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Zara McDermott
English media personality (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zara Nicole McDermott (born 14 December 1996) is an English media personality. After working for the Department for Education as a policy advisor, she became a contestant on the fourth series of Love Island (2018) and subsequently appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity (2019) and Made in Chelsea (2019–2020).
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Born | Zara Nicole McDermott (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 27) Havering, London, England |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Employer | BBC |
Notable work | List of documentaries |
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Partner | Sam Thompson (2019–present) |
McDermott has gone on to present her own BBC documentaries, including: Revenge Porn (2021), Uncovering Rape Culture (2021) and Disordered Eating (2022) based on her own experiences, as well as Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge (2023), The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok (2024) and Inside Ibiza (2024). In 2022, she presented the dating series Love in the Flesh on BBC Three and a year later, she competed on the twenty-first series of Strictly Come Dancing.