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 hailed 'brave' as she shares secret self-harm battle in new documentary
Gemma Collins has been hailed as "brave" for opening up about her own experience of self-harm in a new Channel 4 documentary.
The former The Only Way Is Essex star is set to share a deep struggle from her private life in upcoming film Gemma Collins: Self Harm & Me.
While Gemma - who turned 40 this year - is well-known for sharing her life with the public on screen, there are some struggles she has been afraid to talk about until now.
In the documentary, she will also investigate what is behind the shocking rise in self-harm cases in the UK. Reported cases of self-harm have increased by 70% in the past decade, according to data from the British Medical Journal.
