Camille Grammer

**Camille Grammer-Meyer** (nee Donatacci; born September 2, 1968) is an American television personality, dancer, model, actress and producer. She is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

## Early Life

Grammer was born in Newport Beach, California but grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

She attended Montclair State College where she studied English literature. She then attended New York University and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in Los Angeles.

## Career

Grammer started her career as a dancer in the 1980s, working on Club MTV, starring in a dance group performing at the Tavern on the Green in New York City, and appearing in several music videos, including "Give It All You Got" by Rights of The Accused, "The Party Starts Now!" by Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, and "Back to the Grill Again" by MC Serch. In the 1990s, she started working as a model and actress as well, modelling in Playboy publications like Playboy's Book of Lingerie, and appearing in R-rated erotic films such as Marilyn Chamber's Bedtime Stories, New York Nights and The Naked Detective. She also had small roles in mainstream films Private Parts and Deconstructing Harry, in addition to her guest appearance in one episode of Frasier.

She owns half of Grammnet Productions, which has produced a number of television shows from the late 1990s through 2010s, including Girlfriends, Medium and The Game. Within the production company, she has worked as a creator, writer and executive producer.

In 2011, she returned to acting, guest-starring on the season finale of the CBS sitcom $#\*! My Dad Says, playing a recently-divorced reality star named Camille. Describing her role, she said: "My character Camille is basically a parody on myself, obviously, from 'Housewives of Beverly Hills.' Just making fun of it, you know, making fun of all the quirky things I do and say." On whether she is pursuing a full-time acting career, she told: "I studied acting years ago. It was kind of a dream I had years ago, but I gave that up when I got married and had children. I'm not pursuing this. I'd definitely have to go back and take some acting classes if I was! But I have to say, my experience was very enjoyable and of course it would be something I would love to do. It's so much fun to work with such talented people and be involved in the creative process."

Grammer has also made other appearances in various events like co-hosting the Showbiz Tonight special on CNN live from the Academy Awards in Los Angeles and presenting at the 2011 NHL Awards in La Vegas.

### The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

In 2010, Camille joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the first season. She then appeared in Season 2 before returning as a 'friend of the housewives' in Season 3, 8 and 9, and a 'guest' in Season 4, 6, 7 and 10.

#### **RHOBH Taglines**

* Season 1 - "It's time for me to come out of my husband's shadow and shine."
* Season 2 - "Diamonds aren't a girls best friend. Freedom is."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Grammer has been married twice. She married her first husband, actor Kelsey Grammer in 1997 and together they have two children: Mason Olivia (born October 24, 2001) and Jude Gordon (born August 28, 2004). Both of their children were born via a surrogate mother. The couple divorced in 2011.

After her divorce, she began dating fitness trainer Dimitri Charalamboupoulos but on October 29, 2013 she filed a domestic violence protective order against him, saying that he assaulted her two days after her radical hysterectomy for endometrial cancer, when she was staying at Hotel Zaza in Houston, Texas, recovering. The Houston Police Department said she they had both broken each other's cell phones and their her injuries were minor, so no changes had been filed against him. He was then charged with assault of a family member and a felony by the Harris County, Texas district attorney.

She married her second husband, lawyer David C. Meyer on October 20, 2018. Their wedding was shown on The Real Housewives.

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* Kelsey Grammer (Ex-husband; 1997-2011)
* Dimitri Charalamboupoulos (Ex-boyfriend)
* David C. Meyer (Husband; 2018-present)

**Children**

* Mason Grammer
* Jude Grammer

## Filmography

### Film

 1996
 1997
 Deconstructing Harry
 2008

### Producer

 2002
 2004