Phaedra Parks, Esq. a true definition of a Renaissance woman joins the ladies of Bravo's "Married to Medicine." This sassy southern belle is a successful attorney, businesswoman, author, mortician, television personality, motivational speaker, social activist, and mother to two young kings.
As managing partner of The Parks Group, an Atlanta-based law firm, Parks practices law in the areas of entertainment, intellectual property rights and civil and criminal litigation. Her client roster includes celebrities, high-profile individuals, and government entities. She is actively involved in the Atlanta legal community. She is the past president of the Gate City Bar Association and has served on the advisory board of the American Bar Association, she is also a proud member of the Lawyers Club. Parks is a proud fourth generation graduate of the University of Georgia, where she is the current president of the Law School Alumni Association. Parks earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Wesleyan College, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia as well as a degree in mortuary sciences from Jefferson State College.
A passionate social activist, Parks is a tireless advocate for brown boys. Through her nonprofit organization the Phaedra Foundation she works with communities nationwide on the importance of positive male role models in the lives of black boys. She has spent time with the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and others who have been victims of violence and unjustified killings. Parks is a regular fixture in Washington, D.C., where she works with members of Congress on implementing initiatives to provide opportunities for at-risk youth. She also endows the Phaedra Scholars Scholarship that provides tuition for first generation minority law students. Parks is also outspoken on civil rights issues and has gone to cities from Selma, Alabama to Flint, Michigan to fight social injustices.
Parks also an author of the bestselling "Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment," which provides amusing and entertaining insight and tips on how to have all the charm, confidence, and grace of a true Southern Belle. As a motivational speaker, Parks regularly travels around the country and internationally speaking to different groups about subjects ranging from business and law to personal growth and achieving success. Parks is also a highly sought after funeral planner and director training nationally to console grieving families. As if she doesn't have enough to do, Parks recently became a certified level Reiki Master.
She is a Georgia native and currently lives in Atlanta with her two sons, Ayden and Dylan.
Appearances
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Main cast, played by Phaedra Parks
- Episode 3x01: New Attitude (Oct 4, 2010)
- Episode 3x02: Model Behavior (Oct 11, 2010)
- Episode 3x03: White Hot (Oct 18, 2010)
- Episode 3x04: Petty Boughetto (Oct 25, 2010)
- Episode 3x05: Hot Mama's Day (Nov 1, 2010)
- Episode 3x06: Trashed Collection (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 3x07: She Can Dance? (Nov 14, 2010)
- Episode 3x08: Is There a Doctor in the House? (Nov 21, 2010)
- Episode 3x09: NeNe Get Your Gun (Nov 28, 2010)
- Episode 3x10: Auto-Tuned-Up (Dec 5, 2010)
- Episode 3x11: Contract Player (Dec 12, 2010)
- Episode 3x12: Not So Fine Print (Dec 19, 2010)
- Episode 3x13: Tour-ture (Jan 9, 2011)
- Episode 3x14: Flamingo Road Block (Jan 16, 2011)
- Episode 3x15: Floridon't (Jan 23, 2011)
- Episode 3x16: The Bride and the Doom (Jan 30, 2011)
- Episode 3x17: Reunion Part 1 (Feb 13, 2011)
- Episode 3x18: Reunion Part 2 (Feb 20, 2011)
- Episode 4x01: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained (Nov 6, 2011)
- Episode 4x02: Surprisingly Rich (Nov 13, 2011)
- Episode 4x03: Shower the Baby, Muzzle the Boy (Nov 20, 2011)
- Episode 4x04: Jewels Be Dangled (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 4x05: Whine Bar (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 4x06: Three Wigs and a Baby (Dec 11, 2011)
- Episode 4x07: Law by Sheree (Dec 13, 2011)
- Episode 4x08: New Tricks (Dec 18, 2011)
- Episode 4x09: Unlikely Duos (Jan 8, 2012)
- Episode 4x10: We Come in Peace (and Packing Heat) (Jan 15, 2012)
- Episode 4x11: Shaping Up and Shipping Out (Jan 22, 2012)
- Episode 4x12: South Africa: Just Like Home (Jan 29, 2012)
- Episode 4x13: Make It Rain Down in Africa (Feb 12, 2012)
- Episode 4x14: No Bones About It (Feb 19, 2012)
- Episode 4x15: From Motherland to Haterville (Mar 4, 2012)
- Episode 4x16: Peaches and Screams (Mar 11, 2012)
- Episode 4x17: The Error Apparents (Mar 18, 2012)
- Episode 4x18: Fresh Princes (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 4x19: All Pomp But No Circumstance (Apr 1, 2012)
- Episode 4x20: Happiness and Joy (Apr 8, 2012)
- Episode 4x21: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 15, 2012)
- Episode 4x22: Reunion Part 2 (Apr 19, 2012)
- Episode 4x23: Reunion Part 3 (Apr 22, 2012)
- Episode 5x01: Got Sexy Back (Nov 4, 2012)
- Episode 5x02: Excess Breeds Success (Nov 11, 2012)
- Episode 5x03: Call Me Miss USA (Nov 18, 2012)
- Episode 5x04: Unmoved (Nov 25, 2012)
- Episode 5x05: No Excuse for Excuses (Dec 2, 2012)
- Episode 5x06: Hold on to Your Weave (Dec 9, 2012)
- Episode 5x07: I Do... But, I Won't (Dec 16, 2012)
- Episode 5x08: Fools of Engagement (Dec 23, 2012)
- Episode 5x09: Dress Down and Strip Bare (Dec 30, 2012)
- Episode 5x10: Off the Hook (Jan 6, 2013)
- Episode 5x11: This Donkey Kicks (Jan 13, 2013)
- Episode 5x12: Battle of the Booty (Jan 20, 2013)
- Episode 5x13: Make an Ass Out of a Donkey (Jan 27, 2013)
- Episode 5x14: Prayed Up (Feb 10, 2013)
- Episode 5x15: Praise the Pageant (Feb 17, 2013)
- Episode 5x16: Peaches Don't Grow in Hollywood (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 5x17: Strip Is a Trip (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 5x18: He's Stalking, I'm Walking (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 5x19: Donktabulous! (Mar 24, 2013)
- Episode 5x20: Divas Into Icons (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 5x21: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 7, 2013)
- Episode 5x22: Reunion Part 2 (Apr 14, 2013)
- Episode 5x23: Reunion Part 3 (Apr 21, 2013)
- Episode 5x24: Secrets Revealed (Apr 28, 2013)
- Episode 6x01: Bye Bye with the Wind (Nov 3, 2013)
- Episode 6x02: Girl Code Breakers (Nov 10, 2013)
- Episode 6x03: All in a Day's Twerk (Nov 17, 2013)
- Episode 6x04: Too Late to Apollo-gize (Nov 24, 2013)
- Episode 6x05: Save the Drama for Mama (Dec 1, 2013)
- Episode 6x06: The Old Lady and the Shoe (Dec 8, 2013)
- Episode 6x07: Savann-no (Dec 15, 2013)
- Episode 6x08: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Dec 22, 2013)
- Episode 6x09: Midnight in the Garden of Tea and Shade (Dec 29, 2013)
- Episode 6x10: A Trip Down Memory Lane (Jan 5, 2014)
- Episode 6x11: Crunk in the Trunk (Jan 12, 2014)
- Episode 6x12: Sour Grapes, Sour Peaches (Jan 19, 2014)
- Episode 6x13: Pillow Talk or Pillow Fight? (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 6x14: Peaches Divided (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 6x15: Dropping the Ball (Feb 16, 2014)
- Episode 6x16: Twirling with the Enemy (Feb 23, 2014)
- Episode 6x17: He Said, She Said (Mar 9, 2014)
- Episode 6x18: Flirting with Disaster (Mar 16, 2014)
- Episode 6x19: Mexi-loco (Mar 23, 2014)
- Episode 6x20: With Friends Like These (Mar 30, 2014)
- Episode 6x21: Mess Rehearsal (Apr 6, 2014)
- Episode 6x22: Final Curtain Call (Apr 13, 2014)
- Episode 6x23: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 20, 2014)
- Episode 6x24: Reunion Part 2 (Apr 27, 2014)
- Episode 6x25: Reunion Part 3 (May 4, 2014)
- Episode 6x26: Secrets Revealed (May 11, 2014)
- Episode 6x27: Husbands Revealed (May 18, 2014)
- Episode 7x01: Bye Bye & Bon Voyage (Nov 9, 2014)
- Episode 7x02: No Moore Apollogies (Nov 16, 2014)
- Episode 7x03: All Tea All Shade (Nov 23, 2014)
- Episode 7x04: Burying the Ratchet (Nov 30, 2014)
- Episode 7x05: Friend or Faux (Dec 7, 2014)
- Episode 7x06: Make-Ups and Breakdowns (Dec 14, 2014)
- Episode 7x07: Nice to Metria (Dec 21, 2014)
- Episode 7x08: Tea with a Side of Squashed Beef (Dec 28, 2014)
- Episode 7x09: 50 Shades of Shade (Jan 4, 2015)
- Episode 7x10: Puerto Read-Co! (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 7x11: Divide and Ki-Ki (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 7x12: Beauties in the Fast Lane (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 7x13: The Countdown Begins (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 7x14: Hello Mr. Chocolate (Feb 15, 2015)
- Episode 7x15: Chocolate Does a Body Good (Mar 1, 2015)
- Episode 7x16: Southern Discomfort (Mar 8, 2015)
- Episode 7x17: Fix It Therapy (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 7x18: Housewife Interrupted (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 7x19: Drama Detox (Mar 29, 2015)
- Episode 7x20: From Zen to Sin (Apr 5, 2015)
- Episode 7x21: Chasing Nay-Nay (Apr 12, 2015)
- Episode 7x22: Atlanta Twirls On (Apr 19, 2015)
- Episode 7x23: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 26, 2015)
- Episode 7x24: Reunion Part 2 (May 3, 2015)
- Episode 7x25: Reunion Part 3 (May 10, 2015)
- Episode 8x01: The Shades of It All (Nov 8, 2015)
- Episode 8x02: Duking It Out (Nov 15, 2015)
- Episode 8x03: Party in a Sweatbox (Nov 22, 2015)
- Episode 8x04: Rocky Boat Horror Story (Nov 29, 2015)
- Episode 8x05: Where Is the Love Boat? (Dec 6, 2015)
- Episode 8x06: Bienvenido a Miami (Dec 13, 2015)
- Episode 8x07: Miami Spice (Dec 20, 2015)
- Episode 8x08: There's No Business Like Friend Business (Dec 27, 2015)
- Episode 8x09: Shade for Days (Jan 3, 2016)
- Episode 8x10: Trouble on the Family Tree (Jan 10, 2016)
- Episode 8x11: Ms. Parks Goes to Washington (Jan 17, 2016)
- Episode 8x12: Beauties & the Beat (Jan 24, 2016)
- Episode 8x13: Jamaican Beef Catty (Jan 31, 2016)
- Episode 8x14: Peaches of the Caribbean (Feb 14, 2016)
- Episode 8x15: Read School Is in Session (Feb 21, 2016)
- Episode 8x16: Turning Over a New Peach (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 8x17: Who's Been Naughty Who's Been Nice (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 8x18: Reunion Part 1 (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 8x19: Reunion Part 2 (Mar 27, 2016)
- Episode 8x20: Reunion Part 3 (Apr 3, 2016)
- Episode 8x21: Secrets Revealed (Apr 10, 2016)
- Episode 9x01: House of Shade and Dust (Nov 6, 2016)
- Episode 9x02: Housewive House Wars (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 9x03: Ghosts of Boyfriends Past (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 9x04: Another Spin Around the Block (Nov 27, 2016)
- Episode 9x05: Shade Grenade (Dec 4, 2016)
- Episode 9x06: Tastes Like Trouble (Dec 11, 2016)
- Episode 9x07: Model Behavior (Dec 18, 2016)
- Episode 9x08: Bosom Buddies (Jan 1, 2017)
- Episode 9x09: Char-lotta Drama (Jan 8, 2017)
- Episode 9x10: Uncharitable Behavior (Jan 15, 2017)
- Episode 9x11: Thelma and Louise Take Flint (Jan 22, 2017)
- Episode 9x12: Into the Woods (Jan 29, 2017)
- Episode 9x13: If These Woods Could Talk (Feb 12, 2017)
- Episode 9x14: Loose Lips Sink Ships (Feb 19, 2017)
- Episode 9x15: Lei It All on the Table (Mar 5, 2017)
- Episode 9x16: Maui Mayhem (Mar 12, 2017)
- Episode 9x17: Aloha & Goodbye (Mar 19, 2017)
- Episode 9x18: Baby Nups & Breakups (Mar 26, 2017)
- Episode 9x19: Side Dishes and Side Pieces (Apr 2, 2017)
- Episode 9x20: Chateau She Did That (Apr 9, 2017)
- Episode 9x21: Reunion Part 1 (Apr 16, 2017)
- Episode 9x22: Reunion Part 2 (Apr 23, 2017)
- Episode 9x23: Reunion Part 3 (Apr 30, 2017)
- Episode 9x24: Reunion Part 4 (May 7, 2017)
- Episode 9x25: Secrets Revealed (May 14, 2017)
- Episode S04 Special: Before They Were Stars (Oct 30, 2011)
- Episode S04 Special: The Real Housewives Top 20 Reunion Moments (Jun 21, 2012)
- Episode S05 Special: Hairstylists Tell All (Oct 28, 2012)
- Episode S07 Special: Road Trip Countdown to Season 7 (Nov 2, 2014)
- Episode S07 Special: Buzziest Omg Moments (Apr 4, 2015)
- Episode S07 Special: The Moment: Real Housewives Awards (Aug 28, 2015)