How much is Camille Grammer worth?
| Net Worth: | $30 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Television Personality |
| Date of Birth: | September 2, 1968 (age 54) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
About Camille Grammer
Born September 2nd, September 1968, Camille Grammer-Meyer is an actress and TV personality, best known for her part in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She is also the former wife of Kelsey Grammer, the American actor, and comedian who played Fraiser in the award-winning TV series.
Starting as a dancer in the eighties as part of a dance group, she began performing at the Tavern on the Green, in New York City. Soon after her career began to develop she appeared in several music videos, including Give It All You Got, by Rights of the Accused and Back to the Grill Again, by MC Search. Camille took up modeling in the nineties appearing in well-known publications such as Playboy’s spin-off magazine, Playboy’s Book of Lingerie, among others.
She also appeared in R-Rated films such as Marilyn Chambers Bedtime Stories and The Naked Detective, as well as minor roles in mainstream movies, and guested in one episode of Fraiser.
She became famous however when she became a member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This suddenly launched Camille into the spotlight, giving her overnight fame; which according to her ex-husband, she craved. “What I most hope is that Kelsey and I can improve our communications and truly co-parent our two wonderful children,” Camille Grammer said at the time.
She left the show after series nine, saying that she wasn’t asked back for series ten, and blaming fellow American actress and socialite, Kyle Richards, “It’s Kyle’s show.” The two housewives are friends these days, having put their disagreements behind them, and Camille still makes semi-regular appearances on the show.
The American TV star is probably just as famous away from the camera as in front of it, with her seemingly less than amicable and somewhat turbulent relationship with ex-husband, Kelsy Grammer. After meeting on a blind date in 1996, they wed a year later in August 1997 and promptly moved into a plush $4.5 million dollar mansion in Malibu. Kelsey described the partnership like a marriage from hell, saying that Camille asked him for a divorce after he’d suffered a double blow with him suffering a heart attack, as well as losing his mother.
Camille allegedly told her psychiatrist that she had suffered abuse from her ex-husband during their marriage. After her divorce from Kelsey, Camille began a relationship with the fitness trainer and lawyer, Dimitri Charalambopoulos. Allegations of abuse emerged on October 29th, 2013, when the American reality TV star got a restraining order against Dimtri, after accusing him of assault according to NY Daily News. The case was dropped after the The Houston Police Department said that they broke each other’s cell phones, and her injuries were minor and did not equate to physical assault.
Camille is the co-owner of Grammnet Productions, a production company that has produced such shows as The Game, Girlfriends, and Medium. Yet all of her work in television, as well as side businesses, is nothing compared to the divorce settlement that she walked away with after settling with her ex-husband, Kelsey Grammer.
As a dancer, Camille starting her career in the eighties on Club MTV, then later a model before working as a TV producer on Grammnet Productions. The CEO of the company is Camille’s former husband, Kelsey Grammer. The couple were together for nearly fourteen years before filing for divorce in July 2010. The former couple have two children, Mason Oliver and Jude Gordon Grammer.
It is reported that stars of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills were earning $100,000 per season in 2011, and most of the core cast today earn around $500,000 per season.
Grammer’s Total Net Worth
While Camille Grammer’s career earnings may only be at around $8 million dollars, having earned money as a model and a dancer in her early days and since also as an actress, producer, writer and television personality. In 2010, when Camille joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she was being paid $100,000 per season. At the height of her Housewife fame her per season rate was $500,000.
She has received far more from her divorce settlement from her ex-husband, Kelsey Grammer. Camille married Kelsey Grammer in 1997 and they eventually split and divorced in 2011. Kelsey may have had career earnings of some $150 million dollars while they were together, after all, he was being paid $1.6 million per episode from 2002-2004 for his role on Frasier. It has been reported that Camille received a divorce settlement to the tune of $30 million.
While a divorce settlement includes the transfer of assets, including cash. It does not incur any taxes as they are not earnings. However, she will have still needed to pay around $1 million dollars in business related costs to earn her $8 million dollars income. The remainder, $7 million, will have been taxed at 44% as Camille has been residing in the state of California.
After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $3.92 million dollars, having paid $3.08 million dollars in taxes. She is also speculated to have spent $1-3 million dollars in legal fees, leaving her total money received and earned at $32 million dollars.
She will have likely also experienced quite some investment gains, but also likely some losses when originally managing her new found wealth, which is common. She also suffered the loss of her Malibu home in the Woolsey Fire in Southern California, but she also was likely able to make an insurance claim.
In her personal life Camille has likely spent $7-8 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $2-3 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned less than expected investment returns because of losses. Still, likely around $3-5 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Camille Grammer has a net worth of a little more than $30 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Famous just as much for things off the camera as on, and certainly lived a life not devoid of drama, Camille Grammer has undoubtedly succeeded in gaining the fame that she allegedly craved. She’s become incredibly rich to boot.
