Lisa Rinna & Eileen Davidson Join 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' for Season 5, Yolanda Foster, Brandi Glanville, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump All Return

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 cast.

Bravo Media's The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills premieres another season of over-the-top glamour and underhanded drama on Tuesday, November 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Yolanda Foster, Brandi Glanville, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump are joined for season five by new housewives and soap stars, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson. Lisa Rinna, a longtime friend of both Kyle and Lisa Vanderpump, brings her playfulness and outspokenness to the group. The entertainer, whose credits span Days Of our Lives and Melrose Place, introduces fellow newcomer, 2014 Emmy-winning Days Of our Lives compatriot Eileen Davidson.

After a sudden and secret departure from Puerto Rico at the end of last season, Lisa Vanderpump is still wary of her formerly close friends, but is beginning to reconnect with Yolanda and Kyle. She has no interest in making amends with Brandi, who is also struggling to move past her own hurt. The ladies all come face-to-face at Kyle’s annual White Party and the over-the-top event is bigger and better than ever now that Mauricio’s real estate agency is selling houses upwards of $50 million. The social event of the season brings original Beverly Hills housewives Adrienne Maloof, Camille Grammer and Taylor Armstrong back together. As unresolved issues come to the surface, Brandi is faced with making amends with both Lisa and Adrienne at the same event.

Meet the new housewives:

Lisa Rinna


Raised in small town Medford, Oregon but always dreaming of a more fabulous life, Lisa has used her exotic looks, infectious energy and savvy business acumen to become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. Lisa is known to many as Billie Reed, the free-spirited character she played on NBC's daytime hit Days Of our Lives, as well as love-to-hate-her Taylor McBride on Fox's long-running primetime smash, Melrose Place. Never one to turn down good work, Lisa's list of credits is long and varied. She has recently been seen on ABC's Sing Your Face Off, and the hit NBC reality show, All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Other credits include “Veronica Mars,” Entourage, and the Lifetime Original movies, Sex, Lies and Obsession and Another Woman's Husband, which boasted one of the highest ratings for any film on the network. From 2002-2006, she hosted her own successful talk show, Soap Talk, for which she earned four Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Talk Show Host category. An accomplished New York Times best-selling author, Lisa has released three books, entitled "The Big, Fun, Sexy Sex Book," "Starlit," and "Rinnavation." A longtime lover of fashion, Lisa recently launched her new collection Belle Gray by Lisa Rinna for QVC. Lisa is married to Harry Hamlin, currently seen on Mad Men and together they live in Beverly Hills, navigating life with their two teenage daughters, Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray.

Eileen Davidson

Elegant and charming, Eileen is an actress and daytime soap royalty. Born and raised in California, Eileen began her acting career at 21, first coming to notice in the cult classic “Sorority Row.” Her other early credits include Eternity, opposite Jon Voight and Armand Assante and playing the lead in Stephen Cannell's series, Broken Badges. Eileen is best known for her role as Ashley Abbot on the #1 rated daytime series, The Young and The Restless, and also as Kristen DiMera on Day of our Lives. For the past two years, Eileen has played both roles concurrently, which is nothing unusual for her, as from 1997 to 1998 she made television history by playing five roles simultaneously on Days Of our Lives. In 2014, after three nominations, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her main role on Days of our Lives. Always trying to stay busy and creative, Eileen has written four novels with prolific mystery writer Robert Randisi, three of which were published by Penguin Paperbacks. When not writing or acting, Eileen paints, surfs and plays piano and guitar. She is married to Vincent Van Patten, a former child star, professional tennis player ranking 25th in the world, current host of World Poker Tour and the son of Hollywood legend, Dick Van Patten. Together they live in Malibu, where Eileen is mother to 11 year old Jesse and step mom to 21 year old Duke and 19 year old Vinny.

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills season four averaged 1.6 million among adults 18-49 and 2.7 million total viewers. Source: Nielsen, L7.

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills is by produced by Evolution Media for Bravo with Douglas Ross, Alex Baskin, Greg Stewart and Chris Cullen serving as executive producers. Toni Gallagher and Robert Carroll are co-executive producers.

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