Olivia Attwood

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.

Olivia Attwood
Born
Olivia Jade Attwood

(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991
London, England
Years active2017–present
Television
Spouse
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(m. 2023)​

Early life

Attwood was born on 2 May 1991 in London.[1] After her younger years living in London, Surrey, England and Alberta, Canada,[2] she attended Tormead School and Cranleigh School.[3]

Career

Attwood began her career as a model and a motorsport grid girl.[4][5] 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.[6][7] The following year, Attwood and Hughes starred in their own spin-off series Chris & Olivia: Crackin' On.[8]

In 2018, Attwood appeared on series five of Celebs Go Dating.[9] Attwood reportedly lied about being single in order to appear on the show. However she denied the claims.[10] In 2019, Attwood joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its twenty-fourth series.[11] She appeared in 16 episodes before leaving at the end of series 26 in 2020.[12]

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.[13] She and Dack also appeared in ITV's Drama vs. Reality advertisement alongside Anna Friel.[14] In 2021, she appeared on the ITV2 series Celebrity Karaoke Club.[15] She has also made appearances on Lorraine, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, The Crystal Maze, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Loose Women.[16]

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.[17] Later in 2022, Attwood began competing in the ITV competition series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![18] but withdrew on medical grounds shortly after arriving.[19]

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.[20] In August 2023, she was a guest panellist on Loose Women.[21]

Personal life

Attwood dated Chris Hughes whom she met on Love Island until 2018.[22][23] In 2019, she became engaged to footballer Bradley Dack.[24] They married on 3 June 2023.[25] She has ADHD.[26]

Filmography
As herself
Year Title Notes
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 Series Regular (series 25–26)
2020–present Olivia Meets Her Match Lead role
2022–present Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich Presenter; Documentary series[27]
2022 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Contestant (series 22)
2023 Olivia Marries Her Match Lead role
2023–present Loose Women Regular panellist
2023 Olivia Attwood vs The Trolls Presenter

See also

References
  1. "Who is Olivia Attwood? Everything you need to know about the Love Island 2017 star". Heat. 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. "Love Island's Olivia Attwood Is Basically Just As Posh As Camilla Thurlow | MTV UK". www.mtv.co.uk.
  4. "Love Island's Olivia Attwood hints Maura Higgins is lying about past lovers". Heart. 9 August 2017.
  5. "Who is Olivia Attwood? The Love Island contestant has a very revealing party trick". Radio Times.
  6. "Olivia Attwood". ITV.
  7. 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.
  8. "So what if Love Island's relationships are fake? We all love a little 'showmance'". The Guardian. June 20, 2019.
  9. "Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood fall out on Twitter over her Celebs Go Dating appearance". Radio Times.
  10. Lee, Jess (November 16, 2018). "Celebs Go Dating on claim Olivia 'faked' being single". Digital Spy.
  11. "Olivia Attwood Joins TOWIE Cast Permanently As She's Spotted Filming For Upcoming Series". Capital. 14 July 2019.
  12. Warner, Sam (September 19, 2019). "Olivia Attwood hits back at "disgusting" response to TOWIE appearance". Digital Spy.
  13. "Olivia Meets Her Match - Watch episodes" – via www.itv.com.
  14. "ITV Drama vs Reality Anna Friel, Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack". Press Centre.
  15. "Meet the cast of Celebrity Karaoke Club series 2 - full line-up revealed". Radio Times.
  16. "Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, TV". tv24.co.uk.
  17. West, Amy (September 2, 2021). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces brand new project with ITV". Digital Spy.
  18. Stolworthy, Jacob (31 October 2022). "I'm a Celebrity 2022 lineup 'revealed'". Daily Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  19. "Olivia Attwood forced to quit I'm A Celebrity on medical grounds". Sky News. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  20. "ITVX and ITVBe announces three reality series with the Madeleys, Abbey Clancy and Olivia Attwood". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  21. "Olivia Attwood gets Loose Women job after husband Bradley Dack's Sunderland move". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  22. "Why did Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood break up?". Capital.
  23. "From Selling Sunset to Love Island, are reality TV relationships the real thing?". The Guardian. August 19, 2021.
  24. Earp, Catherine (October 14, 2019). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces engagement to boyfriend Bradley Dack". Digital Spy.
  25. Body, Jamie (4 June 2023). "Love Island's Olivia Attwood marries footballer Bradley Dack". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  26. "Loose Women - Love Island's Olivia Attwood Talks Living With ADHD" – via www.itv.com.
  27. "Getting Filthy Rich". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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