Phaedra Parks Biography

Phaedra Parks is an American attorney, businesswoman, TV personality, actress as well as and author. She gained fame after she made an appearance on The Real Housewives of Atlanta which was aired on Bravo TV. She is also among the cast of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club which is set to premiere on June 2022.

Phaedra Parks Education

Parks went to Wesleyan College and the London School of Economics (LSE) where she attained her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. She, later on, joined the University of Georgia where she undertook her Juris Doctor.

Phaedra Parks Career

Parks is a TV personality and businesswoman who made her first appearance on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2010. Prior to her joining the Bravo TV series, she was already established as an attorney and also owned her own legal practice, The Parks Group. Ever since she started her career as an attorney, she has also represented several famous people including Bobby Brown. She has also managed to win several awards including ‘Attorney of the Year’. She has also spent some time serving on Georgia’s Law School Alumni Council, G-Capp, and the Grammy Recording Board. Furthermore, she also spent some time serving as a legal analyst on shows like NBC and Fox News concerning the Michael Jackson trial. In addition to that, she also acted as a TV producer for The Tiny and Toya Show which was aired on BET.

Come 2020, she alongside her then-boyfriend appeared on season 2 of the premiere of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition. In October 2021, she launched her acting career in an eight-episode anthology series on Allblk by the name of Covenant. In addition to that, she also acted in The Family Matriarch where played Bernice Whitfield. She publicized that she would be joining season two of the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, the franchise’s ‘mash-up’ in 2021. The show is produced by Peacock. Parks also made some appearances on The Real Housewives of Dubai in 2022 which is also aired on Bravo TV.

Phaedra Parks RHOA

Parks was nominated as one of Atlanta’s top 100 Black women of influence after she appeared on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She has been in the show for seven seasons and was also involved in quite a number of major storylines in the country including her divorce from Apollo Nida and two pregnancies. Parks publicized through RHOA that she was planning to become a mortician in 2011. She was later on fired before the premiere of the show’s tenth season. The cause of her being fired was that she spread rumors about Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker.

Phaedra Parks: The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club

Parks will be among the cast of the Reality TV series, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club which will be aired on Bravo TV. She and the other ex-wives will be spending some time on vacation at Dorinda Medley’s Bluestone Manor. The series will entice the viewers on a trip down memory lane as the ex-wives take part in the lush countryside of the Berkshires with fantastic escapades, top-notch luxury, as well as non-ending drama.

In addition to that, this series will detail eight all-star Housewives alumnae from other states, including Jill Zarin of The Real Housewives of New York City, Tamra Judge, and Vicki Gunvalson of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Eva Marcille of The Real Housewives of Atlanta will also be on this series.

Phaedra Parks Age

Parks was born on October 26, 1973, in Athens, Georgia, U.S. She is 50 years old.

Phaedra Parks Height

Parks stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Phaedra Parks Family

Parks was born and raised to her pastor parents Henry Parks and Regina Bell. Growing up, she was raised alongside her three siblings whose names are still under review.

Phaedra Parks Husband

Parks was previously married to Apollo Nida from 2009 to 2017. The two right after Apollo Nida was convicted of an alleged conspiracy to commit bank, wire, and mail fraud. Parks announced that she had no idea of what her ex-husband was doing and was not involved in any way. During the time Apollo and Parks were together, they manage were blessed with two children by the names of Ayden and Dylan. She resides in the Buckhead area of Atlanta with her two sons.

Phaedra Parks Children

Parks and Apollo have two sons together. The ex-couple welcomed their first son, Ayden, in 2010 and welcomed their lastborn son, Dylan in 2013. Ayden is 11 years old as of 2021 while Dylan is 8 years old as of 2021.

Phaedra Parks Net Worth

Parks has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an attorney, businesswoman, TV personality, actress as well as and author.

Phaedra Parks book

Parks is also an author on August 5, 2014, she released her book by the name of “Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment.”