Lisa D. Rinna (born Elizabeth Deann Rinna; July 11, 1963) is an American actress and television personality. As an actress, she is best known for her roles as
Billie Reed
Billie Reed is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', created by writer Sheri Anderson and most prominently portrayed by Lisa Rinna.
Casting
The role of Billie Reed was originally played by Lisa Rinna on Sep ...
on the
NBC
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daytime soap opera ''
Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...
'' and
Taylor McBride on
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
's television drama ''
Melrose Place
''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...
''. Since 2014, Rinna has been a main cast member on
Bravo
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's hit reality television series ''
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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.'' Other television credits include being a contestant on
NBC
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's ''
The Celebrity Apprentice
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'' and
ABC
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* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
's ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'', as well as guest-starring roles on series such as ''
Entourage
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Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
'', ''
The Middle'', ''
Veronica Mars
''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series prem ...
'', ''
Community
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'', and ''
8 Simple Rules
''8 Simple Rules'' (originally ''8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter'') is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three chi ...
''. Rinna made her
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
debut in ''
Chicago
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'' as
Roxie Hart
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Development
The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the trials, both of which ...
in June 2007.
She was the host of
Soapnet's talk show ''
Soap Talk
''Soap Talk'' is a television talk show on SOAPnet hosted by Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway. It debuted in 2002 and ended in 2006. The reason for the show's cancellation was due to SOAPnet expanding their programming away from a soap opera-related fo ...
'' (2002–2006), for which she earned four
Emmy
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nominations for
Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Rinna has also written three books: ''Starlit''; ''The Big, Fun, Sexy Sex Book''; and
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
best-seller ''Rinnavation''. Her other ventures include a fashion line for
QVC
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named The Lisa Rinna Collection and the cosmetics collection Rinna Beauty.
Early life
Lisa Rinna was born July 11, 1963 in
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport ...
to Lois Irene (née DeAndrade) and Frank Rinna.
She is of Italian, Portuguese, and English descent. When Lisa was seven, her older half sister Laurene passed away. During that same year, her family relocated to
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824 and a metropolitan area population of 223,259, making the Me ...
, when her father was transferred there for job-related reasons, and she spent the remainder of her childhood there.
Rinna graduated from Medford Senior High School in 1981.
After graduating, Rinna moved to
San Francisco
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,
California
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, to pursue a career as a model.
She started her career by appearing in commercials. "I think I got my
SAG card doing a
Mervyn's
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commercial,” she told the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''.
Career
Acting
At age 21, Rinna appeared in the music video for
John Parr
John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at number one in the US and number six in the UK, and for his 1984 US number- ...
's single "
Naughty Naughty," as the passenger in Parr's car. Rinna later appeared as the girlfriend of
Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director and producer known for his roles of Michael Bluth in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox/Netflix sitcom ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'' and of Mart ...
's character in several episodes of ''
The Hogan Family
''The Hogan Family'' (originally titled ''Valerie'' and later ''Valerie's Family'') is an American sitcom television series that began airing on NBC on March 1, 1986, and finished its run on CBS on July 20, 1991, for a total of six seasons. I ...
'' in 1990. In 1992, she first received national recognition when she originated the character of
Billie Reed
Billie Reed is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', created by writer Sheri Anderson and most prominently portrayed by Lisa Rinna.
Casting
The role of Billie Reed was originally played by Lisa Rinna on Sep ...
on NBC's ''
Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...
''. She departed in 1995, though she has reprised the role in 2002, 2012, and 2018. She later switched from daytime to primetime, portraying Taylor McBride on
Aaron Spelling
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's ''
Melrose Place
''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...
'' from 1996 to 1998. Rinna has starred in two projects opposite husband
Harry Hamlin
Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film '' Clash of the Titans'' and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series ''L.A. Law'' ...
, the teen crime-drama ''
Veronica Mars
''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series prem ...
'', and the
Lifetime television film ''Sex, Lies & Obsession'' which was based on a true story about her husband Harry Hamlin's sex addiction and alcoholism. Her previous Lifetime film, ''
Another Woman's Husband'', boasted one of the highest ratings for a movie on Lifetime since 1999.
