Phaedra Parks

{{Infobox person | name = Phaedra Parks | image = PhaedraParks2018.png | caption = Parks in 2018 | birth_name = Phaedra Creonta Parks | birth_date = | birth_place = Athens, Georgia, U.S. | education = Wesleyan College (BA)University of Georgia (JD) | occupation = | known_for = The Real Housewives of AtlantaThe Real Housewives Ultimate Girls TripMarried to Medicine | years_active = 2001–present | spouse = | children = 2 }} Phaedra Creonta Parks (born October 26, 1973) is an American television personality, attorney, businesswoman, author, actress and mortician. She is best known for appearing on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta from 2010 until 2017. Prior to this, she was an established attorney, fronting her own legal firm, The Parks Group. In 2022, she starred on the second season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip on Peacock, and in 2023, joined the cast for the upcoming tenth season of Married to Medicine. Early life Parks was born in Athens, Georgia, where RHOA co-star NeNe Leakes also lived, and attended the same high school as Leakes. She is one of four children to pastor parents Regina Bell and Henry Parks. Before undertaking a Juris Doctor at the University of Georgia, she attended the London School of Economics (LSE) and Wesleyan College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours.