Teresa Giudice (born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
On December 23, 2015, she was released from federal prison after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud, while her husband and four daughters resided in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey. She is known for her extravagant lifestyle and highly publicized financial and legal troubles leading up to her prison sentence.
Her husband, born Giuseppe but called Joe, began his 41-month sentence on March 23, 2016
‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ Star Emily Simpson on Alexis Bellino’s ‘Disaster’ Return, the ‘Public Humiliation’ of Shannon Beador — and Being the Voice of Reason During This Shocking Season
variety.comLouis Staples So far, a total of 164 “Real Housewives”have starred in Bravo’s flagship franchise. And that’s not including the women from the near-endless number of international versions, which next year will add the recently announced Hayu-produced “Real Housewives of London” to its roster.
Of the Housewives from the American shows, we have an increasingly small number of OGs: including “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards and “The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” Teresa Giudice, who have been there from the very beginning of their respective shows.
And at the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the “one and done” club: a less exclusive group of women who, to put it impolitely, either totally flopped with fans or fell out with their co-stars so badly that even a reality TV “friendship” was untenable after just one season. (See: Monica Garcia of Season 4 of “Salt Lake City” as a legendary example of the latter group.) Emily Simpson fits into neither of these extremes.
She joined “The Real Housewives of Orange County” — the show that kickstarted Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise in 2006 — for its 13th season in 2018.
Read more on variety.com