[Biography]
Lisa Rinna's official website, accessed June 22, 2011. In 2001, Rinna played the role of Veronica Simpson in the comedy film ''
Good Advice
''Good Advice'' is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, and Denise Richards. The film also features Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple in supporting roles.
Plot
Ryan Turner is a hotshot broker living an u ...
'' (2001) alongside
Charlie Sheen
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and
Denise Richards
Denise Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress, television personality, and former fashion model. Her most recognized roles are Carmen Ibanez in ''Starship Troopers'' (1997), Kelly Van Ryan in '' Wild Things'' (1998) and Bond gi ...
.
From June to July 2007, Rinna starred in the
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
production of ''
Chicago
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'', in the role of
Roxie Hart
Roxanne "Roxie" Hart is a fictional character. She is the main character of the 1926 play ''Chicago'' and its various remakes and derivatives.
Development
The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the trials, both of which ...
, alongside her husband, who played the role of Billy Flynn. In 2007, she portrayed Donna Devaney on
HBO
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's ''
Entourage
An entourage () is an informal group or band of people who are closely associated with a (usually) famous, notorious, or otherwise notable individual. The word can also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
'', in the episode "
Malibooty"'. In 2008, she appeared in
Disney Channel
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's musical comedy television series ''
Hannah Montana
''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), a ...
'', in the role of Mr. Dontzig's cousin Francesca. She also guest-starred on an episode of ''Movie Stars'' for
the WB
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, the first-ever on-screen appearance she shared opposite her husband. In 2009, Rinna stated that she would love to reprise her role of Taylor McBride on
the CW
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's revival
''Melrose Place'', if given the offer;
however, the series was cancelled after only one season. In 2011, Rinna guest-starred on
Nickelodeon
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's ''
Big Time Rush
''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood misa ...
'' as Brooke Diamond. Later that year, it was confirmed that Rinna would again reprise the role of Billie Reed on ''
Days of Our Lives
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''. She reported to work in December, with her first scenes airing March 9, 2012. However, in August 2012, it was confirmed by ''
The Huffington Post
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'' that Rinna would once again leave the soap to develop a panel-focused
talk show
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. She had guest roles in several television series, including ''
C.S.I.'', ''
The Hotwives of Las Vegas,
The Guest Book
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'', ''
Awkward.'' and ''
This Close
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Background
''This Close'' began as ''Fridays'', Stern and Feldman's Kickstarter web s ...
''.
Hosting and reality television
![LisaRinnaFullAAFeb09](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/LisaRinnaFullAAFeb09.jpg)
From 2002 to 2006, Rinna was the host of ''
Soap Talk
''Soap Talk'' is a television talk show on SOAPnet hosted by Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway. It debuted in 2002 and ended in 2006. The reason for the show's cancellation was due to SOAPnet expanding their programming away from a soap opera-related fo ...
'', the daily lifestyle show that aired on
Soapnet, for which she received four
Daytime Emmy Award
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nominations. In 2006, Rinna competed in the second season of ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'' with professional dancer
Louis van Amstel. She was eliminated in round seven based on audience voting, despite having higher marks from the judges than fellow celebrity dancer
Jerry Rice
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. In August 2007, Rinna replaced
Joan Rivers
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as the host of
TV Guide Network
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's red carpet coverage. In addition to subsequently guest-hosting ''
Live with Regis and Kelly
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'', Rinna also hosted the TV makeover program ''Merge'' on
Lifetime.
In 2008, ''
TV Guide
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'' reported that Rinna and Hamlin had signed a deal to create a reality television series based on their family life. The series, titled ''
Harry Loves Lisa
''Harry Loves Lisa'' is an American reality television series on TV Land starring married couple Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna. The series follows the couple and their two preteen daughters as they live a hectic Hollywood lifestyle.
The series prem ...
