Porsha Williams

  Porsha Dyanne Williams (born June 22, 1981) is an American television personality, actress, and author. Williams starred on the television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta from 2012 until 2021, when she departed to star in her spin-off series, Porsha's Family Matters, currently in its first season. She also served as co-host of Dish Nation from 2013 until 2021. She later became co-host of Bravo's Chat Room in 2020 alongside fellow Real Housewife Gizelle Bryant. In 2021, Williams published her memoir, The Pursuit of Porsha. Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 22, 1981. Her parents are self-employed entrepreneurs.She has a younger half sister named Lauren with whom they share a father, and a brother named Hosea. Her grandfather is the late Hosea Williams, a civil rights activist.She attended Southwest Dekalb High School in Decatur, Georgia as a teenager, and later pursued a degree in business information technology at the American InterContinental University.In 2005, when she was 24 years old, Williams opened a daycare facility, revealing that she was inspired by her parents' careers. Also in 2005, Williams modeled for a "pin-up" calendar for the Atlanta Dymes.Williams met football player Kordell Stewart in 2009. The couple married in May 2011, which was filmed and broadcast for the WE tv television series Platinum Weddings. [citation needed] Through the marriage, she became the stepmother to his minor-aged son Syre from his previous relationship with Tania Richardson.