Marnie Simpson

{{Infobox person

| name = Marnie Simpson

| image = Marnie Simpson on MTV UK.jpg

| caption = Simpson in 2018

| birth_name = Marnie Hampton

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Consett, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Television personality

| years_active = 2011–present

| television = Geordie Shore
Celebrity Big Brother

| children = 2

| relatives = Sophie Kasaei (cousin)

| spouse = {{marraige |Casey Johnson| 22 March 2023}}

}}

Marnie Simpson (born 17 January 1992) is an English television personality from Consett, County Durham. She appeared on the MTV reality series Geordie Shore. In 2016, she finished in fourth place on the eighteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, and appeared on the eighth series of Ex on the Beach.

Career

Simpson joined Geordie Shore in 2013, she had previously appeared in a club scene from series 1 in episode 4. Simpson left the series in 2015 at the end of the eleventh series, but returned in the twelfth series. In 2016, she took part in the eighteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother where she finished in fourth place. In 2017, she returned to Big Brother 18, as a special guest for a shopping task.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/cbb-stars-gemma-collins-marnie-10619990|title=First look at the Big Brother all-star contestants drafted in to liven-up show|last=Gibb|first=Jessica|date=2017-06-14|work=mirror|access-date=2018-11-09}} Simpson also took part in series eight of Ex on the Beach. Later in 2017, she released her own range of contact lenses, under the brand 'I Spy Eyes'.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41733125|title=Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson broke ad rules on Snapchat|date=2017-10-24|access-date=2019-01-28|language=en-GB}} In 2019, Simpson began starring in the MTV series Geordie Shore OGs, a spinoff series of Geordie Shore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/geordie-shore-mtv-geordie-ogs-16667485|title=Geordie Shore originals in comeback for new MTV show Geordie OGs|last=Murray|first=Kieran|date=30 July 2019|website=Evening Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}

Personal life

Before appearing on Geordie Shore, Simpson was a runner-up in Miss Newcastle,{{cite web|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/tv-and-film/new-geordie-shore-star-s-cash-for-crash-shame-1-5945739|title=New Geordie Shore star's 'cash-for-crash' shame|date=13 August 2013|publisher=The Shields Gazette|accessdate=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824135230/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/tv-and-film/new-geordie-shore-star-s-cash-for-crash-shame-1-5945739|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}} and she worked as a waitress.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/geordie-shores-marnie-simpson-talks8411347|title=Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson talks about her boyfriend ahead of his TV debut|last1=HUTCHINSON|first1=LISA|date=10 January 2015|publisher=Chronicle Live|accessdate=19 October 2016}} She was previously engaged to then boyfriend Ricky Rayment from The Only Way Is Essex{{Cite web |last=Tulloch |first=Sarah |date=15 February 2024 |title=TOWIE's Ricky Rayment's dating history as he confirms romance with Coronation Street star |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/towies-ricky-rayments-dating-history-32131611.amp |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=OK! Magazine |language=en-GB}} on Season 11 of Geordie Shore, but then broke it off & returned to the show in Season 12. Her cousin is a fellow Geordie Shore cast member, Sophie Kasaei.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|date=17 August 2016|title=Celebrity Big Brother: Marnie Simpson's cousin Sophie Kasaei set to enter house|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/celebrity-big-brother-marnie-simpsons-11762110|accessdate=|website=|publisher=Chronicle Live}} In April 2019, she announced that she was pregnant,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-04-29|title=Marnie Simpson Announces She's Pregnant With Casey Johnson's Baby|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/2bf7va/marnie-simpson-announces-she-is-pregnant-with-casey-johnsons-baby|access-date=|website=www.mtv.co.uk|language=en}} and 29 October 2019, she gave birth to her son with partner Casey Johnson.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 October 2019|title=Casey Johnson shares first photo of his baby with Marnie Simpson|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/marnie-simpson-geordie-shore-baby-20761100|access-date=|website=OK! Magazine}} They have a second son born in May 2022.