'', premiered on
TV Land
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on October 6, 2010, and ran for 6 episodes. In 2010, she was also featured as a guest judge on the fourth episode of the
second season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
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''. In 2011, Rinna participated in
season 4 Season 4 may refer to:
* "Season 4" (''30 Rock'' episode), an episode of ''30 Rock''
See also
*
* Season One (disambiguation)
* Season 2 (disambiguation) Season 2 may refer to:
* ''Season 2'' (Infinite album)
* '' 2econd Season''
See also
*
...
of ''
The Celebrity Apprentice
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''. She was eliminated after being the project manager on the second task, writing and performing a children's book. Rinna returned to the show in its
sixth season as one of the "All-Stars" contestants. After being eliminated from that roster, she appeared on the May 13, 2013 episode of ''
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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'' with
Lil Jon
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to talk about their time on the show. In 2014, she was one of the contestants on
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
's game show ''
Sing Your Face Off
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''.
In 2014, Rinna joined the cast of ''
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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'' for the show's fifth season. ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote that since joining the show, "she's endeared herself to viewers with her self-deprecating attitude—poking fun at herself, including her enhanced lips and the haircut she's sported for decades. And she's had a hand in some of the show's most memorable moments."
Modeling
In 1998, Rinna, while six months
pregnant
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Pregnancy usually occur ...
with Delilah Belle Hamlin, the first of Harry Hamlin's and her two daughters, posed for a nude pictorial ("Melrose Mom," its title, paid tribute to her role in ''Melrose Place'') and cover shoot for the September issue of ''
Playboy
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K ...
'' magazine. She later recounted the instructions given to her by ''Playboy'' photographer
Deborah Anderson
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: "'I do not want you long and sinewy and angular and muscular. I want you soft...' This was really hard for me because being 35 years old and posing for ''Playboy'', you want to amp it up." In May 2009, she posed again for ''Playboy'' and, this time, was also its
cover model A cover model is a male or female whose photograph appears on the front cover of a magazine. The cover model is generally a fashion model, celebrity, or contest winner. Generally, cover models are depicted solitarily; however, on occasion magazines ...
.
![Lisa Rinna5](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Lisa_Rinna5.jpg)
She has also graced the covers of ''
CVLUX'', ''Living Well'', ''
Soap Opera Magazine
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'' and ''
Soap Opera Digest
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''. Rinna has appeared in commercials and print ads throughout her career. In 2008, she appeared in print ads for
Mars Inc
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Mars was ranked as the fourth-largest priva ...
's
M&M candies with
Joey Fatone
Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reali ...
as part of the "There's an M&M in everyone" advertising campaign.
In 2012, Rinna appeared in an
infomercial
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for abdominal muscle toner "The Flex Belt" alongside
Adrianne Curry
Adrianne Marie Curry-Rhode (born August 6, 1982) is an American fashion model, actress and television personality. She is best known as the winner of the first cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' in 2003.
Career Modeling
Curry won the first c ...
,
Denise Richards
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and
Janet Evans
Janet Beth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Ol ...
. She has appeared in a television commercial for
Taco Bell
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and infomercial for Winsor Pilates.
In 2012 to benefit the charity
Dress for Success, she modeled an
adult incontinence brief made by
Depend under a tight-fitting evening gown. She appeared in print ads and commercials for Depend and, according to reports, Depend paid her $2 million to be their celebrity spokesperson. In September 2019, she walked the runway for
Kyle Richards
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' and Shahida Clayton's new women's clothing brand at
New York Fashion Week
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.
In 2008, she released a series of workout videos called ''Dance Body Beautiful''.
Fashion
Rinna and her husband Harry Hamlin jointly owned the Belle Gray clothing boutique in
Sherman Oaks, California
Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than ...
in 2011. They closed the store in 2012 because, by then, both had grown too busy with their respective acting careers to manage it. In June 2019, Rinna launched an activewear collaboration with retailer Goldsheep.
Proceeds from the collaboration benefited
The Trevor Project
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, a national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide-prevention services to
LGBTQ
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youth.
QVC
In April 2012, Rinna brought her collection to
QVC
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as the Lisa Rinna Collection, which has been a success.
Cosmetics
In September 2020, Rinna announced that she will be launching Rinna Beauty, with its lip kits named Birthday Suit, Legends Only, and No Apologies.
