Ollie Locke
Ollie Locke | |
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 Locke in 2015 | |
| Born | 20 March 1987 (age 37) Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Spouse |
Gareth Locke (m. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
Oliver Locke (born 20 March 1987) is an English television personality and actor from Southampton, England, known for appearing in E4's constructed reality series Made in Chelsea. He has also competed in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, as well as Celebrity Hunted.
Life and career
[edit]Locke's mother is former BBC Radio Solent DJ Sarah Locke.[1]
While on Made in Chelsea, Locke came out as bisexual, and then later came out as gay.[2] At the time, he wrote a book called Laid in Chelsea.[3]
In January 2014, Locke became a housemate in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in third place behind Dappy and winner Jim Davidson.[4]
Locke has been seen on such shows as Celebrity Juice, Alan Carr's Chatty Man, The Jonathan Ross Show, Britain's Got More Talent, The Xtra Factor, Do the Dishes, the twelfth series of 8 Out of 10 Cats[5] and the second series of Fake Reaction.[6]
In 2016, Locke and his co-founders Jack Rogers and Maxim Cheremkhin founded the gay dating app Chappy.[7][8]
In 2018, Locke landed his first major film role, Greed, directed by Michael Winterbottom.[9] In 2022, Locke appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Hunted alongside husband Gareth. He was the first candidate caught in the series.[10]
Books
[edit]- Locke, Ollie (2013). Laid in Chelsea (1st ed.). HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-00-751395-6.
- Locke, Ollie (28 March 2013). Laid in Chelsea: My Life Uncovered (2nd ed.). HarperCollins UK. ISBN 978-0-00-751397-0.
- Locke, Ollie (21 November 2018). The Islands of Fandye. Bumpindanite Limited. ISBN 978-1-5272-3302-7.
- Locke, Ollie (25 April 2023). The Faraway Adventures of Henry Bogget: Henry and The Great White Whale. Cranthorpe Millner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-80378-126-6.
References
[edit]- ^ Russell, Tara (9 April 2013). "What mum thinks about Made in Chelsea star's sex life revelations". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Made In Chelsea's Ollie Locke: "I am a gay man"". 25 July 2016.
- ^ Locke, Ollie (10 October 2013). Laid in Chelsea: my life uncovered. London. ISBN 9780007513963. OCLC 873989652.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Walker, Danny (30 January 2014). "Celebrity Big Brother: Ollie Locke finishes third and "very much" wants to take Sam Faiers out for dinner". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats". Series 12. Channel 4. 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Fake Reaction". 2, episode 8. ITV2. 20 February 2014.
- ^ Tepper, Fitz (14 December 2016). "Bumble invests in gay dating app Chappy".
- ^ "6 things you need to know about gay dating app Chappy". Evening Standard. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Harding, Laura (5 December 2018). "Made in Chelsea's Ollie Locke to quit reality TV to focus on acting career". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Townend, Evie (30 January 2022). "Celebrity Hunted: Ollie Locke and husband Gareth spotted on the run in Cornwall". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Ollie Locke at IMDb
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1987 births
- Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Big Brother (British TV series) contestants
- British LGBTQ broadcasters
- English gay actors
- Living people
- Made in Chelsea
- Male actors from London
- Male actors from Southampton
- Mass media people from Southampton
- Participants in British reality television series
- People from Chelsea, London
- Television personalities from Hampshire
- Television personalities from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea