List of Basketball Wives cast members
Basketball Wives is the original installment of the Basketball Wives reality television franchise.[1] It premiered on April 11, 2010 on VH1 It chronicles the lives of a group of women who are the wives and girlfriends, or have been romantically linked to, professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association, though the title of the series does not make this differentiation, solely referring to the women as "wives". For the first five seasons, the show was filmed in Miami, Florida, and beginning with season four, partially in New York City.
VH1 announced the original series would return after a five-year hiatus with its sixth season to premiere on April 17, 2017. The setting of the show has relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of the original series and Basketball Wives LA.
Cast timeline
The following is a timeline of the cast members of Basketball Wives, including recurring cast members who did not receive top billing but played a significant role in the denoted seasons.
Main cast members
Wives | Seasons | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Royce Reed | Main | ||||||||
Suzie Ketcham | Main | ||||||||
Gloria Govan | Main | Friend | |||||||
Jennifer Williams | Main | Friend | Main | ||||||
Evelyn Lozada | Main | ||||||||
Shaunie O'Neal | Main | ||||||||
Tami Roman | Main | ||||||||
Meeka Claxton | Main | ||||||||
Kesha Nichols | Main | ||||||||
Kenya Bell | Main | Guest | |||||||
Tasha Marbury | Main | ||||||||
Jackie Christie | Guest | Main | |||||||
Malaysia Pargo | Main |
Recurring cast members
Wives | Seasons | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||
Erikka Moxam | Friend | |||||||||||
Juli Richmond | Friend | |||||||||||
Kim Russell | Friend | |||||||||||
Ashley Walker | Friend | |||||||||||
Elena Ahanzadeh | Friend | Guest | ||||||||||
Keonna Green | Friend | |||||||||||
Bonnie-Jill Laflin | Friend | |||||||||||
Brandi Maxiell | Friend | |||||||||||
Aja Metoyer | Friend | |||||||||||
Christen Metoyer | Friend | |||||||||||
Hazel Renee | Friend | |||||||||||
Saniy'yah Samaa | Friend | |||||||||||
Ogom "OG" Chijindu | Friend | |||||||||||
Cece Gutierrez | Friend | |||||||||||
Kristen Scott | Friend | |||||||||||
Feby Torres | Friend | |||||||||||
References
- Stanhope, Kate (December 7, 2009). "VH1 Gets into the Game with Basketball Wives". TV Guide. Retrieved April 14, 2013.