Amy Childs

Amy Childs
Childs in 2014
Born	Amy Andrea Childs (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990 Barking, London, England
Occupations	Television personality model
Years active	2010–present
Television	The Only Way Is Essex It's All About Amy Celebrity Big Brother The Jump Celebs Go Dating
Children	4
Relatives	Harry Derbidge (cousin)

Amy Andrea Childs (born 7 June 1990) is an English model and television personality. In 2010, she appeared in the first two series of the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and subsequently starred in her own reality series It's All About Amy from 2011 to 2012. Childs came in fourth place in the Channel 5 series Celebrity Big Brother 8 in 2011 and, in 2014, she participated in the Channel 4 series The Jump. Childs returned to The Only Way Is Essex in 2020.

Early life

Childs was born on 7 June 1990 in Barking, London, and later relocated to Brentwood, Essex. She attended Raphael Independent School, where she served as head girl, and left the school with four GCSE qualifications.

Career

Childs rose to fame in 2010 after appearing in the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex. She later signed to Can Associates management agency. As a model, she has posed for the fashion magazine Vogue. Childs put her name to a ghost-written column for New! magazine, and presented a regular fashion segment on the ITV series This Morning. In July 2011, she was named Personality of the Year at the National Reality TV Awards.

From December 2011 to January 2012, Childs appeared in her own reality series, titled It's All About Amy, broadcast on Channel 5. The series was cancelled after one series due to low ratings. In February 2012, Childs competed in an episode of Let's Dance for Sport Relief alongside cousin Harry Derbidge. She later participated in a celebrity special of The Bank Job on Channel 4 in March 2012. In 2020, Childs was a main cast member on the eighth series of the E4 reality programme Celebs Go Dating. Later that year, it was announced that she would be returning to The Only Way Is Essex after nine years, making her return in the twenty-sixth series, alongside cousin Harry Derbridge.

Personal life

Childs was in a relationship with builder Bradley Wright from 2013 to 2017. She gave birth to their daughter in 2017, but they separated shortly after the birth. Childs had her second child in 2018.

In 2021, she began dating Billy Delbosq, a cast member from First Dates, and in 2023, she gave birth to their twins.

Childs has dyslexia.

Filmography

As herself

Year	Title	Notes
2010–2011, 2020–present	The Only Way is Essex	Series regular
2011	Celebrity Big Brother	Housemate; fourth place
	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Series 25, episode 6
2011–2012	It's All About Amy	Main role
2011–2013	Big Brother's Bit on the Side	Panelist; 22 episodes
2013	Sooty	Herself; episode: "Fitness Funatic"
2014	The Jump	Finished in 11th Place
	Celebrity Dinner Date	Series 4, episode 8
	Birds of a Feather	Series 10, episode 2
2018	Star Boot Sale	Series 1, episode 7
2020	Celebs Go Dating	Main cast
2023	Amy Childs: The Twin Life	Main cast

See also

• Vajazzle

External links

• Amy Childs at IMDb