Constance Ella Glynn (born 16 March 1994) is an English Internet celebrity, author, and cosplayer.

Early life

Glynn is from

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. She and her brother attended St. Christopher School in

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on a bursary. She took classes at

Guildhall School of Music & Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

as a teenager. After graduating from the

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with a

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in Film Studies in 2016, Glynn moved to

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Career

Glynn started the ''Noodlerella'' blog on

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, where she would post about

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anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

, and

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. This translated into her YouTube channel, where she uploaded her first video doing Disney impressions in January 2013. She became known on the Internet for her pink-loving "Noodlerella" persona and fashion sense, impressions, and love of cartoons and

, and

cosplay Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, ...

. In 2016, Glynn started a second channel, originally named ''NoodleVlogs'' and later ''Connie''. Glynn voiced the role of Moxie Dewdrop in the UK edition of the 2016

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film ''

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''. In 2017, Glynn signed a three-book deal with the aim of five books with

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for a young adult fairytale series ''The Rosewood Chronicles'' largely based on Glynn's own experiences at boarding school. The first installment in the series, ''Undercover Princess'' made her the top debut author in the young adult genre in the UK in 2017. ''Undercover Princess'' was followed by ''Princess-in-Practice'' and ''The Lost Princess'' in 2018 and 2019 respectively. With these came

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s. In 2018, Glynn moved away from her Noodlerella persona, and in August 2019, she rebranded away from "the colour pink" as part of her identity and aesthetic as she decided to focus more on writing and music with her band Snaggletooth. Glynn revealed the cover for ''Princess at Heart'' in October 2020, the fourth book in ''The Rosewood Chronicles'' series. It was released in February 2021. Glynn announced the title for the series' fifth and final installment, ''Princess Ever After'' in July 2021, set for a February 2022 release date.

Personal life

Glynn identified as

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and

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

, however in 2021 made a video on her side channel coming out as a lesbian. Glynn uses both

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and

she She most commonly refers to: *She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English. She or S.H.E. may also refer to: Literature and films *'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...

pronouns. Glynn was hit by a car in November 2016 and broke her leg. She had surgery twice. In May 2019, she opened up about the PTSD and subsequent

agoraphobia Agoraphobia is a mental and behavioral disorder, specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape. These situations can in ...

and paranoia she experienced in the years following the accident.

Bibliography

''The Rosewood Chronicles''

*''Undercover Princess'' (2017) *''Princess in Practice'' (2018) *''The Lost Princess'' (2019) *''Princess at Heart'' (2021) *''Princess Ever After'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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