Olivia Jade Attwood Dack (born 2 May 1991) is an English television personality, presenter and model. In 2017, she appeared on the third series of Love Island and later became a regular cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. In November 2022, she participated in the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! but withdrew on medical grounds two days after arriving. In 2023, Attwood joined Loose Women as a panellist. As of 2024 Attwood and GK Barry are the youngest panellists in the shows 25 year history.
Olivia Attwood | |
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| Born | Olivia Jade Attwood 2 May 1991 London, England |
| Years active | 2017–present |
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YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2024–present |
| Genre | Podcast |
| Subscribers | 20.7 thousand[1] |
| Total views | 1.298 million[1] |
Last updated: June 17, 2024 | |
Early life
editAttwood was born on 2 May 1991 in London.[2] After her younger years living in London, Surrey, England and Alberta, Canada[3] for 5 years,[4] she attended Tormead School and Cranleigh School.[5]
Career
editAttwood began her career as a model and a motorsport grid girl.[6] In 2017, she became a contestant on the third series of the ITV2 reality dating show Love Island. Along with Chris Hughes, she reached the final and the pair finished in third place.[7][8] The following year, Attwood and Hughes starred in their own spin-off series Chris & Olivia: Crackin' On.[9]
In 2018, Attwood appeared on series five of Celebs Go Dating.[10] Attwood reportedly lied about being single in order to appear on the show. However she denied the claims.[11] In 2019, Attwood joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its twenty-fourth series.[12] She appeared in 16 episodes before leaving at the end of series 26 in 2020.[13]
In 2020, Attwood began starring in her own reality series on ITVBe titled Olivia Meets Her Match, which followed the events leading up to her wedding with footballer Bradley Dack.[14] She and Dack also appeared in ITV's Drama vs. Reality advertisement alongside Anna Friel.[15] In 2021, she appeared on the ITV2 series Celebrity Karaoke Club.[16] She has also made appearances on Lorraine, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, The Crystal Maze, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Loose Women.[17]
In 2022, Attwood began presenting documentaries on ITV, with the first documentary series being titled Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich, which explored the online selling of sexual content.[18] Later in 2022, Attwood began competing in the ITV competition series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![19] but withdrew on medical grounds shortly after arriving.[20]
In June 2023, ITV commissioned Olivia Marries Her Match, an upcoming four-part reality show focusing on Attwood's and fiancé Bradley Dack's wedding.[21] In August 2023, she was a guest panellist on Loose Women.[22]
Personal life
editAttwood dated Chris Hughes whom she met on Love Island until 2018.[23][24] In 2019, she became engaged to footballer Bradley Dack.[25] They married on 3 June 2023.[26] She has ADHD.[27]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2017 | Love Island | Contestant; series 3 |
| 2018 | Chris & Olivia: Crackin' On | Lead role |
| 2018 | Celebs Go Dating | Main role |
| 2019–2020 | The Only Way Is Essex | Regular role; series 25–26 |
| 2020–present | Olivia Meets Her Match | Lead role |
| 2022–present | Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich | Presenter; Documentary series[28] |
| 2022 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Contestant; series 22 |
| 2022 | The Games | Contestant; 11th place |
| 2023 | Olivia Marries Her Match | Lead role |
| 2023–present | Loose Women | Regular panellist |
| 2023 | Olivia Attwood vs The Trolls | Presenter |
| 2024 | Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection | Presenter[29] |
| Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends | Presenter[30] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About So Wrong It's Right with Olivia Attwood". YouTube.
- ^ "Who is Olivia Attwood? Everything you need to know about the Love Island 2017 star". Heat. 2023.
- ^ Brown, Nancy (2 November 2022). "I'm A Celebrity's Olivia Attwood: When is her wedding to Bradley Dack? What is Love Island star's net worth?". Entertainment Daily .co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Spotify episode
- ^ "Love Island's Olivia Attwood Is Basically Just As Posh As Camilla Thurlow". www.mtv.co.uk.
- ^ "Who is Olivia Attwood? The Love Island contestant has a very revealing party trick". Radio Times.
- ^ "Olivia Attwood". ITV.
- ^ Hawksley, Rupert (July 24, 2017). "Kem and Amber win Love Island 2017 with Jamie and Camilla runners-up". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "So what if Love Island's relationships are fake? We all love a little 'showmance'". The Guardian. June 20, 2019.
- ^ "Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood fall out on Twitter over her Celebs Go Dating appearance". Radio Times.
- ^ Lee, Jess (November 16, 2018). "Celebs Go Dating on claim Olivia 'faked' being single". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Olivia Attwood Joins TOWIE Cast Permanently As She's Spotted Filming For Upcoming Series". Capital. 14 July 2019.
- ^ Warner, Sam (September 19, 2019). "Olivia Attwood hits back at "disgusting" response to TOWIE appearance". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Olivia Meets Her Match - Watch episodes" – via www.itv.com.
- ^ "ITV Drama vs Reality Anna Friel, Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack". Press Centre.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Celebrity Karaoke Club series 2 - full line-up revealed". Radio Times.
- ^ "Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, TV". tv24.co.uk.
- ^ West, Amy (September 2, 2021). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces brand new project with ITV". Digital Spy.
- ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (31 October 2022). "I'm a Celebrity 2022 lineup 'revealed'". Daily Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Olivia Attwood forced to quit I'm A Celebrity on medical grounds". Sky News. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "ITVX and ITVBe announces three reality series with the Madeleys, Abbey Clancy and Olivia Attwood". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Attwood gets Loose Women job after husband Bradley Dack's Sunderland move". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Why did Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood break up?". Capital.
- ^ "From Selling Sunset to Love Island, are reality TV relationships the real thing?". The Guardian. August 19, 2021.
- ^ Earp, Catherine (October 14, 2019). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces engagement to boyfriend Bradley Dack". Digital Spy.
- ^ Body, Jamie (4 June 2023). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood marries footballer Bradley Dack". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Loose Women - Love Island's Olivia Attwood Talks Living With ADHD" – via www.itv.com.
- ^ "Getting Filthy Rich". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "ITV January 2024 monthly highlights". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Brand new reality format, Olivia Attwood's Bad Boyfriends (w/t) will launch on ITV2 and ITVX this autumn". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 8 August 2024.