Ready to Love Cast Guide

The following is a cast guide for the OWN program “Ready To Love” and its spin-offs.

Title Card - Ready To Love

The Ninth Season’s Cast Members

First Aired 7/7/2023
Location Dallas, Texas
Median Age (Women) 37
Median Age (Men) 37.5
Median Age (Combined) 37

Episodes

Episode Number and Title
Episode 1 Bigger In Texas Episode 2 “It’s Getting Thot In Here Episode 3 “Tommy’s Choice”
Episode 4 “Black and Beautiful Hoedown” Episode 5 “Navigating Non-Negotiables” Episode 6 “Dates and Doubts”
Episode 7 “Meet The Exes” Episode 8 “Ride or Die” Episode 9 “Blink If You Need Help”
Episode 10 “The Getaway, Part 2” Episode 11 “Meet The Family” Episode 12 “The Finale”
Episode 13 “Dallas Reunion Special – Part 1” Episode 14 “Dallas Reunion Special – Part 2”  

Chris

Chris
“Chris,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Chris is a 39-year-old Construction worker who is an upfront Nigerian.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Arranged Marriages (9.2): In Chris’ family, his parents and older brother had an arranged marriage, but he broke tradition and decided to find his own wife.
  • Children? (9.5): He has an 11-year-old daughter who is vegan
  • Parents (9.5): His dad died before he was born and he lost his mom recently

Quotes

Jessica

Jessica
“Jessica,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Jessica is a 37-year-old coffee line owner.

Additional Information

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Phillip

Phillip
“Phillip,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Phillip is a 41-year-old supply chain analyst who has struggled for the last year and a half.

Additional Information

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Aries

Aries
“Aries,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Aries is a 43-year-old software sales manager with two sons.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Age Of Kids (9.5): Her sons are 11 and 13
    • 9.11: It is noted they are 12 and 14
  • Parents? (9.5): She has lost her dad
  • Divorced? (9.6): She has been divorced twice

Quotes

Taquilla

Taquilla
“Taquilla,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Taquilla is a 35-year-old marketing assistant

Additional Information

Quotes

Habibi

Habibi
“Habibi,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Habibi is a 33-year-old saxophone player who is originally from Arlington, Texas but for the last four years, has lived in Dubai and has gotten accustomed to wearing a ghutrah.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Children (9.1): He has a seven-year-old son
  • Where Your People From (9.2): St. Martinville
  • Beyond the Saxophone (9.2): While Habibi’s identity is strongly wrapped around playing a saxophone, Taquilla reveals he is going to school for Information Technology, he is a DJ, and he has a military background

Quotes

Sierra

Sierra
“Sierra,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Sierra is a 33-year-old stylist for athletes and socialites who is originally from New Orleans. However, she moved to the Dallas area 12 years ago.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Momma’s Girl (9.2): Sierra is very close to her mother, Leslie
  • Background (9.2): Her people are Creole
  • Siblings and Kids (9.3): She has 5 siblings and wants 6 kids
  • How Long You Been Single? (9.4): 4 to 5 years

Quotes

Leiann

Leiann
“Leiann,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Leiann is a 49-year-old gym owner who is a Gemini.

Additional Information

Quotes

Herbert

Herbert
“Herbert,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Herbert is a 37-year-old aviation manager who is a libra (born September 26th)

Additional Information

Quotes

Marvin

Marvin
“Marvin,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Marvin is a 41-year-old erotic author and sensual dominant who works out of his apartment.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Virgin Islands (9.3): Where his dad currently is, and where he wants to move within the next 6 to 8 years.
  • Children? (9.5): Marvin has a daughter, but wants two kids, specifically a boy

Quotes

Eunik

Eunik
“Eunik,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Eunik is a 31-year-old TV and Film producer who considers herself a country girl who loves horses.

Additional Information

Quotes

Janelle

Janelle
“Janelle,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Janelle is a 41-year-old creative director who was  adopted at six months old and wishes to adopt a child in the future.

