Leigh Anne Tuohy
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August 9, 1960
Leigh Anne Tuohy | |
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| Born | Leigh Anne Roberts August 9, 1960 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | University of Mississippi |
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| Children | 2 |
Leigh Anne Tuohy (née Roberts; born August 9, 1960) is an American businesswoman and interior designer. She was the guardian of the football player Michael Oher. Their story was featured in the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and its 2009 feature film adaptation The Blind Side.[1] In the film, Tuohy was portrayed by Sandra Bullock, who won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance.
She was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Growing up, she was close to her maternal grandmother who lived with her family.[2][3] She graduated from Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee. In the early 1980s, she graduated from University of Mississippi, where she became a member of the Kappa Delta sorority, was a cheerleader,[4] and met her future husband, Sean Tuohy, a basketball player for the Ole Miss Rebels.[5]
Career
Tuohy and her husband once owned 115 fast food franchises of Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken, but as of 2020[update] owned 11, having sold the majority in six separate transactions.[6]
Tuohy is an interior designer. In 2010, she was named one of three new design team members for ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.[7]
Tuohy and her husband are also the co-authors of the book In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, which was published in 2010.[8]