Nadia Forde

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Nadia Forde
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Nadia Forde

(1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 34)
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)Model, singer, TV personality
Known forNadia Goes to Hollywood (2014)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2014)
Partner Dominic Day [1]
Modelling information
Hair colourBrown
Eye colourHazel
Website nadiaforde.com

Nadia Forde (born 3 May 1989) is an Irish model, singer and TV personality of Italian descent. [2] She participated in the fourteenth series of the hit British ITV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , starting on 16 November 2014 and ending on 2 December, finishing in ninth place. [3] and has appeared in her own show Nadia Goes to Hollywood.

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Early life

Forde was born in Dublin 3 May 1989; her mother was Berenice Paolozzi and she has one, younger, brother. Her parents separated when she was 7, with one re-marrying and the other unable to bring up the two children. She lived for a year with aunts in Clontarf and Leopardstown in Dublin, and was subsequently brought up in Clontarf by her grandmother, Bernadette Paulozzi. [4] She attended Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf. [5] Her mother died from lymphoma in June 2015. [6]

Career

In 2013, Forde appeared on Ireland's The Late Late Show and presented Irish morning television. [7] She has also appeared on nationwide radio stations, made theatrical appearances at Dublin's Tivoli Theatre, been a regular guest on RTE's The Republic of Telly and a contestant on TV3's Celebrity Salon in 2012. [8] [9]

During 2014, Forde starred in her own TV3 show Nadia Goes to Hollywood, documenting her time recording her first single and capturing her first acting role in the United States. [10] [11]

In August 2014, Forde made an appearance on the Oliver Callan spoof sketch show,Callan's Kicks. [12] In November 2014, it was announced that she would be taking part in the fourteenth series of the ITV hit show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . [13] On 2 December she became the second celebrity to be evicted from the jungle. [14] [15]

In April 2015, a pilot for a reality show "Chasing The Dream" was broadcast in Ireland on 3e. [16]

In 2021 Forde played the daughter of a recovering pain relief addict in a short, The Wall. [17] [18]

In 2023 Forde was cast in a Finnish political drama, Conflict. [19]

TV appearances

YearTitleTypeRoleNotes
2013 The Late Late Show TVHerself1 Episode, guest
2014Nadia Goes to HollywoodTVHerselfTV documentary series
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! TVHerselfContestant/Participant
2017 Once Upon a Time in London FilmRita

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