Also with her participation in 2005, the WE Connect program was developed and launched, aimed at supporting the poor families of the state.
In 2008, Maria Shriver executive produced a documentary about her own father, American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver. In 2009, she produced another documentary television movie called Project Alzheimer and consisted of four episodes. One of them was based on Maria's book "Grandpa, Do You Remember Me?" Ultimately, the episode was even awarded a television Emmy award.
In the spring of 2013, Shriver returned to work for NBC as a TV presenter and special correspondent.
Personal life
Maria's acquaintance with actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger took place at a charity tennis tournament organized by the Shriver family in 1977. Their relationship developed rather slowly. Only 9 years later, in the spring of 1986, they got married and became husband and wife.
During the years of marriage with Arnold, Maria gave birth to four children from him: in 1989 - daughter Catherine, in 1991 - second daughter Christina, in 1993 - son Patrick, and in 1997 - second son Christopher.
In 2011, after 25 years, this marriage broke up, and the divorce was quite loud and scandalous. Officially, "irreconcilable differences" were named as the reason. At the same time, Schwarzenegger publicly admitted that he had repeatedly cheated on Maria with the housekeeper Mildred. Moreover, in 1997, Mildred gave birth to a child from "Iron Arnie" - a boy named Joseph.
In general, the divorce procedure lasted a very long time (which is understandable, because there was a solid jointly acquired property at stake) and ended only in 2014. But even before all the formalities were completed, Maria, as reported by the Western press, had a new lover - political consultant Matthew Dowd.
