Dior Raye is an American actress, writer, and producer widely known as Alimi Ballard’s wife. Dior’s husband, Alimi Ballard, is a television actor from the United States of America, popularly known for his role as Detective Sinclair in a television series titled Numb3rs(2005-2010).
Who is Dior Raye, Alimi Ballard’s wife?
Dior was born with the first name Dahn and is now known as Dahn Ballard. Her name, Dior Raye, is a name she uses for her roles in movies. In most of her credited movies on IMDB, she used the name. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. She is an American citizen and belongs to the black race.
Dior is the daughter of a human rights activist, Princella Howard Dixon. Information regarding who her father is remains unknown. Dior is one of her mother’s five children, Princella, and she learned how to tell good stories at a very young age. Her more expansive imagination to tell stories was inspired by the frequent movement of her family from place to place, which helped her see and experience different kinds of things.
Dior Raye Education and Career
In terms of education, Dior Raye attended Saint Andrews Presbyterian College. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English, with a minor in theatre. She later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts(RADA) in London. The school admitted her with a one-semester scholarship.
After Dior’s schooling at RADA, she worked as the Assistant to the Director of Production at POV Entertainment. She worked with the company for three years, from January 1997 to December 2000. From February 2000 to May 2002, she worked for Valohna Wynn Inc as Executive Assistant to the Director.
As a writer, Dior Raye has worked as the Editor-In-Chief of a Los Angeles-based magazine, Sweet Family Life Magazine, since September 2014.
In 2017, Dior started her brand, The Yummy Factor, by Dior. According to her LinkedIn, her brand aims to use her skills in acting and writing to create a conversation around diversity through blogging and speaking engagements.
According to Dior Raye’s Imbd profile, she is credited with eight movies. The movies are Happy Happy Bang Bang(2018), Hashtag Awareness(2017), The Santa Con(2014), Interception(2011), The Bernie Mac Show(2006), National Treasure(2004), Strong Medicine(2002) and The Horrible Dr. Bones(2000).
Her marriage to Alimi Ballard
Dior Raye is married to Alimi Ballard. The couple have been very private about their marriage. Any of the two love birds have not disclosed information on when they tied the knot and how they met.
Alimi Ballard was born on October 17, 1977. He is 45 years old now. Alimi started his acting career at age five, and his breakthrough came when his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on Numb3rs became popular. He was shot into more prominence with his role in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Detective Kevin Crawford. He was on the show for three seasons.
Among Alimi’s other roles include New York Undercover (Fox, 1994-98), The City (ABC, 1995-97), and Queen of The South (Netflix and USA Network). He has also done voice acting for Falcon and Spider-Man / Miles Morales.
The union between Dior Raye and Alimi Ballard has produced two children. The children are Zion Ballard, born in 2005, and Cairo Ballard, born in 2008. According to GossipBiography, Dior and her husband, Alimi, had issues in their marriage but were able to solve them amicably. They are still together, enjoying family life with their children.
Dior and her husband are mostly seen together at various outdoor events spending time together. As per AmericanSatrBuzz, Alimi has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2022.