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Dorinda Medley
Medley in 2025
Born
Dorinda Cinkala

(1964-12-13) December 13, 1964 (age 60)
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materFranklin & Marshall College
OccupationTelevision personality
Known forThe Real Housewives of New York City
Spouses
Ralph Lynch
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(m. 1995; div. 2005)​
Richard H. Medley
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(m. 2005; died 2011)​
Children1

Dorinda Medley (née Cinkala; born December 13, 1964)[1][2] 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

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Medley was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to John and Diane Cinkala.[3] She graduated from Berkshire School in 1983 and Franklin & Marshall College in 1986.[4][5]

Career

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After college, Medley began working at Liz Claiborne in Manhattan.[3] She later moved to London and launched a cashmere brand, DCL Cashmere.[6] In 2015, she joined the American reality television show The Real Housewives of New York City.[7][8] She remained on the show for six seasons, from 2015 to 2020.[9][10] In 2021, she published a memoir titled Make It Nice.[11]

In 2022 and 2023, she starred in the second and fourth season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.[12] In 2024, it was announced that she would compete in the third season of The Traitors.[13][14] She was the first person to be "murdered" by the Traitors and therefore the first candidate eliminated from the competition.[15][16] In June 2025, she was revealed to be returning for the series' fourth season.[17][18]

Personal life

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While working in New York City, Medley met her first husband, Ralph Lynch. They had one child, a daughter named Hannah.[6][19] Medley married Richard Medley, a hedge fund advisor, in 2005; he died in 2011 at the age of 60.[5] She dated entrepreneur John Mahdessian for seven years, separating in September 2019.[20]

Bibliography

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  • Medley, Dorinda (August 17, 2021). Make It Nice. Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1982168322.

References

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  1. ^ Medley, Dorinda [@dorindamedley]; (December 13, 2024). "Cat's Out of the Bag! Friday the 13th I'm officially 60🎉 Thank you for all my Blessings #happybirthday #blessed #happy #🎂". Retrieved June 16, 2025 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ Witter, Brad (May 3, 2021). "Dorinda Medley On Her New Book & Whether She'd Ever Go Back To 'RHONY'". Bustle. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Tady, Megan (2020). "Berkshire Bulletin Summer 2020". Berkshire Bulletin. Retrieved June 16, 2025 – via Issuu.
  5. ^ a b Holahan, Jane (April 6, 2015). "New 'Real Housewife' of New York went to Franklin & Marshall". LNP. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ Steiner, Amanda Michelle (March 2, 2015). "Dorinda Medley Joins the Cast of The Real Housewives of New York City". People. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Bibel, Sara (March 2, 2015). "'The Real Housewives of New York' Season 7 to Premiere Tuesday, April 7 on Bravo". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  9. ^ Murphy, Desiree (August 25, 2020). "Dorinda Medley Announces She's Leaving RHONY, Co-Stars React". Entertainment Tonight. United States: CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  10. ^ Guglielmi, Jodi (August 25, 2020). "Dorinda Medley Is Leaving Real Housewives of New York City: 'What a Journey This Has Been'". People. United States: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  11. ^ Sollosi, Mary (August 19, 2021). "Dorinda Medley on reliving heartbreak and 'Housewives' in memoir 'Make It Nice'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  12. ^ Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (June 23, 2022). "Dorinda Medley on making it nice on 'The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  13. ^ Tinoco, Armando (June 5, 2024). "'The Traitors' Season 3 Cast: 'Big Brother,' 'Real Housewives,' 'Survivor,' & 'Vanderpump Rules' Stars Set For Peacock Competition". Deadline. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  14. ^ Zee, Michaela; Shafer, Ellise (June 5, 2024). "'The Traitors' Season 3 Cast Revealed: Tom Sandoval, Chrishell Stause, Sam Asghari to Participate in Peacock Competition Series". Variety. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  15. ^ Parkel, Inga (January 10, 2025). "Furious Traitors US fans say first murder is 'a misstep'". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  16. ^ McNeal, Stephanie (January 10, 2025). "Dorinda Medley on Her Shocking Fate on The Traitors and What Fans Missed Out On". Glamour. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  17. ^ Fell, Nicole (June 13, 2025). "'The Traitors' Season 4 Cast Includes Donna Kelce, Dorinda Medley, Lisa Rinna and More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  18. ^ Longeretta, Emily (June 13, 2025). "'The Traitors' Season 4 Cast: Michael Rapaport, Donna Kelce, Dorinda Medley and More Set to Compete". Deadline. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  19. ^ Stanmeyer, Anastasia (August 1, 2021). "Dorinda Medley's new book has a lot to do with the Berkshires". Berkshire Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  20. ^ Quinn, Dave (May 14, 2020). "RHONY's Dorinda Medley Talks 'Terrible' Split from John Mahdessian: 'Endings Are Painful'". People. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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