Happy 45th Birthday NeNe Leakes! Linnethia Monique Johnson, aka NeNe Leakes, is one of the original housewives of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Coach Roz on “Glee” and brief principal cast member on the now-cancelled NBC series, “The New Normal.” She was said to have brokered a deal for $1,000,000 for the sixth season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”. She married — and then divorced — and then remarried Gregg Leakes, “I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding,” the couple have two children: Bryson and Brent.
She worked as an exotic dancer named Silk prior to meeting her husband and starting their family. On “Real Housewives of Atlanta” she did a photoshoot with Derek Blanks, using her exotic dancer past as her alter ego portrait. Check out current and throwback pics of NeNe Leakes in the gallery. –Joi Pearson @joiapearson