Additional Information

Quotes

Keyra

Keyra
“Keyra,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Keyra is a 31-year-old realtor and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who has been dancing since she was 3.

Additional Information

Quotes

Quinton

Quinton
“Quinton,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Quinton is a 33-year-old personal trainer who formerly played football and would like to be married like his parents, who have been together for 44 years. Maybe even married as long as his grandparents, potentially, who have been married 70 years.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • When Did His Parents Get Married?: His mom was married when she was 15, and has been married to his dad for 39 years.
  • Allergies (9.2): He is allergic to seafood

Quotes

Red

Red
“Red,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Red is a 42-year-old DJ and comedian who has two sons, an eight and a 12-year-old.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Past Jobs (9.4): He worked for the city as a contract compliance officer and an internal communications manager for another job, covering the US, Canada, and Mexico

Quotes

Brandon

Brandon
“Brandon,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Brandon is a 36-year-old who is a train dispatcher and owns a cleaning company. Also, he has four kids from his ex-wife of 10 years, who he only finalized his second divorce from 6 months ago.

Additional Information

Quotes

Lee

Lee
“Lee,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Lee is a health and wellness coach whose last relationship was a year and a half, and the one before that was seven years. She would like to have two kids and notes soccer is her first love.

Additional Information

Quotes

Maurier

Maurier
“Maurier,” Ready To Love, “Bigger In Texas,” 2023, (OWN)

Maurier is a 36-year-old entrepreneur who was very close with his dad and tries to replicate that relationship with his son. He is also a Taurus, born on May 14th, and it is noted by Leiann that he isn’t notably tall.

Additional Information

  • Introduced In: Season 9/ Episode 1
  • Why Is He Single (9.4): The mother of his son never closed the door between her ex and herself
  • Dual Citizenship (9.10): He is working on having dual citizenship, with Mali being the country he wants to become a citizen of and potentially move to

Quotes

Christopher

Christopher talking about his interaction with Red
“Christopher talking about his interaction with Red,” Ready To Love, “Tommy’s Choice,” 2023, (OWN)

Christopher is a 34-year-old security company owner who runs the company with his father and the rest of the family. He comes from a small town in Mississippi, has never been married or engaged, and considers himself a country boy at heart.

Additional Information

Quotes

Katarina

Katarina introducing herself
“Katarina introducing herself,” Ready To Love, “Tommy’s Choice,” 2023, (OWN)

Katarina is a 34-year-old registered nurse originally from New Jersey but raised in Mississippi. Her dad is from Sierra Leonne, and her mom is Haitian. She enjoys being outside and working out and currently runs a beauty bar out in Arizona.

Additional Information

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9 Comments

  1. Does everyone on ready to love wear veneers? They all have perfectly straight white teeth.

  2. Does everyone on ready to love have veneers? Every last one of them seem to have perfect teeth.

  3. Can “Ready to love” consider a BBW (big and beautiful), version? I know you have to have a variety of ladies in your pool. However, I felt it was unfair for full figured sisters like Tessa, who almost got eliminated early, because she just wasn’t the majority of the men’s “type”. You’re either attracted to plus size or you’re not. In the end, they may reconsider their position, but those types usually end up not lasting or having a brother wanting to change a sister. BTW, thanks for changing your format from what you had in season 1. Having 12 women competing for just 4 men, had me livid. WTF?!

  4. Just wondering if OWN TV and Will Packer Productions conducted background checks (criminal, civil) on the cast of Ready to Love. An internet search revealed one of the females has a criminal record and the occupation of one the males is questionable. Both were in the Cabin episode. Were these people properly vetted?

  5. Hello, I’d like to say I really liked the Series Ready to love watching the show really represents the reality of what it’s like to get to know someone on a different level which was real for me, I can’t wait until the next season. One more thing Arron was full of mess from the beginning I don’t know how he made it to the end.

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