Dorinda Medley
Dorinda Medley | |
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| Born | Dorinda Cinkala December 13, 1964 |
| Alma mater | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Known for | The Real Housewives of New York City |
| Spouses | Ralph Lynch
(m. 1995; div. 2005)Richard H. Medley
(m. 2005; died 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Dorinda Medley (née Cinkala; born December 13, 1964) is an American television personality. She is best known as a cast member on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City, in which she starred from 2015 to 2020.
Early life
[edit]Medley was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to John and Diane Cinkala.[1] She graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1986 before working at Liz Claiborne in Manhattan.[2]
Career
[edit]After college, she moved to London and launched a cashmere brand called DCL Cashmere.[3] In 2015, she joined the American reality television show The Real Housewives of New York City.[4][5] She stayed on the show from seasons 7 until 12, 2015 to 2020.[6][7] In 2021, she published a memoir called Make It Nice.[8]
In 2022, she starred in the second and fourth season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, which premiered on the NBC streaming service Peacock.
Personal life
[edit]While working in New York City, Medley met her first husband, Ralph Lynch. They had one child, a daughter named Hannah.[3][9]
Medley married Richard Medley, a hedge fund advisor, in 2005; he died in 2011 at the age of 60.[2]
She dated entrepreneur John Mahdessian for seven years, separating in September 2019.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Hollenbaugh, Lindsey (August 13, 2021). "Dorinda Medley may have been a 'Real Housewife of New York City', but she'll always be a Berkshires housewife first". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Holahan, Jane (April 6, 2015). "New 'Real Housewife' of New York went to Franklin & Marshall". LancasterOnline. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Pérez-Feria, Richard (October 2, 2019). "Dorinda Medley Gets Real: The Breakout Star Of Bravo's 'Real Housewives Of New York City' Spends A Day In Saratoga". Saratoga Living. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ Steiner, Amanda Michelle (March 2, 2015). "Dorinda Medley Joins the Cast of The Real Housewives of New York City". People. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (March 2, 2015). "'The Real Housewives of New York' Season 7 to Premiere Tuesday, April 7 on Bravo". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Desiree (August 25, 2020). "Dorinda Medley Announces She's Leaving RHONY, Co-Stars React". Entertainment Tonight. United States: CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Guglielmi, Jodi (August 25, 2020). "Dorinda Medley Is Leaving Real Housewives of New York City: 'What a Journey This Has Been'". People. United States: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Medley, Dorinda (August 17, 2021). Make It Nice. Gallery Books. ISBN 9781982168322.
- ^ Stanmeyer, Anastasia (August 1, 2021). "Dorinda Medley's new book has a lot to do with the Berkshires". Berkshire Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ Quinn, Dave (May 14, 2020). "RHONY's Dorinda Medley Talks 'Terrible' Split from John Mahdessian: 'Endings Are Painful'". People. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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- Living people
- 1964 births
- 20th-century American businesswomen
- 21st-century American businesswomen
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Polish descent
- American socialites
- American textile industry businesspeople
- American women company founders
- American women memoirists
- Franklin & Marshall College alumni
- People from Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- Socialites from New York City
- Television personalities from New York City