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Jeremiah Brent
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Jeremy Clevenger Johnson
November 24, 1984 Modesto, California, U.S.
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| Other names | Jeremiah Brent Berkus |
| Alma mater | Modesto High School |
| Occupation | Interior decorator, television personality |
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Nate Berkus
(m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
Jeremiah Brent is a famous American interior designer and TV star. He was born Jeremy Clevenger Johnson on November 24, 1984. In 2011, he started his own design company called Jeremiah Brent Design (JBD). This company helps people design their homes in Los Angeles and New York City.
Jeremiah is also well-known for his TV shows. He starred in the TLC series Nate & Jeremiah by Design, which started in 2017. He was also the event designer in the Netflix show Say I Do, which began in 2020. More recently, Jeremiah joined the cast of Queer Eye in its ninth season as the interior designer.
Early Life and School
Jeremiah Brent grew up in Modesto, California. His parents are Gwen A. Johnson and Terry Johnson. His father worked as a deputy sheriff in Modesto, and his mother was a paralegal in San Francisco.
Jeremiah went to Modesto High School and graduated in 2002. Back then, he was known as Jeremy Johnson. While in high school, he enjoyed drama, speech, and debate.
In 2004, when he was 19, Jeremiah moved to Los Angeles. For his first year there, he sometimes stayed with friends or even in his Jeep. His first apartment was very close to Covenant House, which is a shelter for homeless teenagers. Later, Jeremiah helped redesign that shelter.
Jeremiah's Career
Jeremiah Brent is known for his work as an actor and producer on several TV shows. These include Nate & Jeremiah by Design (2017), The Nate & Jeremiah Home Project (2021), The Rachel Zoe Project (2011), Say I Do (2020), and Home Made Simple (2015).
In early 2014, Jeremiah and his husband, Nate Berkus, were featured in ads for the clothing company Banana Republic. These ads appeared in magazines like InStyle and Rolling Stone. The New York Times pointed out that they were the first married couple to be shown in ads for these magazines.
Their apartment in Manhattan was featured in Architectural Digest magazine in September 2015. Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus even appeared on the cover with their daughter, Poppy.
Jeremiah's big break in television came in 2011. He became a styling assistant to Rachel Zoe on her show The Rachel Zoe Project during its fourth season. He has also been featured on the covers of many magazines, such as Domino, Architectural Digest, Harper's Bazaar, and People.
He hosted the Emmy Award-winning show Home Made Simple for two seasons on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. In 2017, he and his husband, Nate Berkus, launched their own TV show called Nate & Jeremiah by Design on the TLC network. Also in 2017, he started working with Living Spaces on their series Living Spaces presents Behind the Design. Jeremiah and Nate have also been on the HGTV show The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project, which first aired in 2021.
In 2020, Jeremiah began starring as the design expert on Netflix's reality show Say I Do. This show is like a wedding version of the popular show Queer Eye. In 2024, Netflix announced that Jeremiah Brent would join the Queer Eye cast as the interior design expert for its ninth season.
Family Life
Jeremiah Brent and fellow interior designer and TV personality Nate Berkus got engaged in April 2013, after dating for one year. They were married on May 4, 2014, in Manhattan. Their wedding ceremony was led by Sheri Salata, who was the president of the Oprah Winfrey Network at the time.
Jeremiah and Nate have two children. Their daughter, Poppy Brent-Berkus, was born on March 23, 2015. Their son, Oskar Michael Brent-Berkus, was born on March 26, 2018. Each child was born with the help of different egg donors and surrogates.
In 2019, Jeremiah and Nate moved back to Manhattan with their family.
