Maria Owings Shriver 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).
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (3rd L), wife Maria Shriver (3rd R), and children Christopher (L), Patrick (2nd L), Katherine and Christina (R) arrive at the premiere of the film "The Benchwarmers" in Los Angeles, California April 2, 2006.REUTERS/Max Morse.REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/PoolMaria Shriver (L) and son Christopher Schwarzenegger (R) attend the NBA basketball All-Star weekend in Los Angeles February 19, 2011.REUTERS/Danny MoloshokTelevision correspondent Maria Shriver (C) poses with her brother Robert (L) and her cousin Robert Kennedy Jr. at Earth To LA II, a fund-raising event benefiting the Natural Resources Defense Council at the Veterans Administration's Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles, May 10, 2002. Former President William J. Clinton gave the keynote address to the political and entertainment luminaries attending.REUTERS/Jim Ruymen JR/HKCalifornia Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger walks with his wife Maria Shriver and their four children (L-R) Christopher, Patrick, Katherine and Christina, to his inaugural ceremony at the State Capitol in Sacramento November 17, 2003.REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson GMH/HKTelevision personality Maria Shriver, wife of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and children Katherine Eunice and Christopher (R) attend ceremonies as the Olympic torch relay reaches its final leg at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles January 15, 2002. Schwarzenegger lit the Olympic cauldron during the ceremonies.REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP/SVMaria Shriver (r) who is married to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and her mother Eunice Shriver attend a party at the New York restaurant "Planet Hollywood" June 16REUTERS/STR New
