With The Real Housewives of Rhode Island now on Bravo, viewers are getting acquainted with the Ocean State's newest personalities — and one name is already generating buzz. Alicia Carmody, 41, the self-described "Pizza Queen" and "flip-flopper" of the group, arrived on screen with a ready-made narrative: a long engagement, deep Rhode Island roots, a career reinvention, and friendships that are about to get complicated.
Here is everything you need to know about Carmody before you dive into the drama.
| Age | Engaged |
Years in beauty
|
Restaurants |
| 41 | 9 years | 20+ | 3+ |
Who is Alicia Carmody?
Carmody is a lifelong Rhode Islander who grew up as part of a big Italian family in Cranston and now calls Providence home. She graduated from Paul Mitchell Beauty School and spent roughly 20 to 25 years working as a hair and makeup artist at Moss Salon in Providence — a career she built steadily before deciding it was time for something new.
Bravo's official bio describes her as entering her "boss-babe era," a phrase that perfectly captures the pivot she is making on screen. She is lending her creative vision to help run Pizza Mamma, the popular Cranston pizza restaurant owned by her fiancé, Bill Kitsilis.
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Carmody's grandfather opened Superior Bakery and other pizza restaurants and was well known around Rhode Island — making her connection to the food world far more than a TV storyline.
Her family and engagement
Carmody and Kitsilis have been engaged for nine years. The couple shares one daughter, Celina, whom Carmody has called her "mini-me." In a sneak peek for the season, she was seen deftly sidestepping her family's questions about when, exactly, the wedding will happen — signaling that her long engagement will be one of the season's central storylines. Kitsilis brings his own hospitality footprint to the story. In addition to Pizza Mamma in Cranston, he owns Angelo's Palace Pizza in Cumberland and Antonio's Pizza by the Slice in Pawtucket, making Carmody's step into the restaurant world more than a single-location side hustle.
The Pizza Mamma story
If there is one business at the heart of Carmody's RHORI arc, it is Pizza Mamma. The restaurant's official branding ties its origins to Carmody's vision, describing the spot as a tribute to family, love, and homemade comfort. The menu leans into Italian-American pizza styles — Detroit, Sicilian, and New York pies — with dough made from scratch. That heritage angle adds genuine depth to the storyline. The restaurant concept is rooted in her grandparents' memory and her family's long history in Rhode Island's food scene, which means this is less a celebrity vanity project and more a continuation of something that runs in the family.
What to expect from her on the show
Bravo promises that Carmody's season will cover more than just wedding timelines and pizza ovens. "When Alicia opens the vault on her past, she is faced with navigating long-standing relationships and personal growth that leaves one lifelong friend completely blindsided," the network teased in her official bio.
That friend is fellow cast member Liz McGraw, a lifelong Rhode Island friend of Carmody's whose relationship with her appears headed for some turbulence this season.
Carmody's Instagram bio sums up her identity in three labels: "RHORI," "Girl Mom," and "Pizza Mamma." It is a neatly packaged brand — maternal, glamorous, business-minded, and local — and one that feels built for Bravo fandom. She brings multiple hooks to the table: a stalled engagement, a daughter, deep community ties, a beauty-world background, and a food empire in the making.