Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English media personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Following a brief appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Collins has appeared in various television programmes including Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2019, she began starring in her own reality series and hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds.
Gemma Collins and Ferne McCann plus actress Jacqueline Jossa could take starring roles.EastEnders’ Laila Morse and comic actress Kathy Burke are also on the shortlist, say sources.Movie bosses have been trying to cash in on the success of shows like ITV2’s TOWIE – set partly in Brentwood, Essex – for years.A source said: “The movie is about a group of normal working-class people and follows their lives after they agree to take part in a reality TV show.“The movie will chart everything, from the beginning of filming through to cracks in relationships as they start to find fame.”Our source added: “They wanted to use ‘real’ reality stars who have lived through this to play fictional characters.“It will give the movie a real authenticity.