Iyanla Vanzant

Quick Facts

Full Name	Iyanla Vanzant
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1953(1953-09-13)
Age	71
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Virgo

Iyanla Vanzant Biography

Iyanla Vanzant is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on September 13, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York State, United States. Motivational speaker and author who hosted the series Fix My Life and Iyanla.

She gained national fame for being a regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass.

Iyanla Vanzant (born Rhonda Eva Harris; September 13, 1953) is an American inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach, and television personality. She is known primarily for her books, her eponymous talk show, and her appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She can currently be seen on television as the host of Iyanla: Fix My Life, on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

In 2000, she was named one of the “100 most influential Black Americans” by Ebony magazine, which said that “Her books, lectures and television appearances have made her a multimedia high priestess of healthy relationships.” In 2012, Vanzant was listed at #7 on Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit magazine’s list of the 100 most spiritually influential living people. In 2014, she was a co-speaker on Oprah’s the “Life You Want Weekend” tour, which travelled to eight cities and also featured Deepak Chopra, Mark Nepo, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Rob Bell. In 2016, Vanzant was named to Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.

She has two daughters, Gemmia and Nisa.

Iyanla Vanzant Net Worth

Iyanla Vanzant is one of the richest TV Show Host from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Iyanla Vanzant 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from Virginia Union University, where she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

She was named to Ebony Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential Black Americans.

Vanzant was born on September 13, 1953, in the back of a taxi in Brooklyn, New York, as Rhonda Eva Harris. She is the daughter of Sarah Jefferson, a railroad carmaid, and Horace Harris, who was largely absent from her life. Her mother died from breast cancer in 1955, when she was two. She was then raised by paternal relatives, one of whom raped her at the age of nine. Her first husband was physically abusive and she left him in 1980, taking her three children. In 1983, she was given the title “Iyanla”, which means “great mother”, after being initiated and ordained as a priestess in the Yoruba tradition (as mentioned in her television interview on the Conn Jackson show). She attended Medgar Evers College and Virginia Union University. Vanzant holds a Juris Doctor degree from the City University of New York School of Law and a Master’s degree from the University of Santa Monica (USM), Center for the Study and Practice of Spiritual Psychology. She currently resides in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She is also an ordained New Thought minister.

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Who is Iyanla Vanzant Dating?

According to our records, Iyanla Vanzant married to Adeyemi Bandele , Charles Vanzant. As of December 1, 2023, Iyanla Vanzant’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Iyanla Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Iyanla Vanzant celebrates birthday on September 13 of every year.

Did Oprah buy iyanla a house?

Eight years after filing for bankruptcy, Iyanla Vanzant finally had her career back on track and a house of her own again—but it wasn’t a home. So Oprah sent her a little housewarming gift: designer Nate Berkus.

How did iyanla lose her daughter?

On Christmas Day 2003, Iyanla Vanzant lost her daughter Gemmia to a rare form of colon cancer. A few months later, Iyanla summoned the courage to read every word of her journals. Watch as she shares a passage Gemmia wrote just two months before her death.

Why did iyanla get canceled?

“ I think mentally and emotionally I was feeling tired. I don’t want to do this anymore. I didn’t really have a reason, per se. I just didn’t want to do it anymore.

Is Iyanla: Fix My Life scripted?

“Iyanla: Fix My Life,” featuring six-time New York Times bestselling author, spiritual life coach, host, and executive producer Iyanla Vanzant, has recorded nearly 150 episodes and has been the highest-rated unscripted series in OWN history across all key demos.

What happened between Iyanla and Oprah?

What caused their rift? Eleven years ago, Iyanla told Oprah and Harpo executives she was ready to host her own talk show, but Oprah felt she needed more time to grow. After that fateful meeting, Iyanla and Harpo parted ways , and Iyanla signed on to host The Iyanla Show, which was canceled after just one season.