Hartwell was born in Inglewood, California, and is half-Chinese. Hartwell was one of the cast members of the hit Bravo reality television series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She was married to NFL Player, Ed Hartwell while appearing on the show and was launching clothing line called, "Closet Freak." Shortly after leaving the show, the mansion that she shared with her husband Ed was foreclosed upon a few years back, and the couple divorced not long after that. Most of the business ventures that she was working on while appearing on The Real Housewives of Atlanta are also no longer functioning but she co-authored a book about sisterhood entitled When The Cake Is Made in 2010. She's also been actively pursuing a career as an actress, which so far has includes roles in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, theater roles in Atlanta, and a role in the Vince Vaughn summer comedy, The Internship. She has three boys, two from her first marriage to Keith Sweat and another son who she shares with Ed Hartwell.
