Untold Truth Of Aryn Drake-Lee’s Divorce With Jesse Williams

• Aryn Drake-Lee is a real estate broker and ex-wife of Jesse Williams, an American actor and film director.
• Aryn was born in Chicago and studied at French American International School and Barnard College.
• She and Jesse met in 2007 and married in 2012, having two children together before divorcing in 2017.
• She is an animal lover and likes to read books, watch comedy movies and TV series and travel.
• Aryn is 38 years old and has a estimated net worth of $2 million, while Jesse has a net worth of $8 million.

Known for movies

Grey's Anatomy (2009-2017)
as Dr. Jackson Avery

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
as Holden

The Butler (2013)
as James Lawson

Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
as Eddie Quinlan

Who is Jesse Williams’ ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee? Wiki Bio

Aryn Drake-Lee was born in Chicago, Illinois USA, on 12 December 1981 – her zodiac sign is Sagittarius and she holds American nationality. Aryn is a real estate broker, who gained public recognition after she married and later divorced Jesse Williams, a famous American actor and film director and producer.

Childhood and education

Aryn was raised an only child in Chicago by her white father who was a businessman, and her black mother who was teaching at a local high school. Her parents had many problems with their families as they were not supportive of their decision to marry someone of different color.

Aryn studied at French American International School in San Francisco, California at which she learned how to speak and write both French and Spanish, and she was also physically active as she played volleyball and tennis. Upon matriculation in 1999, Aryn enrolled at Columbia University’s Barnard College located in New York City, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003.

Career as a real estate broker

While she was still studying at Barnard College, Aryn began working at the company Webb and Booker in Harlem, which was at that time regarded as one of the best black management companies in New York.

She stayed with them for a year before moving to William B. May Company, where she was a real estate agent for two years before being offered the position of an Associate Real Estate Broker at Brown Harris Stevens, and she went on to become one of their best brokers.

Aryn has been working at Brown Harris Stevens for over 10 years now, and is currently based at their office in Park Slope.

Love life and divorce from Jesse Williams

Aryn and Jesse Williams met in 2007 when he was teaching history at a local high school in New York City – Jesse wasn’t popular back then, as he hadn’t launched his acting career yet. The two started dating, and were together for over five years before marrying in a small ceremony in Los Angeles, on 1 September 2012, attended by their closest friends and family.

The couple welcomed their daughter Sadie Williams in December 2013, while their son Maceo Williams followed in October 2015.

After becoming a famous actor, Jesse filed for divorce in April 2017, refusing to pay Aryn spousal support while he also demanded joint custody over their children. Aryn stated in an interview that she helped him while he was working his way up in the film industry, but that now  he’s famous, he wants to be single. However, Jesse was soon seen with actress Minka Kelly on several occasions, and it was confirmed that the two were together for several months by July 2017.

Aryn requested from the court that she gains sole custody over Sadie and Macoe, and that Jesse pays her spousal support and even though she is today getting $100,000 a month from Jesse, the court have given them joint custody over their children.

Aryn is currently single while Jesse has been in a relationship with the American actress Taylour Paige since the summer of 2019.

Hobbies and other interests

Aryn likes to spend her free time at the gym where she is mostly focused on doing cardio, and she is also following a strict diet, thus her hourglass body figure. She enjoys reading books in her spare time – her favorite writer is Nicholas Sparks as she is a hopeless romantic, while some of her favorite books are “Dear John” and “Message in a Bottle”.

Aryn is a lover of animals with her favorites being cats and elephants; she likes to travel and has been to several US states while she has also travelled to Africa, Europe and Asia on multiple occasions.

Aryn is keen on watching comedy movies and TV series, and some of her favorite actors and actresses are Tom Hanks, Matt LeBLanc and Courteney Cox, while some of her favorite movies are “The Terminal”, “Groundhog Day”, and “When Harry Met Sally” – her favorite TV series is “Friends”.

