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Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English media personality and businesswoman. She came to prominence while appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex (2011–2019). Collins went on to appear on various reality television shows, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2018, she began starring in her own reality franchise, Gemma Collins: Diva, and the following year, she began hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds. Early life Gemma Clare Collins was born on 31 January 1981 at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford, East London. She is the daughter of Joan (née Williams), who worked as a part-time hairdresser and Alan Collins, the director of Unisystems Freight, an import-export shipping company. She has an older brother named Russell, who is also a director of their father's company. Shortly after her birth, the family moved from a house in Collier Row and Collins was raised in Rise Park where she attended Rise Park Infant School. Collins described her childhood as being "filled with love" and said that although money was "tight", her father still managed to take them on family holidays and said she has "very happy memories" of her early years.Collins then went on to attend Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls. She enjoyed performing arts from a young age and attended dance lessons and stage school. At the age of 14, she began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School and successfully auditioned for a part in The Sound of Music. Collins' mother was encouraging and said she knew that her daughter would one day become famous. Collins was bullied at school for being outgoing and confident, and so following the success of her father's business, her parents decided to move her to Raphael Independent School, a private school, for her final year of education. She left school at the age of 16 with a U in GCSE Maths. Reflecting on her time at school, Collins said "I remember sitting in the exam room for my maths GCSE and thinking, "I'm going to be famous, I don't need maths."After leaving school, Collins got a Saturday job in the clothes shop Warehouse before becoming a waitress at a local pub called The Orange Tree. She signed up to a media studies course at South Essex College but stopped attending after a few weeks as she found it boring. Collins returned to her job at the clothes shop Benetton before spending a few weeks working in a care home, looking after people suffering from mental illnesses. Collins then worked at a recruitment agency in London before becoming a receptionist in a BMW showroom, where she retrained to become a sales executive. Career 2011–2017: The Only Way Is Essex and Celebrity Big Brother Collins' first appearance on television was in the ITV documentary Snobs, which aired on 13 January 2000. The series focused on people who believed they were a different class. Following her appearance on the show, Collins visited an agent who told her that she "had charisma but was too fat to be on TV"; suggesting she should lose two stone.In 2011, Julie Childs, mother of Collins' friend Amy, suggested to producers of the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex that Collins, who was a used car sales woman at the time, would be an appropriate subject. They went to Collins' house and then filmed her and her friends for two weeks. After going back to work selling cars for a week, she was cast in the programme and began appearing in The Only Way Is Essex from its second series in 2011; her first ever scene was selling a car to Kirk Norcross. Her mother Joan joined in the fifth series in April 2012. In April 2013, Collins released her debut autobiography Basically...: My Life as a Real Essex Girl, which became a bestseller in its first week of release. In January 2014, Collins took part in the second series of the ITV diving competition Splash!. During training, Collins suffered severe bruising and admitted she had to overcome a fear of water. She became the third celebrity to be eliminated after losing the splash-off to Michaela Strachan in the first heat. In November 2014, she took part in the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on ITV. After she refused to parachute into the jungle along with her cast mates, she withdrew after spending 72 hours in the jungle, which she said was due to health issues.On 5 January 2016, she entered the Celebrity Big Brother house to participate in the seventeenth series. On 2 February 2016, she became the seventh housemate to be evicted, having received the fewest votes to be saved, spending a total of 29 days in the house. In October 2016, Collins appeared on Sky News where she was interviewed by Kay Burley about the campaign to remove the word "Essex girl" from the Oxford English Dictionary. Collins described the definition, which stereotypes Essex girls as "unintelligent, promiscuous, and materialistic", as derogatory and suggested that the meaning be changed. The expression was removed from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (but not the Oxford English Dictionary) following the successful campaign in December 2020.In January 2017, Collins took part in the second series of Sugar Free Farm, alongside five other celebrities as they attempted to live on a sugar-free diet. During the show she attempted fishing and despite the strict detox plan, Collins admitted she actually gained weight during the process. In June 2017, Collins returned to Big Brother, as a special guest for a shopping task, alongside fellow ex-contestants Marnie Simpson and Nicola McLean. In October 2017, Collins presented the BBC Radio 1 Teen Award for Best TV Show to Love Island and, after announcing the winner, fell through an opening in the stage. The clip later went viral on social media. In an interview with Irish News, Collins said "the seriousness of it is, it could have been really fatal". After the video's widespread attention, further videos of Collins were used as memes, including scenes from her appearances on The Only Way Is Essex and Celebrity Big Brother. 2018–2021: Dancing on Ice and Diva In January 2018, Collins appeared on Celebrity 100% Hotter in an attempt to change her style. Collins admitted she was "terrified" about having a makeover but said she was keen to try out some different trends. In February 2018, she took part in the fourth series of Celebs Go Dating. During her time on the show, Collins walked out on one of her dates within the first few minutes after he branded her a "diva" due to her being late, whilst she was also reprimanded by the dating experts after she failed to turn up to her date with Laurence, who was planning to take her to Paris. In June 2018, she released her second book, titled The GC: How to Be a Diva, in which she provides advice and self help for women to gain confidence. In an interview on Loose Women, she admitted to using a ghostwriter. She also guest starred in a p.... Discover the Gemma James popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Gemma James books.
