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) |
| Partner | John Mahdessian (2012–) |
| 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 and career
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] She later moved to London and launched a cashmere brand called DCL Cashmere.[3]
In 2021, she published a memoir called Make It Nice.[4]
Personal life
While working in New York City, Medley met her first husband, Ralph Lynch. They had one child, a daughter named Hannah.[3][5]
Medley married Richard Medley, a hedge fund advisor, in 2005; he died in 2011 at the age of 60.[2]
Her current partner is John Mahdessian.[3]
References
- ^ 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 c 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.
- ^ 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.
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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
- The Real Housewives (franchise) cast members