NeNe Leakes

Linnethia Monique "NeNe" Leakes (; née Johnson; born December 13, 1967) is an American television personality, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Queens, New York and raised in Athens, Georgia, Leakes 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. She was a participant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. As an actress, Leakes portrayed Roz Washington, on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee, and Rocky Rhoades on the sitcom The New Normal on NBC until its cancellation in 2013. 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.