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Bethenny Frankel Biography
Birth Place:
New York, New York, United States
Profession
Reality-TV personality, author, chef, actor
Fast Facts
- A chance encounter at 19 on an airplane with a producer of the NBC series Saved by the Bell led to a short-term job as a production assistant on the show
- Did a brief stint on the NBC daytime series Santa Barbara
- Big-screen debut came in the 1994 mystery-suspense film Hollywood Hills 90028
- In 2001, completed the Chef's Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts in New York, NY
- Debut reality-show appearance was on NBC's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart in 2005; was first runner-up in the contest
- While on Real Housewives of New York City created the phrase "Skinny Girl Margarita" and turned the expression into a successful cocktail, launching the SkinnyGirl brand name
- Penned a few New York Times best-selling books, including her 2009 debut Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting
Relationships
- Bryn Casey Hoppy -- Daughter
- Peter Sussman -- Ex-husband
- Robert Frankel -- Father
- Bernadette Birk -- Mother
- John Parisella -- Stepfather