Successful real estate broker Aryn Drake-Leen rose to fame not because of her success in the real estate market but as a celebrity – all thanks to her marriage to Jesse Williams, from whom she is now divorced. Jesse Williams is an American actor, director, and political activist who is best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery in the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. Learn more about his ex-wife as well as the facts of their divorce.
Aryn Drake-Lee Bio
Aryn Drake-Lee as her ex-husband has already pointed out is a woman apart, an independent woman who believes in hard work, a virtue that has made her one of the most successful realtors in the real estate society. Brown Harris Stevens. A visit to his profile on the company’s online platform reveals his impressive track record.
Known for confidently rocking her trademark natural curly hair and mostly makeup-free, Aryn Drake-Lee is a prime example of a woman with brains. She attended the French American International School in San Fransisco and is therefore trilingual. She is fluent in not only English but French and Spanish. Being multilingual has undoubtedly made Drake-Lee an effective and competent communicator in the real estate industry.
After graduating from high school, Drake-Lee was accepted to Barnard College at Columbia University, an Ivy-League school. Barnard College is a private liberal arts college for women in New York that was established in 1889.
While in college, she started her real estate career for Webb and Brooker in Harlem, New York City. At 24, she bought her first property among many others. After leaving Webb and Brooker, Aryn Drake-Lee continued her career at William B. May before joining Brown Harris Stevens.
In 2017, she made a TV appearance on an episode of the TV show Complex Conversations.
Married, divorced, ex-husband
Aryn Drake-Lee and Jesse Williams knew each other long before they married in 2012. They met when Jesse Williams was a teacher in the public schools of Philadelphia and had not yet started his acting career. Shortly after becoming friends, the couple began dating and in September 2012 they married in a private ceremony. After their marriage, Drake-Lee moved with Williams to Los Angeles.
About a year later, the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Sadie Willimas. Later in 2015, they had a son, Maceo Williams. At the height of their union, Aryn Drake-Lee accompanied Jesse to numerous red carpet events. Together, the couple launched an app called the Ebroji app, which is an organized GIF keyboard designed to improve communication. The app contains emojis that people of all races, colors, and sexualities can relate to.
Unfortunately for the couple, their marriage hit the rocks in 2017 and in April 2017, reports surfaced that Williams had filed for divorce. The couple remained largely private until the news of the divorce, therefore, the reason for their separation was unclear. Many speculated that Williams was cheating, but the actor strongly refuted the rumors.
What would follow Williams’ decision to divorce was a gruesome custody battle over their two children. Aryn Drake-Lee told the court that her ex-husband was unable to care for the children due to his feminization and constant drinking, so she wanted sole custody. On the contrary, the court discovered the opposite and granted them joint custody of the two children.
In September 2017, Williams agreed to pay $160,000 in child and spousal support. In January 2018, the court ruled that Williams should pay his ex-wife $50,695 a month in spousal support. The actor also agreed to share with the mother of his children half of all his residual earnings from September 1, 2012 and April 10, 2017. In June 2018, the court increased his divorce payout to $100,000 per month due to the raise he got for his role in Grey’s Anatomy. Williams would earn $512,000 per episode of the hit medical drama.
After his separation from Aryn Drake-Lee, Jesse Williams began dating actress Minka Kelly. They broke up in January 2018 and May 2018 and he started dating sportswriter Taylor Rooks.
Parents
Aryn Drake-Lee’s parents are strangers in the limelight. There has never been a mention of them anywhere in the media, so details of their life and fate are unknown.