NeNe Leakes

NeNe Leakes
Leakes in 2013
Born
Linnethia Monique Johnson

(1967-12-13) December 13, 1967 (age 56)
New York City, U.S.
EducationMorris Brown College (two years)
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actress
  • presenter
  • author
  • fashion designer
Years active1999–present
Spouses
Gregg Leakes
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(m. 1997; div. 2011)​
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(m. 2013; died 2021)​
Children2

Linnethia Monique "NeNe" Leakes (/ˈniːni liːks/; née Johnson; born December 13, 1967)[1][2] is an American television personality, actress, presenter, businesswoman, author, and fashion designer. She first rose to prominence after becoming the breakout star on Bravo's reality television series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She is widely regarded as one of the most notable personalities from The Real Housewives franchise and a prominent figure in reality television and pop culture.[3][4][5]

Born in Queens, New York and raised in Athens, Georgia, she is also known for her recurring character, Roz Washington, on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee.

Leakes also played Rocky Rhoades as a series regular on the sitcom The New Normal on NBC until its cancellation in 2013. She was a participant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Leakes made her Broadway debut as Madame in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella in 2014, and in 2015, starred as Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago.

She was one of the regular panelists on ABC's revival of the 1950s game show To Tell the Truth. In addition to her television projects, Leakes had a clothing line on Home Shopping Network, before launching her SWAGG boutiques in select cities across the country.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tvg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Watching NeNe Leakes Serenade Gregg Leakes at Her Holiday-Birthday Party Gives Us All the Feels". Bravo. December 19, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Staff, TV Insider (March 31, 2021). "Ranked: All 100+ 'Real Housewives' From Worst to Best". TV Insider. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  4. ^ Moylan, Brian (April 11, 2016). "All 115 Real Housewives, Ranked". Thrillist. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Jones, Joe Reid, Philip Bump, Alexander Abad-Santos, Allie (March 10, 2014). "A Definitive Ranking of Every 'Real Housewife' Ever". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 24, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)