NeNe Leakes is an American television personality, actress, presenter, author, and fashion designer. She is best known for having appeared on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta as an original cast member. She is also known for her role as Roz Washington on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee.

Personal life

Leakes was born in Queens, New York, and resides in Duluth, Georgia. She is an advocate against domestic abuse, and having experienced it herself, has written a memoir in hopes that her story will resonate with women who have been through similar circumstances.Leakes used to work as a stripper under the name "Silk" in the 1990s. She was married Gregg Leakes for fourteen years before they divorced in 2011, they remarried in June 2013. Leakes has two children, Bryson (b. 1989), and Brett (b. 1999, with Gregg). She became a grandmother when Bryson and his girlfriend, Ashley Hill, had a daughter, Bri’asia, in 2012.

Career

Leakes is a cast member of the television reality show, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Leakes earned her net worth from her role in Housewives and associated appearances, as well as her time as a contestant on the eleventh season of Donald Trump's NBC series The Celebrity Apprentice and sales of her book. During the tenth episode of Apprentice, after arguments with fellow cast member Star Jones, Leakes walked off the show. Leakes was playing for the charity which she founded, "The Twisted Heart Foundation," concernting domestic violence against women.