Gizelle Bryant

Gizelle Annette Bryant (; born September 9, 1970) is an American model, television personality, and author. She has appeared on the reality TV series, The Real Housewives of Potomac, since 2016 and was the First Lady of Empowerment Temple AME.

Early life and education

Bryant was born on September 9, 1970, in Houston, Texas, as Gizelle Graves to former politician and civil rights activist Curtis Graves and Joanne Graves. She graduated from Hampton University in 1992 with a degree in marketing.

Career

Bryant starred as a main cast member in the first season of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered on January 17, 2016. Since then, she has been the leading cast member of the show for all seven seasons. The seventh season of The Real Housewives of Potomac premiered on October 9, 2022.

In 2017, Bryant launched her beauty brand, EveryHue Beauty. Bryant’s goal was to create the perfect product for women of all colors and complexions. She later became co-host of Bravo's Chat Room in 2020 alongside fellow Real Housewife Porsha Williams.

In November 2021, Bryant teamed up with Robyn Dixon in Reasonably Shady, the podcast featuring stories from their lives and how they dealt with them. In 2022, the podcast was nominated for the Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards.

Published works

Bryant turned her sights on writing a fiction book that chronicles her life as the First Lady of a megachurch. She published her book My Word in April 2019, for which she won an African-American Literary Award for Best Fiction.

Personal life

Bryant moved to Baltimore after graduating from university. She married megachurch pastor and activist Jamal Harrison Bryant in 2002, and they have 3 daughters. They met when they were working together on civil rights and social justice at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's national headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 2008, Gizelle filed for divorce accusing Jamal of adultery, they divorced later in 2009. Bryant is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

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