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", appearing until 2019. 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 , "gemma collins: diva forever" and hosting a podcast on bbc sounds entitled "the gemma collins podcast".