Chloe Brockett (born 3 December 2000) is an English television personality. After moving to
Chafford Hundred
Chafford Hundred is an area in the Borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex. Chafford Hundred is north-west of Grays.
Its railway station serves the area and Lakeside Shopping Centre.
Lakeside Shopping Centre is in West Thurrock ...
,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
, at a young age, she began acting with various appearances in television advertisements. Whilst working as a hairdresser, she was cast in the
ITVBe
ITVBe, stylized as itvBe, is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first announced on 12 February 2014 and launched on 8 October 2014. ITVBe broadcasts reality and unscri ...
reality series ''
The Only Way Is Essex
''The Only Way Is Essex'' (often abbreviated as ''TOWIE'' ) is a British reality television series based in Brentwood, Essex, England. It shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way." Originally b ...
'' in 2019. As well as appearing on the series, she has also made appearances on ''
Dinner Date
''Dinner Date'' is a British dating game show, which first aired on ITV from 9 August 2010 to 28 December 2012, with subsequent new series airing on sister channel ITVBe since 8 October 2014. The programme makes up a significant proportion of ...
'' and ''
Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wi ...
'', as well as owning two businesses.
Life and career
Brockett was born on 3 December 2000 in
Newham, London. She was born a month earlier than expected to
black cab
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driver mother Clare Brockett.
Due to being born prematurely and weighing 4
lbs 4
oz, she was placed into intensive care; her mother also had
pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by the onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine. When it arises, the condition begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In severe cases of the disease ...
during the pregnancy. Doctors thought that the birth would lead to the death of one or both of them, which Brockett has said gave the two a close relationship throughout their lives.
At the age of one, Brockett and her mother moved to
Chafford Hundred
Chafford Hundred is an area in the Borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex. Chafford Hundred is north-west of Grays.
Its railway station serves the area and Lakeside Shopping Centre.
Lakeside Shopping Centre is in West Thurrock ...
,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
.
As a child, Brockett attended gymnastics, horse-riding and ballet classes, but she did not enjoy them and preferred to sit with the adults and drink lattes. At the age of eight, Brockett began acting and attended singing, dancing and acting classes. She did television advertisements for
E.ON UK
E.ON UK is a British energy company and the largest supplier of energy and renewable electricity in the UK, following its acquisition of Npower. It is a subsidiary of E.ON of Germany and one of the Big Six energy suppliers. It was founded in ...
and the
NSPCC
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity.
History
Victorian era
On a trip to New York in 1881, Liverpudlian businessman Thomas Agnew was inspired by a visit to the New Yor ...
, but stated that she had to stop due to looking too old for the child roles.
After she had finished secondary school, Brockett began attending college, where she studied hair and media makeup due to enjoying the atmosphere of being on a set when she was younger. Since she did not enjoy the course, she left after two weeks and got a job in a hair salon in London in 2018.
Brockett left her position in the hair salon in December 2018 due to being cast in the
ITVBe
ITVBe, stylized as itvBe, is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first announced on 12 February 2014 and launched on 8 October 2014. ITVBe broadcasts reality and unscri ...
reality series ''
The Only Way Is Essex
''The Only Way Is Essex'' (often abbreviated as ''TOWIE'' ) is a British reality television series based in Brentwood, Essex, England. It shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way." Originally b ...
''. Brockett and her mother were pictured filming for the series in February 2019, ahead of their casting announcement. She made her first appearance on the series alongside her mother in the
twenty-fourth series, first broadcast in March 2019. Shortly after her casting in ''The Only Way Is Essex'', Brockett appeared on the ITVBe series ''
Dinner Date
''Dinner Date'' is a British dating game show, which first aired on ITV from 9 August 2010 to 28 December 2012, with subsequent new series airing on sister channel ITVBe since 8 October 2014. The programme makes up a significant proportion of ...
''. In 2020, 176 complaints were made to
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
about the way Brockett had been spoken to by co-star
Olivia Attwood
Olivia Jade Attwood (born 2 May 1991) is an English television personality, presenter and model. In 2017, she appeared on the third series of '' Love Island'' and later became a regular cast member on the ITVBe reality series ''The Only Way Is E ...
, with many viewers feeling that she had been bullied by Attwood. In 2020, she launched a false eyelash brand, which she followed up by launching a clothing company, Miss Babe, in 2021. Also in 2021, it was announced that she had been cast in the
E4 reality dating series ''
Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wi ...
''. She appeared in the
tenth series at the beginning of 2022. Also in 2022, Brockett guest starred in the fourth series of ''Eating with My Ex: Celebrity Specials'' which aired on
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...
.
Filmography
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
People from the London Borough of Newham
Television personalities from Essex