Rhonda is Winston Bishop's ex-wife on the FOX comedy New Girl. She is portrayed by Sonequa Martin-Green.
Character[]
Rhonda first appears in the episode Jeff Day where she pranks the gang by pretending the be a stab victim. Winston later introduces her to them and asks Schmidt and Cece to let him bring her as a plus one. After having lunch with her, they decided she woudln't be a good guest to invite incase she pulls a big prank and ruins the whole wedding. Schmidt and Cece thought that their relationship wasn't serious enough, so Winston and Rhonda get married. The next day, the two of them intended to get an annulment, however, Rhonda was called up for duty and had to leave suddenly. In Rumspringa, the two finally get divorced.
Trivia[]
- According to this Reddit post, Rhonda pranked Winston into marrying her so that she could earn extra $2,500 per month while she's deployed in Afghanistan.
- Winston and Rhonda where still married during the early stages of Winston and Aly's relationship. He tells Aly that he's married in S5E18.
- As suggested by this Reddit post, it's possible that Nick may have been the first to meet Rhonda. In Season 2 Episode 10 Nick has several flashbacks depicting the experiences that led to his "never cross the bar" rule; one of which involves him trying to find a woman named Rhonda who apparently gave him a ferret before leaving. It is unknown whether or not she ever returned for the ferret.