Olivia Attwood
{{Short description|English model (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Olivia Attwood
| birth_name = Olivia Jade Attwood
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| television = {{Plainlist|
- Love Island
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- The Only Way Is Essex
- Olivia Meets Her Match
- Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich
- Olivia Atwood: Bad Boyfriends
- Loose Women
}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Bradley Dack|2023}}
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality |embed = yes
| channel_handle = @SoWrongItsRightPod
| channel_display_name = So Wrong It's Right with Olivia Attwood
| years_active = 2024–present
| genre = Podcast
| subscribers = 20.7 thousand
| views = 1.298 million
| stats_update = June 17, 2024
}}
}}
Olivia Jade Attwood Dack (born 2 May 1991) is an English television personality, presenter and model. In 2017, she appeared on the third series of Love Island and later became a regular cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. In November 2022, she participated in the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! but withdrew on medical grounds two days after arriving. In 2023, Attwood joined Loose Women as a panellist. As of 2024, Attwood and GK Barry are the youngest panellists in the show's 25 year history.
Early life
Attwood was born on 2 May 1991 in London.{{Cite web|url=https://heatworld.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olivia-attwood-love-island/|title=Who is Olivia Attwood? Everything you need to know about the Love Island 2017 star|website=Heat|year=2023|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190431/https://heatworld.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olivia-attwood-love-island/|url-status=live}} After her younger years living in London, Surrey, England and Alberta, Canada{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Nancy |title=I'm A Celebrity's Olivia Attwood: When is her wedding to Bradley Dack? What is Love Island star's net worth? |url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/im-a-celebrity-olivia-attwood-wedding-love-island-net-worth/ |website=Entertainment Daily .co.uk |access-date=18 September 2023 |date=2 November 2022 |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111040718/https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/im-a-celebrity-olivia-attwood-wedding-love-island-net-worth/ |url-status=live }} for 5 years,{{Cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cExEuiUGSJhTfsvuLhzfj?si=PGo2bxMCS9iWAc5SF-VIsg&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5exRz2o42SCXf3PFMpH1A0 |title=Spotify episode |access-date=2024-05-30 |archive-date=2024-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530191220/https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cExEuiUGSJhTfsvuLhzfj?si=PGo2bxMCS9iWAc5SF-VIsg&context=spotify:show:5exRz2o42SCXf3PFMpH1A0 |url-status=live }} she attended Tormead School and Cranleigh School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/c30arg/love-islands-olivia-attwood-is-basically-just-as-posh-as-camilla-thurlow|title=Love Island's Olivia Attwood Is Basically Just As Posh As Camilla Thurlow|website=www.mtv.co.uk|access-date=2024-07-06|archive-date=2024-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901104432/https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/c30arg/love-islands-olivia-attwood-is-basically-just-as-posh-as-camilla-thurlow|url-status=live}}
Career
Attwood began her career as a model and a motorsport grid girl.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/who-is-olivia-attwood-the-love-island-contestant-has-a-very-revealing-party-trick/|title=Who is Olivia Attwood? The Love Island contestant has a very revealing party trick|website=Radio Times}} In 2017, she became a contestant on the third series of the ITV2 reality dating show Love Island. Along with Chris Hughes, she reached the final and the pair finished in third place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/loveisland/tags/olivia-attwood|title=Olivia Attwood|website=ITV|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190431/https://www.itv.com/loveisland/tags/olivia-attwood|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/07/24/love-island-2017-live-final-couple-will-crowned-champions/|title=Kem and Amber win Love Island 2017 with Jamie and Camilla runners-up|first=Rupert|last=Hawksley|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=July 24, 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|archive-date=September 16, 2021|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190429/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/07/24/love-island-2017-live-final-couple-will-crowned-champions/|url-status=live}} The following year, Attwood and Hughes starred in their own spin-off series Chris & Olivia: Crackin' On.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/20/so-what-if-the-love-island-relationships-are-fake-we-all-love-a-little-showmance|title=So what if Love Island's relationships are fake? We all love a little 'showmance'|date=June 20, 2019|website=The Guardian}}
In 2018, Attwood appeared on series five of Celebs Go Dating.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/chris-hughes-and-olivia-attwood-fall-out-on-twitter-over-her-celebs-go-dating-appearance/|title=Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood fall out on Twitter over her Celebs Go Dating appearance|website=Radio Times}} Attwood reportedly lied about being single in order to appear on the show. However she denied the claims.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a870732/celebs-go-dating-response-olivia-attwood-faked-single/|title=Celebs Go Dating on claim Olivia 'faked' being single|first=Jess|last=Lee|date=November 16, 2018|website=Digital Spy|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190429/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a870732/celebs-go-dating-response-olivia-attwood-faked-single/|url-status=live}} In 2019, Attwood joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its twenty-fourth series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/olivia-attwood-joins-towie-cast-filming/|title=Olivia Attwood Joins TOWIE Cast Permanently As She's Spotted Filming For Upcoming Series|website=Capital|date=14 July 2019|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190431/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/olivia-attwood-joins-towie-cast-filming/|url-status=live}} She appeared in 16 episodes before leaving at the end of series 26 in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a29120616/love-island-olivia-attwood-hits-back-disgusting-response-towie-appearance/|title=Olivia Attwood hits back at "disgusting" response to TOWIE appearance|first=Sam|last=Warner|date=September 19, 2019|website=Digital Spy}}