Beverages
In August 2022, Rinna announced on an episode of ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' she is in the process of entering the alcoholic beverage industry with a product called Rinna Rosé.
In popular culture
Rinna's staple bangs-and-back hairstyle and her cosmetically enhanced lips have made her an easily recognisable figure in popular culture.
The introduction of Rinna on Season 5 of RHOBH is said to have 'saved' the series after significantly low ratings the previous season.
She previously was considered to become an original cast member for its first season, however executive producer
Andy Cohen
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Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
stated that Rinna, as a famous public figure already, didn't need to be there from the start and first must let the other women establish themselves and the show first. It is one of the first examples pertaining to the Housewives trope of casting already publicly-established women, for example, coming after
Kandi Burruss
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of
Atlanta
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.
Rinna's hyperbolic and exaggerated communication style is synonymous with her character on RHOBH and screen-grabs and scenes from her time on the show have garnered extensive attention in meme-form, such as Rinna crying after a conflict with
Kim Richards
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at a reunion show, and smashing a glass at a restaurant in Amsterdam after Richards threatened to expose some information about Rinna's husband. This scene is considered to be a defining moment from the show and the entire franchise and has been parodied, such as on
RuPaul's Drag Race
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. Rinna has popularised phrases like "Own it!" and "Don't talk about my husband".
A running joke in the public sphere surrounding Rinna, sometimes dubbed the "QVC queen", is her willingness to try anything and everything to put her name out there and 'secure a check', whether that be on ''Housewives'' or within other brands, one popular one being the front-woman for adult diaper brand
Depends.
Additionally, in 2022, a resurgence of a promotional image from confectionary company
M&M in collaboration with
The Oscars
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depicted Rinna as an M&M on the red carpet of
The Academy Awards
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. The 'Lisa Rinna M&M' became an instant meme of
Twitter
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and
TikTok
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, usually accompanied by the song "
After Like" by K-Pop girl group
Ive. Additionally, in her most recent appearing seasons on RHOBH, Rinna is the self-professed villain of the show, and has had multiple feuds with her cast members, famously including
Brandi Glanville,
Kim Richards
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,
Yolanda Hadid
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,
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
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,
Dorit Kemsley,
Camille Grammer
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Grammer started her career as a dancer, model and actress, and worke ...
,
Denise Richards
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,
Garcelle Beauvais
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,
Sutton Stracke
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Early life
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and
Kathy Hilton
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. Hilton has stated if Rinna and fellow cast member
Erika Girardi star in the upcoming thirteenth season, she will not return.
Personal life
Rinna married actor
Harry Hamlin
Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film '' Clash of the Titans'' and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series ''L.A. Law'' ...
on March 29, 1997, in
Beverly Hills
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,
California
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. The couple have two daughters, Delilah Belle (born June 10, 1998) and Amelia Gray (born June 13, 2001). Rinna is also stepmother to Hamlin's son Dimitri Alexander from his relationship with
Ursula Andress
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.
She has acknowledged having
plastic surgery
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and having silicone,
Botox
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and
Juvéderm injections. Although she remains fond of Botox, she has said that using Juvéderm was a mistake.
In June 2021, Backgrid, a celebrity photograph agency, sued Rinna for copyright infringement after she posted eight of their photographs to her instagram, where she has almost 3 million followers. The company has requested damages of $1.2 million. Other celebrities, such as Emily Ratajkowski, Ariana Grande, Gigi Hadid, and Jennifer Lopez have also been sued for posting paparazzi photographs on their instagrams. Rinna has called the lawsuit "shocking" because she and the paparazzi have always been on good terms.
On November 15, 2021, Rinna announced that her mother Lois, who was featured in ''
The Real Housewives
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'' franchise, had died after suffering a stroke.
[Jackson, Dory (November 15, 2021).]
Lisa Rinna's Mom Lois Dead at 93 After Suffering Stroke: 'Heaven Has a New Angel
'" People.com. Retrieved February 28, 2022
Filmography
Theater
References
External links
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QVC
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