1. Linnethia Monique "NeNe" Leakes is an American television personality, actress, presenter, businesswoman, author, and fashion designer.
28 Facts About NeNe Leakes
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NeNe Leakes first rose to prominence after becoming the breakout star on Bravo's reality television series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
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NeNe Leakes 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.
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NeNe Leakes was a participant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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NeNe Leakes was one of the regular panelists on ABC's revival of the 1950s game show To Tell the Truth.
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In 2008, NeNe Leakes made her first appearance on The Real Housewives of Atlanta as an original cast member.
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NeNe Leakes was a main cast member for the first seven seasons.
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In June 2015, NeNe Leakes announced that she would not be returning for the show's eighth season.
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However, NeNe Leakes was featured in season 8 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta in a supporting role, reportedly earning her full salary from the previous seven seasons.
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NeNe Leakes later returned to the show as a full-time housewife for the tenth through twelfth seasons.
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In 2020, NeNe Leakes announced that she would not return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for its thirteenth season.
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NeNe Leakes transitioned into scripted television, playing the secretary Rocky Roades in the NBC comedy The New Normal.
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In 2011, NeNe Leakes was a contestant in the eleventh instalment of Donald Trump's NBC series Celebrity Apprentice.
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NeNe Leakes has guest-hosted Anderson Live, The Talk, and appeared in Betty White's Off Their Rockers and The Price Is Right.
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NeNe Leakes played the Mistress of Sensuality in Las Vegas for resident show Cirque du Soleil: Zumanity.
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NeNe Leakes played the role until the production closed on January 3,2015.
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NeNe Leakes released a song, entitled "Come and Get This Hunni", in April 2020.
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In January 2024, NeNe Leakes was announced as a co-host on Zeus Network's Baddies East reunion by cast member Natalie Nunn.
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NeNe Leakes produced Leakes' spin-off series I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding alongside True Entertainment, which premiered on September 17,2013.
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In February 2014, NeNe Leakes announced that she would be launching a clothing line later in the year.
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On July 28,2014, Leakes launched the Nene Leakes Collection for the Home Shopping Network.
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In March 2016, NeNe Leakes announced that she would be touring the United States in a one-woman comedy tour called "So Nasty, So Rude," named after one of her catchphrases.
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NeNe Leakes opened the first SWAGG Boutique location in Duluth, Georgia in November 2017, and it closed in August 2020.
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NeNe Leakes then expanded SWAGG Boutique to the MGM National Harbor in Maryland and to Miami Beach, with these locations still open and operating.
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In October 2020, NeNe Leakes posted on Instagram that she would be opening a lounge in Duluth, Georgia.
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NeNe and Gregg Leakes reunited and announced that they were engaged in January 2013.
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Gregg NeNe Leakes died from colon cancer on September 1,2021 at the age of 66.
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NeNe Leakes dismissed the action and claims on August 19,2022.