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 has compared being named "the most iconic cast member" on 'The Only Way is Essex' to winning an Oscar. The 39-year-old star - who first appeared on the ITVBe reality series in 2011 - was voted by viewers as the favourite cast member of the past 10 years.
And in true GC style, she appeared in a video from a yacht on holiday to react to the news. The official 'TOWIE' Twitter page wrote: "As voted by YOU!
Gemma Collins has been voted the most iconic cast member of the decade #TOWIE @missgemcollins (sic)", to which she replied: "Thank you to all the TOWIE fans who's voted me N01 ICON thank you TOWIE it's been emosh (sic)" In the accompanying clip, Gemma said: "Darlings!