Retta Net Worth, Age, Bio, Height, Weight and Relationship

Quick Facts of Retta

Retta is an American comedian and TV actress. The NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” features Retta in the part of Donna Meagle, who is well-known. She has also appeared in other series like Drunk History and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

How much is the Net Worth of Retta ?

Retta has a $3 million net worth, according to celebritynetworth, and her acting and comic careers appear to be her primary sources of income.

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Childhood and Education

Retta was born in Newark, New Jersey, on April 12, 1970. She is an astrological sign of Aries and 53 years old. She is of Liberian heritage, has American citizenship, and goes as Marietta Sangai Sirleaf.

Deborah Sirleaf is her mother, and George Sirleaf is her father. The year before she was born, her parents moved from Liberia to New Jersey. However, there is currently no information accessible on her other family members, including her siblings, cousins, grandparents, and other relatives.

She was born and raised in New Jersey, more especially in Edison and Cliffwood Beach. She was brought up as a New Apostolic Church member.

Additionally, New Apostolic Church people from all around the world supported her when she was given the opportunity to compete in her first TV comedy competition. She also spoke about her beliefs and background in that competition. Additionally, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, is her aunt.

Regarding Retta’s scholastic history and credentials, Aberdeen Township, New Jersey’s Matawan Regional High School is where she received her diploma. Then, in 1992, she completed her studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where she was a pre-med student and earned a sociology degree.

Professional Career

Retta pursued a career in chemistry after earning her degree from Duke University. In her free time, she even performed stand-up at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Charlie Goodnights Comedy Club.

She later relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in comedy. In the year 1996, she started performing stand-up. However, she didn’t begin making money until 1998, when she started performing on the college circuit. She has also had the opportunity to perform as the opening act for comics like Shirley Hemphill and Bobby Collins.

Retta has had the opportunity to appear on several television programs, including Welcome to the Parker on Bravo, The Soup on E! Entertainment Television, Freddie, Moesha, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the “Comedy Divas Showcase” segment of The Jenny Jones Show, Premium Blend, and a Comedy Central program featuring up-and-coming comics.

She started making frequent guest appearances on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation” in the year 2009. She played Donna, giving Donna and other supporting characters more personality and funnier humor. Retta was finally promoted to a full-time regular cast member in the third season.

In 2013, she even had the opportunity to host the third Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Then, a year later, she was given the opportunity to compete on Hollywood Game Night alongside many other famous people.

More on her Career

She also narrated “Welcome to Night Vale” for an audiobook in 2015. She voices Old Woman Josie in the eponymous podcast series, which has a novel tie-in. She was also able to appear in season 2 of Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce during that year.

In 2018, Retta had the opportunity to co-star with Christina Hendricks and Mae Whitman in the NBC sitcom “Good Girls”. Even so, she was able to produce a book called “So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know” that contained a number of her articles.

She discusses her weight loss struggle with her “bestie” in the book, as well as the fun and excitement of living in the “Hollywood Scene!” She later entered into a talent-holding agreement with NBCUniversal in the year 2022. She also served as the host of seasons 1, 2, and 3 of HGTV’s Ugliest House in America.

What is the Relationships Status of Retta?

Retta now appears to be single. Alternatively, it’s possible that she is in a relationship but has kept it private and hidden from the public and the media.

She did, however, once claim to have dated a Georgian. Because her name Marietta sounded like where he was from, he gave her the nickname Retta. Other than this, very little to no information regarding her romantic history has surfaced up to this point.

Body Measurement : Height and Weight

Retta stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 95 kg. Her other physical dimensions, including her chest, waist, and hips, are 43, 31, and 45 inches, respectively. She also has black hair and dark brown eyes.

Social Media

Retta is fairly active across all of her social media platforms. She manages her “unforettable” Instagram account, which has 740K followers. She also has accounts on Facebook and Twitter, where she now has 81K and 782.6K followers, respectively.

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