Sam Faiers
{{Short description|English television personality and model}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Faiers
| image = Sam Faiers 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Faiers in 2015
| birth_name = Samantha Elizabeth Faiers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Brentwood, Essex, England
| occupation = {{hlist|Television personality|model}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| children = 3
| relatives = Billie Faiers (sister)
}}
Samantha Elizabeth Faiers (born 31 December 1990) is an English television personality. She starred in the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex from 2010 to 2014 and had her own reality series "Sam Knightley and Billie Shepherd: The Mummy Diaries" for nine series from 2016 to 2021.
Career
On 10 October 2010, Faiers appeared in the first episode of The Only Way Is Essex and in total starred in eleven series of the show. The second series of the programme saw Faiers' sister Billie join the cast. During this series, Faiers also began a relationship with cast member Joey Essex. However, their relationship came to an end again months later in the ninth series.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sam-faiers-joey-essex-split-1937951|title=Sam Faiers and Joey Essex split: Sam still wearing engagement ring|last=Buckland|first=Lucy|date=7 June 2013|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=15 January 2014}} In March 2014, Faiers announced that she would be taking a break from The Only Way Is Essex after the end of its eleventh series, due to her recent Crohn's disease diagnosis and to work on her relationship with Essex.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sam-faiers-quit-towie-why-3321074|title=Why Sam Faiers sensationally quit TOWIE: Love, Crohn's and a lack of storylines|date=1 April 2014|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=1 April 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s143/the-only-way-is-essex/news/a561393/the-only-way-is-essex-sam-faiers-to-take-break-from-the-show.html#~oAcFhp9YdQGOXd|title = TOWIE: Sam Faiers to take show 'break'|website = Digital Spy|date = 31 March 2014}}
In January 2014, Faiers entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to compete in the thirteenth series.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a541407/celebrity-big-brother-your-quick-guide-to-the-new-housemates.html |title=Celebrity Big Brother: Your quick guide to the new housemates|last=Eames|first=Tom|date=3 January 2014|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=15 January 2014}} She entered handcuffed to fellow housemate, American starlet Jasmine Waltz, as part of a task. It was revealed that Faiers had been meeting a journalist from OK! during her stay in the house, so that she could continue writing her weekly column for the magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a544012/celebrity-big-brothers-sam-faiers-spoke-to-ok-journalist-in-house.html|title=Celebrity Big Brother's Sam Faiers spoke to OK journalist in house|last=Taylor|first=Frances|date=14 January 2014|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=15 January 2014}} Faiers made the final on Day 27 but finished in fifth place.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a547593/celebrity-big-brother-final-sam-faiers-finishes-in-5th-place.html|title=Celebrity Big Brother final: Sam Faiers finishes in 5th place|last=Earp|first=Catherine|date=29 January 2014|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=1 March 2014}} While in the house, Faiers was unwell and stated that she 'couldn't keep food down', and was later diagnosed with Crohn's disease. In 2016, Faiers began starring in her own reality series on ITVBe, titled Sam Faiers: The Baby Diaries. Sister Billie was later added to the main cast, and the programme was retooled into Sam and Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fdrbyj/sam-faiers-the-mummy-diaries-episode-guide/|title=Sam Faiers: The Mummy Diaries Series and Episode Guides|website=Radio Times|access-date=10 August 2020}} Since November 2021 Faires has co-hosted The Sam & Billie Show podcast with her sister Billie Shepherd.{{Cite web |last=Body |first=Jamie |date=2021-11-25 |title=Sam and Billie Faiers announce exciting new project after end of Mummy Diaries |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/sam-billie-faiers-announce-exciting-25545685 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=OK! Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd announce The Sam and Billie Show podcast |url=https://www.themediaeye.com/News/8e0e0e92-40b8-4fc2-a2a4-adeb00d24ddc |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.themediaeye.com}}
In 2023, Samantha and Billie Faiers signed a deal to bring their podcast, The Sam and Billie Show, to Amazon's podcast platform Wonderly.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
=Other ventures=
Faiers has made guest appearances on chat shows such as Loose Women, This Morning and Daybreak. She was a panellist on the fifth episode of series 8 of Shooting Stars{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014hn1n|title=BBC Two - Shooting Stars, Series 8, Episode 5|date=25 May 2012|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=15 January 2014}} and starred on the eleventh series of The Real Hustle, going undercover as a bitter ex-wife to help the Hustlers con a mark.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bfrcz|title=BBC Three - The Real Hustle, Series 11: Celebrity Chancers, Episode 2|date=31 July 2012|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=15 January 2014}} She has also been a panellist on Celebrity Juice twice, once during the sixth series and again in the ninth series with her (then) fiancé Joey Essex.
In 2018, Faiers founded Revive Collagen, a company offering ready-to-drink collagen supplements. The brand is stocked in various retail outlets, including Harrods, Sephora, and Boots. In 2022, Revive Collagen was named "New Business of the Year" by the Lloyds Banking Group. In 2024, it reported selling over 20 million units and was included in the FEBE Growth 100 list of the UK’s fastest-growing privately owned businesses.
Personal life
Faiers was engaged to fellow TOWIE cast member Joey Essex, but later split up. They reconciled later in 2012.{{cite news |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joey-essex-amy-willerton-break-2983814 |title= Joey Essex and Amy Willerton should have been together forever |last=Martin |first=Laura |date=3 January 2014 |work=Daily Mirror |location =London |access-date=7 January 2014}} Essex then proposed to Faiers again in March 2013 and Faiers accepted. However, the couple split up again on-screen in June 2013 following several arguments between the pair. In October 2014 they announced they had split up "for good".{{cite news |last=Greenwood |first=Carl |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joey-essex-sam-faiers-back-3222710 |title=Joey Essex and Sam Faiers are back together the former TOWIE star says |newspaper= Daily Mirror |location= London |date=9 March 2014 |access-date=29 July 2014}}
In February 2014, Faiers was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.{{cite news |title=TOWIE's Sam Faiers diagnosed with Crohns Disease |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-26280905 |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=BBC News |date=20 February 2014}} She displayed symptoms during her time in the Celebrity Big Brother house and was admitted to hospital twice for tests, which continued into February once she had left the house.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26280905|title=TOWIE's Sam Faiers diagnosed with Crohn's Disease|date=21 February 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=21 February 2014}} She came under criticism in June 2024 after posting misinformation on her Instagram regarding her "natural healing" to Crohn's.{{Cite web |last=Delaney |first=Zoe |last2=Updated |date=2024-06-12 |title=Sam Faiers slammed by angry fans over 'dangerous' Crohn's disease claims |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sam-faiers-slammed-angry-fans-33010641.amp |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable unsortable"
|+ As herself |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010–2014
| Series regular |
| 2011–2013, 2017
| Guest; 6 episodes |
| 2011
| Panellist; 1 episode |
| 2011, 2013
| Panellist; 2 episodes |
| 2012
| Daybreak | Guest; 1 episode |
| 2012
| Guest; 1 episode |
| 2012
| Contestant; 1 episode |
| 2013
| Contestant; 1 episode |
| 2013–2018
| Guest |
| 2014
| rowspan="2"|Series 13 housemate |
| 2014 |
| 2014
| Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Guest; 1 episode |
| 2014
| Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Guest; 1 episode |
| 2016
| Sam Faiers: The Baby Diaries | One-off special |
| 2016–2021
| Sam Faiers: The Mummy Diaries | Main role |
=As actress=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Film ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:22em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:15.5em;"| Role ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2021
| TBA | {{cite news |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=The One Show's Ronan Keating teams up with Mummy Diaries' Sam Faiers for movie cameo |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37023482/ronan-keating-sam-faiers-paw-patrol-movie/ |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Digital Spy |date=14 July 2021}} |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|4111288}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faiers, Sam}}
Category:English television personalities
Category:People from Brentwood, Essex