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Capricorn
Gemma JamesTwelve men. A virgin queen. One arranged marriage.This is the tenth installment in Novalee's journey with the Zodiac Brotherhood.Full blurb to come!
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Watership Down
Richard Adams & Madeline MillerNow with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe.The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless clas...
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And Justice There Is None
Deborah CrombieAwardwinning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue fe...
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A Finer End
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return in another spellbinding novel of mysteriesone contemporary, one ancientan investig...
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Von fremder Hand
Deborah CrombieGlastonbury in Somerset ist eine Pilgerstätte für NewAgeApostel, denn an diesem Ort soll sich das sagenhafte Avalon befunden haben. Hier beginnt der Architekt Jack Montfort, in ein...
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Be Body Beautiful
Lucy MecklenburghThe Only Way is Essex star Lucy Mecklenburgh is currently wowing the nation in Saturday night primetime BBC1 show Tumble (with 4 million viewers) and is constantly all over the new...
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No Mark upon Her
Deborah CrombieNew York Times Notable author Deborah Crombie is regularly named among the greats of Britishset crime fiction (P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Elizabeth George et al) for her riveting po...
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Swallow Me Whole
Gemma JamesSadie Sawyer wants to learn how to blow a guy.She's my sister's best friend.The girl I've known since grade school.The girl I've always considered offlimits.She's the girl that cra...
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Economy Gastronomy
Allegra McEvedy & Paul MerrettLearn how to eat better and spend less with deliciously easy recipes 'Delicious, thrifty, inspiring' GUARDIAN Featuring over 100 mouthwatering recipes and practical tips, Economy G...
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The Rob Lipsett Game Plan
Rob Lipsett'Ireland's answer to Joe Wicks' Irish IndependentPersonal trainer and YouTube favourite, Rob Lipsett, will share with you his secrets to shaping up and getting fit at home or in th...
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Being Reem
Joey EssexJoey's bestselling book updated with an exclusive new chapter! The nation's favourite Essex boy tells his rollercoaster story so far. Trendsetter, male grooming icon and allround g...
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The Viking Method
Svava SigbertsdottirThe Viking Method uses Svava's strong mental practices inspired by her Icelandic upbringing to help the reader build the lean, powerful and toned physique they desire. It'll render...
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The Female Body Bible
Dr Emma Ross, Baz Moffat & Dr Bella SmithUNDERSTAND YOUR BODY TO EMPOWER YOURSELF FOR LIFE.This book will help you create healthy habits that consider all aspects of female health at every life stage, including how to: ha...
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Nur wenn du mir vertraust
Deborah CrombieInspector Gemma James fährt mit ihrer alten Freundin Hazel nach Schottland, um dort ein erholsames Wochenende zu verbringen. Im Hotel angekommen, treffen die beiden Frauen auf Dona...
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Dreaming of the Bones
Deborah CrombieIt is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected and one he certainly doesn't want. Victoria, his exwife, who walked out without an explanation more than ...
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Water Like a Stone
Deborah CrombieWhen Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich's pretty buildings ...
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Kein Grund zur Trauer -
Deborah CrombieEin Fall der Sonderklasse aus der Erfolgsserie mit Inspector Kincaid und Sergeant Gemma Jones: Der hochrangige Polizeibeamte Gilbert wird in seinem Haus erschlagen aufgefunden. W...
