Full Name LuAnn Nadeau Years active 2008–present | Name Luann Lesseps Height 1.78 m | |
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Other names Countess de LessepsCountess LuAnnThe Countess Occupation Television personalitymodelauthor Role Television Personality · countessluann.com Spouse Count Alexandre DeLesseps (m. 1993–2009) Children Noel de Lesseps, Victoria de Lesseps Books Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair Similar People Carole Radziwill, Bethenny Frankel, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Count Alexandre DeLesseps, Aviva Drescher Profiles | ||
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Luann de Lesseps, Countess de Lesseps (née Nadeau, previously D'Agostino; born May 17, 1965) is an American television personality, model, author, and singer. In 1993, she married French entrepreneur and aristocrat Alexandre de Lesseps; they divorced in 2009 but she retained the courtesy title "countess". In 2008, de Lesseps came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City, which documents the lives of several women residing in New York City.
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Early life
Born LuAnn Nadeau, she was raised in Berlin, Connecticut, where she grew up with her six siblings, and where her father owned a construction company. She has said her father is of Algonquin and French descent and that her mother is French Canadian. In the last episode of RHONY set in Morocco Afton. (Season 4, episode 10, "Last Call, Morocco!", airdate June 9, 2011), de Lesseps shared that she had captained her high school varsity softball team.
Career
de Lesseps was formerly a licensed practical nurse in Connecticut, as well as a Wilhelmina model.
She is one of the main cast members on Bravo's reality series, The Real Housewives of New York City. In season 6 she was demoted to a recurring role due to not living in New York City at the time of filming. In April 2015, it was confirmed that de Lesseps would be returning as a main cast member for the show's seventh season.
In February 2011, de Lesseps guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in the episode "Bully", playing a socialite who makes a gruesome discovery.
de Lesseps wrote a book, Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair (published by Gotham Books) released April 16, 2009, and released her first record, "Money Can't Buy You Class" (through Ultra Records), on May 25, 2010. She released her second single, "Chic, C'est La Vie" in June 2011. She released a third single, "Girl Code", on July 6, 2015.
In February 2017, de Lesseps filmed a role in the movie Mother Of All Secrets in Bermuda.
Personal life
In 1993, she married Count Alexandre de Lesseps, becoming his fourth wife. Together, they have two children, Victoria and Noel. They divorced in 2009 after his alleged affair with Ethiopian Princess Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar. On December 31, 2016, de Lesseps married Tom D’Agostino Jr. In August 2017, de Lesseps announced she and D'Agostino were divorcing.