Sutton Stracke (née Brown; born September 20, 1971) is an American socialite, businesswoman and television personality. She is known for appearing on ''

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' (abbreviated ''RHOBH'') is an American reality television series which has been broadcast on Bravo since October 14, 2010. Developed as the sixth installment in ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has ...

''.

Early life

Sutton Stracke (nee Sutton Brown) was born and raised in

Augusta, Georgia Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navig ...

, where her father was an architect in private practice and her mother was a social worker for the Veterans Administration. After graduating from

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, a women's college in South Carolina, she moved to New York City to study dance in her early 20s. She served as associate director of development in charge of fundraising for the Cunningham Dance Foundation in New York, and was the executive director of the Augusta Ballet.

Career

Stracke first joined the cast of ''

'' in season 10 in a recurring capacity known as a “friend of the housewives”, but was later upgraded to a full-time cast member from the eleventh season onwards. She was once ranked as one of the top party hosts in America in a list that included the Obamas, Sheikha Rima al-Sabah, and

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. She also owns a fashion boutique in

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Personal life

Stracke married PIMCO’s Christian Stracke in 2000 and they divorced in 2016. They have three children together, two of whom have appeared on the show.

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* {{The Real Housewives 1971 births Living people American socialites American television personalities People from Augusta, Georgia The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills