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Renee Graziano is an American reality television personality and author. She is known for being the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family and her roles in two reality television shows, Mob Wives and Celebrity Big Brother. In 2016, Renee came third on Celebrity Big Brother 18.

Graziano lives in Staten Island, New York City. Her former husband, Hector Pagan, Jr., was a mobster who became a DEA informant, and gave evidence against her father, Anthony Graziano. They have one son, AJ.

Graziano has appeared as a prominent character in all six seasons of Mob Wives, from 2011 to 2016. The show was conceived and is executive-produced by Graziano’s sister, Jenn Graziano. In 2016, she appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 18 where she reached the final and finished in third place with an 14.66% of the vote. She was the last standing woman and American in the house. In January 2017, Graziano and her partner Joey Gambino were featured on the ninth season of Marriage Boot Camp. In December 2022 she starred in the VH1 movie Fuhgeddabout Christmas alongside Justina Valentine, Vinny Guadagnino, and Teresa Giudice.

She has released two books: a semi-autobiographical novel, Playing With Fire, and a cookbook, How to Use a Meat Cleaver: Secrets and Recipes from a Mob Family’s Kitchen (2014)