| Nadia Forde | |
| Birth Name: | Nadia Forde |
| Birth Date: | 1989 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Known For: | Nadia Goes to Hollywood (2014) I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2014) |
| Haircolour: | Brown |
| Eyecolour: | Hazel |
| Occupation: | Model, singer, TV personality |
| Partner: | Dominic Day[1] |
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.
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]
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]
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Late Late Show | TV | Herself | 1 Episode, guest |
| 2014 | Nadia Goes to Hollywood | TV | Herself | TV documentary series |
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | TV | Herself | Contestant/Participant | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in London | Film | Rita | |