Biography
Phaedra Parks, born Phaedra Creonta Parks is an American lawyer, legal commentator, TV personality, author, activist, and entrepreneur. She is best known for her involvement on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which aired from 2010 to 2017, as well as her own legal company, the Parks Group. Parks also appeared in Peacock’s second season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip and Married to Medicine, and she rose to prominence as a participant on The Traitors.
How old is Parks?
The American attorney and legal analyst is 51 year old as of 26 October 2024. She was born on 26 October 1973 in Athens, Georgia, United States.
Does Phaedra Parks have a PhD?
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Wesleyan College before enrolling in the Juris Doctor program at the University of Georgia School of Law.
Who is Phaedra Parks’ husband?
From 2009 to 2017, Parks was married to Apollo Nida. Nida was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud, but Parks claims she was unaware of his illicit behavior. She and Nida have two children together. She dated Medina Islam before they split up in 2021.
Why were Phaedra Parks cancelled?
A detrimental rumor that Parks spread about fellow RHOA cast member Kandi Burruss and her husband, Todd Tucker, regarding Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton led to her termination in 2017, before the tenth season of the program. After she left RHOA, Bravo hinted about a new unscripted series called Rich People’s Problems that would only feature Parks. The program was never made available.
The Real Housewives Appearance
Parks is a well-known personality in the entertainment business and has her own legal firm, The Parks Group. She became one of Atlanta’s top 100 Black women of influence thanks to her 2010 debut on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She had several major stories during her seven-season run on the program, including the breakup of her marriage to Apollo Nida and the pregnancies that produced boys, Ayden and Dylan.
Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment was Parks’ debut book published in 2013. She and her then-boyfriend Medina Islam made an appearance on the second season premiere of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition in 2020. She debuted as an actress in Covenant, an eight-episode anthology series on Allblk, in 2021.
Parks made an appearance in the second season of Peacock’s “mash-up” series, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (subtitled Ex-Wives Club), which featured several well-known former housewives from the franchise. She appeared as a friend of housewife Caroline Brooks on the first season of The Real Housewives of Dubai in 2022 in a recurring guest role.
After Parks was fired in 2017, executive producer Andy Cohen expressed his wish to have her return to RHOA in a full-time role, which sparked rumors about her return. According to reports, Parks’ performances on RHOGT, RHOA, and RHODXB are intended to gauge public interest in her Bravo comeback.
Parks was announced in January 2023 as returning for the fifth season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, Married to Medicine, and The Traitors. In July 2024, she returned to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for the sixteenth season and was partnered with Valentin Chmerkovskiy on Dancing with the Stars season 33.