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A Bitter Feast
Deborah Crombie"Crombie’s characters are rich, emotionally textured, fully human. They are the remarkable creations of a remarkable writer."Louise Penny“Nobody writes the modern English mystery t...
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Wer im Dunkeln bleibt
Deborah CrombieDer neue Fall aus der BestsellerSerie um Duncan Kincaid und Gemma James.Am Londoner St. Pancras Bahnhof wird ein Bombenanschlag verübt, bei dem mehrere Menschen sterben. Ryan March...
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Where Memories Lie
Deborah Crombie“Chilling and humane….Skillful and subtle….A deeply moving novel that transcends genre.” Richmond Times DispatchA sinister mystery that leads all the way back to the Holocaust ensn...
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All Shall Be Well
Deborah CrombieFrom an author who is “writing in P.D. James territory” (Associated Press) comes a compelling Scotland Yard detective novel in the entertaining Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James serie...
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For the Love of Frenchies
Pete WicksThe only way is a rescue dog.French Bulldogs are the UK’s most popular dog breed, and nobody loves them more than Pete Wicks. Although he’s most famous for his appearances on The O...
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Watership Down
Frank Cottrell-BoyceDiscover the adventures of the beloved rabbits from Watership Downthe animated TV miniseries now streaming on Netflixin this beautiful storybook by Frank CottrellBoyce adapted from...
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Aquarius
Gemma JamesTwelve men. A virgin queen. One arranged marriage.This is the eleventh installment in Novalee's journey with the Zodiac Brotherhood.Full blurb to come!
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Necessary as Blood
Deborah CrombieNecessary As Blood is the latest entry in Deborah Crombie’s New York Times Notable, Edgar®, Agatha, and Macavity Awardsnominated mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detectives D...
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The Fisher King
Melissa LenhardtWhen the dust settles in this Texas town, who will be left standing?It’s been six weeks since Jack McBride’s life went to hell: the resolution of his first case as chief sparked a ...
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A Killing of Innocents
Deborah CrombieNew York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a “gripping police procedural” (Washington Post) featuring Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they ra...
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Und ruhe in Frieden
Deborah CrombieInspector Duncan Kincaid und seine Kollegin Sergeant Gemma James, die sich auch privat zugetan sind, stehen vor einem neuen Fall. Als Connor Swann tot aus der Themse gezogen wird, ...
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In a Dark House
Deborah CrombieAn abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door to a women's shelter for victims of spousal abuse. Within it lies the charred corpse of a female body burned beyond all recognition...
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Now May You Weep
Deborah CrombieNewly appointed Detective Inspector Gemma James has never thought to question her friend Hazel Cavendish about her past. So it is quite a shock when Gemma learns that their holiday...
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Mourn Not Your Dead
Deborah CrombieIn this superb and engaging mystery from awardwinning author Deborah Crombie, a powerful policeman is found brutally murdered in his kitchen just outside of London and Scotland Yar...
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Live, Laugh, Love, Always, Lydia
Lydia BrightFrom girlnextdoor to overnight TOWIE stardom this is Lydia Bright's fabulous story so far.She grew up on one of the UK's biggest, BAFTA awardwinning TV shows but there's still a lo...
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Kissed a Sad Goodbye
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James face their most haunting case yet when the past devastatingly intersects with the present....The call from Scotland Yard couldn't hav...
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Garden of Lamentations
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbingand deadlycomplications for their own lives in this powerful myst...
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To Dwell in Darkness
Deborah CrombieIn the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that...
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Das verlorene Gedicht
Deborah CrombieWas steckt hinter dem Selbstmord der Lyrikerin Lydia Broke? Fünf Jahre nach dem Tod der Autorin wird Inspektor Duncan Kincaid wider seinen Willen in neue Nachforschungen verwick...
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Denn nie bist du allein
Deborah CrombieIn einer alten Lagerhalle in den Londoner Docklands wird die verbrannte Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Eine erste Spur führt Superintendent Duncan Kincaid in eine soziale Einri...
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The Sound of Broken Glass
Deborah CrombieScotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past wit...
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A Share in Death
Deborah CrombieIn this “thoroughly entertaining mystery with a cleverly conceived and wellexecuted plot” (Booklist), Edgar Awardnominated author Deborah Crombie introduces us to Duncan Kincaid of...