Maria Shriver is an American television journalist and documentary film producer, owner of the Emmy television award. In Russia, she is known mainly as the former spouse of the film actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. With him she lived in a marriage for 25 years.
The early years and first steps on TV
Maria Shriver was born in November 1955 in Illinois (Chicago). Her family is directly related to the influential Kennedy clan, mother Mary Eunice is the sister of 32 United States President John F. Kennedy.
Maria received secondary education at one of Maryland's schools. Then she became a student at Georgetown University in Washington. In 1977, a girl graduated from this university with a bachelor's degree in American studies (this is the name of a number of disciplines studying the USA).
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’s television.
In the fall of 1983, Maria moved to Los Angeles, where she began working as a CBS reporter. Some time later, she also tried herself in the role of leading the morning news on the same channel.
Shriver Activities on NBC
In 1986, Maria once again changed her job - she became a correspondent and presenter on the NBC channel.
In 1988, she was involved in NBC coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
During his long journalistic career, Shriver has been able to interview famous politicians such as Fidel Castro, King of Jordan Hussein Ibn Talal, George W. Bush.
During the 1992, 1996, and 2000 presidential elections, she covered congresses of Democrats and Republicans. In 2004, right after her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California, Shriver announced her dismissal from NBC. She found it impossible to combine journalism with the duties of the first lady of the state.
Career from 2004 to the present
Since 2004, Maria worked in the governor's administration, and also conducted active public activities. One of her projects is the largest forum in the USA dedicated to the problems of modern women. In 2004, Shriver instituted the Minerva Award for California Distinguished Women. Also, with her participation in 2005, the "WE Connect" program was developed and launched to support poor families in the state.
In 2008, Maria Shriver participated as an executive producer in the creation of a documentary about her father, "American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver." In 2009, she produced another documentary television movie - it was called the “Alzheimer Project” and consisted of four episodes. One of them was based on Maria’s book “Grandfather, do you remember me?” In the end, this series was even marked by a television show Emmy.
In the spring of 2013, Shriver again began working for NBC as a TV presenter and special correspondent.
