Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
Benidorm's Sherri Hewson's life off screen from hearing loss to tragic family death
ok.co.ukBritish actress Sherrie Hewson, 72, will be taking part in ITV show The Real Full Monty in honour of her beloved brother Brett Hutchinson, who died in 2020 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. Sherrie has been gracing our screens for many years, across shows such as Coronation Street, Benidorm and more. She joins the line-up of The Real Full Monty alongside the likes of TV presenter Julia Bradbury, reality TV royalty Gemma Collins, Dancing on Ice pro skater Vanessa Bauer and Corrie and Death in Paradise’s Victoria Ekanoye. Elsewhere, former royal butler Paul Burrell, footballer and TV personality Ashley Cain, ex England rugby international Ben Cohen, actor Nick Collier - better known as Ella Vaday, from RuPauls Drag Race and TOWIE star Pete Wicks complete the billing.
But what is Sherrie’s life like away from the small screen? Here’s everything you need to know. Who is Sherrie Hewson? Sherrie Hewson is an English actress, TV personality and writer, having appeared in some of the UK’s most loved shows. She was born in Beeston, near Nottingham, into a show-business family; her father Ronald was a singer and her mother Joy was a model. The star began dance and drama aged three and eventually ended up at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art).
Away from her roles on-screen, she has also written three books including a fiction book and a cookery book. Elsewhere, Sherrie has also been open about some of her own health problems in recent years, including issues with her hearing.
During a routine eye test, she was advised to see a hearing expert by her optometrist, leading her to be diagnosed with hearing loss diagnosis. Sherrie now wears hearing aids in both ears as a result but previously spoke about what.
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