Meredith Marks ( Rosenberg; born December 15, 1971) is an American television personality. She is best known as an original cast member on the

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reality television series ''

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'', in which she has starred since 2020.

Early life

Marks grew up in the Gold Coast neighborhood of

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, graduating from the

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and

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. She later attended graduate school at

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, where she earned degrees in both law and business. Although she has a

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degree, she has never practiced law.

Career

After finishing graduate school, Marks started a

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studio that eventually turned into a full health club. She later sold the health club to study her true passion, jewelry, at the

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. She founded her eponymous jewelry brand in 2009, during the

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, and later opened a boutique in

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. She was cast in ''

'' after being contacted by a friend who was producing a reality show in Utah. Initially, Marks thought she was only being approached to provide ideas for the series. Prior to joining ''

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'', she had never seen an episode of the franchise. In addition to ''The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City'', she appeared as a guest on an episode of ''

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'' in 2023. She signed with CAA in February 2024. In 2023, she launched a caviar brand, Meredith Marks Caviar, and launched a podcast with her husband, titled ''Hanging by a Thread''. She has twice been on the host committee of the

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Personal life

Marks is

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, and has stated, "I’m very proud to be Jewish, but I'm not highly religious." She had her

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ceremony in 2024. She married Seth Marks in 1996. They have three children: Reid, Brooks, and Chloe. She and her family moved to Utah in 2013 after her husband took a job at

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. Her husband filed for divorce in August 2019, but withdrew his petition four months later, in December 2019. Her father died of

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in February 2021.

Filmography

References

External links

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