Maria Owings Shriver ( /??ra?v?r/; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist and author of six best-selling books. She has received a Peabody Award, 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”. She was formerly First Lady of California as the wife of actor and then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, from whom she is now separated. She is a member of the Kennedy family (John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy were her uncles on her mother’s, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, side).
TV newswoman.
Children with Arnold Schwarzenegger: Katherine Schwarzenegger (born on December 13, 1989), Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger (born on July 23, 1991), Patrick Schwarzenegger (born on September 18, 1993) and Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger (born on September 27, 1997).
Sister of Robert Shriver, Tim Shriver, Mark Shriver and Anthony Shriver.
Born at 5:12pm-CST
Daughter of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Granddaughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.
Niece of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford.
Cousin of John Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Christopher Lawford and Pam Shriver
Ancestry is Irish on both sides of her family.
Her father, (Robert) Sargent Shriver, was U.S. Ambassador to France, 1968-1970.
Attended Westland Middle School in Bethesda, Maryland, an area close to Washington, D.C.
Her Aunt Pat (Patricia Kennedy) was once married to actor Peter Lawford.
First lady of California (2003-2011).
Fourth cousin of former tennis star Pam Shriver.
Mother of Katherine Schwarzenegger and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
Son Christopher is in a Los Angeles hospital ICU after a surfing accident on July 17, 2011.
Met friend, Nancy O’Dell, in 1993, thru “Best Buddies”, an organization started by her brother, Anthony Shriver.
