Kenya Moore

**Kenya Summer Moore Daly** (born January 24, 1971) is an American television personality, actress, model, producer, author and businesswoman. She is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

## Early Life

Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents Ronald Grant and Patricia Moore. She was raised by her grandmother after her mother abandoned her at three days old.

She attended Cass Technical High School and Wayne State University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Communication.

## Career

### Modelling

Moore began modelling at the age of fourteen and in the course of her modelling career was the January 1992 cover girl for Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company's Ebony Man's (EM) magazine. She also became a model for the Ebony Fashion Fair cosmetic line. At 22, she won Miss Michigan USA (1993) and then became the second African-American woman to win Miss USA. She then represented the United States in the Miss Universe 1993 pageant and placed fifth.

### Film and Television

Moore had parts in television programs including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Meet The Browns, Homeboys in Outer Space, Sparks, Smart Guy, Video Soul Living Single, Damon, In the House, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Parent 'Hood, The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, Nubian Goddess, Men, Women & Dogs, The Parkers, Under One Roof and Girlfriends. She has also appeared on the covers of Glamour, Seventeen, Ebony and Essence magazines and can be seen in the music videos for Jermaine Dupri's "Money Ain't a Thing" (1998), Nas' "Street Dreams" (1996), Shai's "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" (1996) and Tupac's "Temptations". Additionally, she has appeared in several films including Waiting to Exhale, Senseless, Trois, Deliver Us from Eva, Brothers in Arms, Cloud 9, I Know Who Killed Me and Trapped: Haitian Nights.

She has also produced and directed various projects and launched her own company, Moore Vision Media in 2008. Moore Vision Media produced the erotic thriller "The Confidant". Moore is credited as producer/director of the film Trapped: Haitian Nights. After the project lost its director, she took over the production and completed the film. When the film failed to find distribution, she founded Moore Vision Media, an independent movie production and home-video distribution company. The company's first production was The Confidant, released by Universal Vivendi on August 24, 2010.

### Other Ventures

On November 28, 2007 she published a book titled Game, Get Some!: What Women Really Want. Described as a how-to-guide, the book is a self-help and conduct containing relationship advice, as well as the author's personal experiences regarding interpersonal and intimate relationships. Moore has stated about the book, "No one man can know everything there is to know about women, but with my help, they may just come close; I feel like the female Ms. Hitch! I want to bring us together not apart." The author reviews self-esreem and self-concept issues, offers sexual advice, discusses tips on mending a relationship or the proper way to break up. "If you have shared a special bond with someone you have dated, if you always treat her with respect, you will always have a friend at the end of the day." Moore writes.

In 2013, she released her own exercise video, named "Kenya Moore: Booty Boot Camp". In 2014, she launched a hair care products brand.

### The Real Housewives of Atlanta

In 2012, Kenya joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the fifth season. She then appeared in Season 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 before returning as a 'guest' in Season 11. She then returned as a full-time housewife for Season 12 and has appeared in every season since.

#### **RHOA Taglines**

* Season 5 - "I won Miss USA, not Miss Congeniality."
* Season 6 - "People think they have me figured out but I'm always the wild card."
* Season 7 - "People get exhausted trying to figure me out and I just let them."
* Season 8 - "Don't come for me unless I twirl for you."
* Season 9 - "I give the people what they want and they always want more."
* Season 10 - "While some were saying I can't, I was saying I do."
* Season 12 - "I was gone with the wind but now I'm back and twice as fabulous."
* Season 13 - "If you don't like my shade then step out of my shadow."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Moore has been married once. She married businessman and restaurateur Marc Daly in 2017 and together they have one daughter, Brooklyn Doris (born November 3, 2018). The couple separated in 2019.

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* Marc Daly (Ex-husband; 2017-present; Separated)

**Children**

* Brooklyn Daly

**Parents**

* Ronald Grant
* Patricia Moore

## Filmography

### Producer

 2003
 2005
 2010
 2013
 2015

### Music Videos

 1996
 1998

## Bibliography

* Game, Get Some!: What Women Really Want - (November 28, 2007)