Appearance and net worth

Aryn is 38 years old. She has long curly black hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall, and weighs around 121lbs (55kgs). As of June 2020, her net worth is estimated at over $2 million, while Jesse’s net worth is reputedly over $8 million.

Who is Jesse Williams? Wiki Bio

Jesse Wesley Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois USA, on 5 August 1981 – his zodiac sign is Leo and he holds American nationality.

Jessie is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dr. Jackson Avery in the romantic drama series “Grey’s Anatomy” since 2009, which has been airing since 2005. The series stars Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr., and is about five surgical interns working at a local hospital. It’s won 76 awards including two Golden Globes, and has been nominated for 221 others.

Jesse was raised alongside his two younger brothers in Chicago, by their mother Johanna Chase who was a professional potter, and father Reginald Williams who was the owner of a small moving company – he became a history teacher in 1998. Jesse attended Moses Brown School where he became interested in acting, and started appearing in school plays.

Upon matriculation in 1998, Jesse enrolled at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both film and media arts, and African-American studies in 2002.

He launched his career by becoming a high school teacher, and he taught American and African Studies for six years before deciding to focus entirely on his acting career. He made his debut TV series appearance in 2006, when he portrayed Kwame in a single episode of the police procedural and legal drama series “Law & Order”, before he appeared in eight episodes of the drama series “Beyond the Break” and two episodes of the comedy drama series “Greek”.

The year 2010 saw him portray Dr. Jackson Avery in six episodes of the medical drama series “Seattle Grace: Message of Hope”, before he guest starred in a single episode of the surreal comedy series “The Eric Andre Show” in 2016, and the comedy drama series “Most Expensivest” in 2018. Some of his latest roles in TV series have been in the crime drama “Power” in 2019, the action drama “Station 19” and the drama web mini-series “Little Fires Everywhere” both in 2020.

Jesse made his debut film appearance in 2008, when he portrayed Leo in the comedy drama “The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2” – his following roles were in the crime drama movie “Brooklyn’s Finest” in 2009, the short drama film “Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights” in 2010, and the horror comedy movie “The Cabin in the Woods” in 2012.

’Truth is greater than fear’ — @iJesseWilliams and @ColorOfChange are exposing the truth about #massincarceration and how politicians used fear to keep people of color downpic.twitter.com/XtvDYG81CL

— Siman Hadi (@siman_hadi) June 10, 2020

He made his producing debut in the same year, when he worked on the drama film “Question Bridge: Black Males” and then went on to play James Lawson in the historical drama movie “The Butler”. Jesse portrayed Don ‘The Snake’ Prudomme in the biographical drama movie “Snake and Mongoose” which is about the rivalry between two drag racers, and some of the roles which followed were in the horror drama film “They Die by Dawn” in 2013, the crime thriller movie “Money” in 2016, and the comedy drama movie “Band Aid” in 2017. A few of Jesse’s latest roles in movies have been in the drama “Selah and the Spades”, the psychological thriller “Jacob’s Ladder”, and the slasher horror “Random Acts of Violence” all released in 2019.

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Jesse has also done a bit of modelling, posing for Kenneth Cole Productions and Tommy Hilfiger Corporation among other companies, and has been featured in a variety of musical videos, making his debut appearance in “When Your Heart Stops Beating” performed by +44 in 2006. In 2009, he appeared in Rihanna’s music video “Russian Roulette”, as well as in “Fall in Love” performed by Estelle in 2010. Two of his latest appearances in musical videos have been in “Tell Me You Love Me” by Demi Lovato, and “Legacy” by Jay-Z in 2017. He has also lent his looks and voice to the character Markus in the adventure video game “Detroit: Become Human”.

Jesse has short brown hair and blue eyes, is 6ft 1ins (1.85m) tall, and weighs around 174lbs (79kgs).

