Maria Shriver
Journalist, author and activist
Maria Shriver is an American journalist, author and activist who founded The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She is also a former First Lady of California.
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American Born 1955 in Chicago, United States
About Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver was born in Chicago in 1955 and is a niece of John F. Kennedy. She started her journalism career at KYW-TV, briefly anchored the CBS Morning News, and moved to NBC News in 1986. She received a Peabody Award in 1998 for her reporting there. She became First Lady of California through her marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger. She later founded The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She has written best-selling books, including I’ve Been Thinking, and has written about faith, grief and spirituality.