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Amber Rose Gill (born 4 August 1997) is an English television personality and author. In 2019, she won the fifth series of ''
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''. She has since presented the
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series ''The Full Treatment'' (2021), as well as competing on the
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survival series '' Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins'' (2022). Also in 2022, Gill released her debut romance novel, ''Until I Met You''.


Life and career

Amber Rose Gill was born on 4 August 1997 in
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, England. Prior to her television career, she worked as a beauty therapist at a salon which she ran alongside her aunt. In June 2019, Gill became a contestant on the fifth series of ''
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''. She entered the villa on Day 1 and throughout the series, coupled up with Callum Macleod, Anton Danyluk, Michael Griffiths and
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. However, it was with rugby union player
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, who entered on Day 44, that she went on to win the series with on 29 July, beating the bookies' favourites
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and
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in the final. Despite initially proving unpopular with the public, opinions on Gill later changed with viewers stating that they "judged ertoo quickly". Since her appearance on ''Love Island'', she has gone on to make guest appearances on various different television series including '' Love Island: Aftersun'', ''
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'', '' Good Morning Britain'', ''
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'', '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. She has also released a clothing line with Misspap. In April 2021, Gill appeared as a contestant on ''
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'' and answered questions on her specialist subject, the film ''
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''. In June 2021, it was announced that Gill would present ''The Full Treatment'' on
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alongside fellow ''Love Island'' winner
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. The series partnered with the mental health charity
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and featured Gill and Cetinay giving celebrities makeovers whilst discussing their mental health and wellbeing. Gill was asked to judge a writing competition held by
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that was searching for stories from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. She was later asked if she would like to write her own book, which Gill said was a surprising opportunity for her. She had felt underrepresented in media during her youth and wanted the book to be based around a Black love story. The book, ''Until I Met You'', co-written with Nadine Gonzalez, a US romantic fiction author, is set in
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, since part of her heritage originates from there. It was released in July 2022 and she has said that she wants to release more books in the future. In 2022, she
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and said that she is open to dating women. She was dating Scottish international footballer Jen Beattie until their split in late 2023. In 2022, Gill appeared on the
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survival series '' Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins''. She quit the show after just two days.


Filmography


Bibliography

* ''Until I Met You'' (2022) * ''One Summer in Miami'' (2025)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Amber 1997 births 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers Black British women writers Black British writers Black British television personalities British people of Trinidad and Tobago descent English women novelists English lesbian writers Love Island (2015 TV series) contestants Reality show winners Mass media people from Newcastle upon Tyne Black British LGBTQ people British LGBTQ writers Living people