Quotes

#	Quote
1	Freedom is always coming in the hereafter. But the hereafter is a hustle. We want it now.
2	It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.
3	You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.
4	That's why the role that I have on 'Grey's Anatomy' is important to me, because it's a human being. He doesn't have to wear race on his sleeve; he doesn't even have to talk about it. We just lead by our actions.
5	Staying true to our goals, Question Bridge as a company and as a project is not singularly about black males. One of the things I'm so excited about Question Bridge is that my vision goes far beyond black males.
6	We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
7	I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.
8	As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.
9	Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.
10	I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the depressing news that I'm processing.
11	I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.
12	I download, like, forty songs a day, I'm a big music collector and a big record collector.
13	I like to take credit for the work that I have done.
14	I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest.
15	I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.
16	We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks like you doing it, you don't believe you can do it. But I had great teachers, and I wanted to be a great teacher.
17	There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.
18	I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.
19	Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.
20	Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.

Facts

#	Fact
1	In New York shooting new movie Money (2016). [June 2015]
2	Married Aryn Drake-Lee, age 32, a real estate broker, on September 1, 2012 in Los Angeles. They have been together for five years.
3	Attended Moses Brown high school in Rhode Island.
4	His father is African-American, with some Seminole ancestry. His mother is of Swedish descent.
5	A former high school teacher.
6	Attended Temple University (B.A.) in Philadelphia, PA

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jacob's Ladder	2017	post-production
Band Aid	2017
Grey's Anatomy	2009-2017	TV Series	Dr. Jackson Avery
Money	2016		Sean
The Spoils Before Dying	2015	TV Mini-Series	Parker
They Die by Dawn	2013		John Taylor
Snake & Mongoose	2013		Don 'The Snake' Prudhomme
The Butler	2013/I		James Lawson
Rich Girl Problems	2012	Short	Peter
The Cabin in the Woods	2012		Holden
J.A.W.	2011	Short	Enin
Seattle Grace: Message of Hope	2010	TV Series	Jackson Avery
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights	2010	Video short	Johnny
Beyond the Break	2009	TV Series	Eric Medina
Washingtonienne	2009	TV Movie	Keya
Brooklyn's Finest	2009		Eddie Quinlan
Greek	2008	TV Series	The Hotness Monster / Drew Collins / Hotness Monster
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	2008		Leo
Law & Order	2006	TV Series	Kwame

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
America Divided	2016	TV Mini-Series documentary producer - 2 episodes
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement	2016	Documentary executive producer
Snake & Mongoose	2013	executive producer
J.A.W.	2011	Short co-producer

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Survivor's Guide to Prison	2017	Documentary post-production	Himself
Complex Conversations	2017	TV Series documentary	Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2016	TV Series	Himself
America Divided	2016	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The Eric Andre Show	2016	TV Series	Himself
BET Awards 2016	2016	TV Movie	Himself
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement	2016	Documentary
Hollywood Today Live	2015	TV Series	Himself
20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself
The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself
Celebrity Name Game	2014	TV Series	Himself - Celebrity Player
The Queen Latifah Show	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The View	2014	TV Series	Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Mind of a Man	2014	TV Series	Himself - Special Guest
The Insider	2013	TV Series	Himself
Made in Hollywood	2013	TV Series	Himself
The 39th Annual People's Choice Awards	2013	TV Special	Himself
The Chew	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
13th Annual Young Hollywood Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself - Actor of the Year in TV
MTV Video Music Awards 2010	2010	TV Special	Himself (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight	2010	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2010	TV Series	Himself - Beer Pong at the ESPYs
Rock n' Gol	2010	TV Movie	Himself
The Mo'Nique Show	2010	TV Series	Himself
The Wendy Williams Show	2010	TV Series	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2009-2010	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ok! TV	2015	TV Series	Himself
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	2014	TV Series documentary	Holden

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	BET Award	BET Awards	Humanitarian Award
2011	Young Hollywood Award	Young Hollywood Awards	TV Actor of the Year

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	Best Ensemble Cast	Orlando Film Festival	Narrative Feature	Money (2016)
2015	People's Choice Award	People's Choice Awards, USA	Favorite Dramatic TV Actor