Phaedra Creonta Parks was born on October 26,1973 and is an American attorney, legal analyst, television personality, author, activist, and businesswoman.
20 Facts About Phaedra Parks
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Phaedra Parks is best known for appearing on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta from 2010 until 2017, rejoining the cast in 2024.
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Phaedra Parks was born in Athens, Georgia, where RHOA co-star NeNe Leakes lived, and attended the same high school as Leakes.
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Phaedra Parks is one of four children to pastor parents Regina Bell and Henry Parks.
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Phaedra Parks first appeared on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2010.
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Phaedra Parks was already an established attorney, with her own legal practice, The Parks Group.
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Phaedra Parks has served as a legal analyst on shows like Fox News and NBC regarding the Michael Jackson trial.
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Phaedra Parks has acted as a television producer for BET's The Tiny and Toya Show.
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In 2017, Phaedra Parks was ultimately fired ahead of the show's tenth season following a damaging rumour she circulated about fellow RHOA cast member Kandi Burruss and her husband, Todd Tucker concerning Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton.
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In 2013, Phaedra Parks released her first book, Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun and Never Have an Off Moment.
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In 2021, it was announced that Phaedra Parks would be appearing on the second season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, the franchise's 'mash-up' series produced by Peacock featuring multiple well-known former housewives from the franchise.
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Sheree Whitfield stated that Phaedra Parks filmed for Season 14 of RHOA at her fashion show, however scenes featuring Phaedra Parks were never aired.
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Phaedra Parks signed onto the tenth season of Married to Medicine, replacing Dr Contessa Metcalfe and Anila Sajja.
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In September 2023, it was announced that Phaedra Parks would be a contestant on Peacock's second season of The Traitors, which aired in early 2024.
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Phaedra Parks was selected to be a 'traitor' and was banished in episode ten.
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In July 2024, it was announced that Phaedra Parks would be returning to The Real Housewives of Atlanta, after a six-season hiatus, for the sixteenth season.
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In September 2024, Phaedra Parks was announced as one of the celebrities competing on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars.
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Between 2009 and 2017, Phaedra Parks was married to Apollo Nida.
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Nida was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, but Phaedra Parks has maintained she had no knowledge of his criminal activity.
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Phaedra Parks dated Medina Islam before breaking up in 2021.