Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
Towie cast then and now - how reality stars have changed over 10 years of fame
mirror.co.ukThe stars of The Only Way Is Essex shot to fame back in 2010 when the first series of the reality show hit screens. It was billed as a "semi-reality" show - with constructed storylines akin to a soap but without scripts.
The show made stars of the cast as viewers tuned in every week to follow the lives of Gemma Collins, James Argent, Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and more.
Now 10 years later, very few of the original castmembers are still with the show as most have moved on to bigger and better things.
From gigs in America, to their own reality shows and marriage and babies - the former Towie are still going strong. Mark Wright Essex hunk Mark was a semi-professional footballer before turning to TV.
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