In 2020, Attwood began starring in her own reality series on ITVBe titled Olivia Meets Her Match, which followed the events leading up to her wedding with footballer Bradley Dack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/hub/olivia-meets-her-match/10a0511|title=Olivia Meets Her Match - Watch episodes|via=www.itv.com|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190429/https://www.itv.com/hub/olivia-meets-her-match/10a0511|url-status=live}} She and Dack also appeared in ITV's Drama vs. Reality advertisement alongside Anna Friel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-drama-vs-reality-anna-friel-olivia-attwood-and-bradley-dack|title=ITV Drama vs Reality Anna Friel, Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack|website=Press Centre|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190429/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-drama-vs-reality-anna-friel-olivia-attwood-and-bradley-dack|url-status=live}} In 2021, she appeared on the ITV2 series Celebrity Karaoke Club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/celebrity-karaoke-club-cast/|title=Meet the cast of Celebrity Karaoke Club series 2 - full line-up revealed|website=Radio Times|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2022-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002031438/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/celebrity-karaoke-club-cast/|url-status=live}} She has also made appearances on Lorraine, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, The Crystal Maze, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Loose Women.{{Cite web|url=https://tv24.co.uk/p/tipping-point-lucky-stars-season-6-episode-12-mbp4ex|title=Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, TV|website=tv24.co.uk|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190431/https://tv24.co.uk/p/tipping-point-lucky-stars-season-6-episode-12-mbp4ex|url-status=live}}
In 2022, Attwood began presenting documentaries on ITV, with the first documentary series being titled Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich, which explored the online selling of sexual content.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a37463296/love-island-olivia-attwood-getting-filthy-rich-itv2/|title=Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces brand new project with ITV|first=Amy|last=West|date=September 2, 2021|website=Digital Spy|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190429/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a37463296/love-island-olivia-attwood-getting-filthy-rich-itv2/|url-status=live}} Later in 2022, Attwood began competing in the ITV competition series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!{{cite news |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |title=I'm a Celebrity 2022 lineup 'revealed' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/im-a-celebrity-cast-lineup-2022-b2214100.html?amp |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Daily Independent |date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031085340/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/im-a-celebrity-cast-lineup-2022-b2214100.html?amp |url-status=live }} but withdrew on medical grounds shortly after arriving.{{cite web |title=Olivia Attwood forced to quit I'm A Celebrity on medical grounds |url=https://news.sky.com/story/olivia-attwood-forced-to-quit-im-a-celebrity-on-medical-grounds-12740916 |website=Sky News |access-date=7 November 2022 |language=en}}
In June 2023, ITV commissioned Olivia Marries Her Match, an upcoming four-part reality show focusing on Attwood's and fiancé Bradley Dack's wedding.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/itvx-and-itvbe-announces-three-reality-series-madeleys-abbey-clancy-and-olivia|title=ITVX and ITVBe announces three reality series with the Madeleys, Abbey Clancy and Olivia Attwood|website=itv.com/presscentre|accessdate=9 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609122101/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/itvx-and-itvbe-announces-three-reality-series-madeleys-abbey-clancy-and-olivia|url-status=live}} In August 2023, she was a guest panellist on Loose Women.{{cite web |title=Olivia Attwood gets Loose Women job after husband Bradley Dack's Sunderland move |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/olivia-attwood-itv-loose-women-27505597.amp |website=Chronicle Live |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815113146/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/olivia-attwood-itv-loose-women-27505597.amp |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Attwood dated Chris Hughes whom she met on Love Island until 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/chris-hughes/olivia-attwood-split/|title=Why did Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood break up?|website=Capital}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/19/from-selling-sunset-to-love-island-reality-tv-relationships|title=From Selling Sunset to Love Island, are reality TV relationships the real thing?|date=August 19, 2021|website=The Guardian}} In 2019, she became engaged to footballer Bradley Dack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a29455862/love-island-olivia-attwood-towie-engaged-bradley-dack-chris-hughes/|title=Love Island's Olivia Attwood announces engagement to boyfriend Bradley Dack|first=Catherine|last=Earp|date=October 14, 2019|website=Digital Spy|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190440/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a29455862/love-island-olivia-attwood-towie-engaged-bradley-dack-chris-hughes/|url-status=live}} They married on 3 June 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a44085649/love-island-olivia-attwood-bradley-dack-married/|title=Love Island{{'s}} Olivia Attwood marries footballer Bradley Dack|first=Jamie|last=Body|work=Digital Spy|date=4 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606111711/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a44085649/love-island-olivia-attwood-bradley-dack-married/|url-status=live}} She has ADHD.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/hub/loose-women/6s649rg|title=Loose Women - Love Island's Olivia Attwood Talks Living With ADHD|via=www.itv.com|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916191931/https://www.itv.com/hub/loose-women/6s649rg|url-status=live}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ As herself ! Year ! Title ! Notes |
| 2017
| Contestant; series 3 |
| 2018
| Chris & Olivia: Crackin' On | Lead role |
| 2018
| Main role |
| 2019–2020
| Regular role; series 25–26 |
| 2020–present
| Olivia Meets Her Match | Lead role |
| 2022–present
| Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich |
| 2022
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Contestant; series 22 |
| 2022
| Contestant; 11th place |
| 2023
| Olivia Marries Her Match | Lead role |
| 2023–present
| Regular panellist |
| 2023
| Olivia Attwood vs The Trolls | Presenter |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection |
| Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends |
See also
References
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{{Love Island}}
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