Billie Leigh Faiers (

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Faiers; born 15 January 1990) is an English television personality who appeared on the

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reality series ''

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'' from 2010 to 2016 and Sam & Billie'': The Mummy Diaries'' from 2016 to 2021.

Career

In 2010, Faiers began appearing in the

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(now

) series ''

''. She made a brief appearance in the

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before becoming a regular cast member in

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. Shepherd departed the show during the eighteenth series in 2016. Following her departure from ''The Only Way Is Essex'', she began appearing in ''Sam Faiers: The Mummy Diaries'' (later renamed ''Sam & Billie: The Mummy Diaries'' in series 3) which documents Shepherd and her sister Sam bringing up their children. In October 2020, it was announced that Shepherd would be competing in the thirteenth series of the ITV competition programme ''

Dancing on Ice ''Dancing on Ice'' is a British television series broadcast from 2006 to 2014 and then from 2018 to 2025. It was presented by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern. Other previous hosts include Phillip Schofield and Christine Lampard. The series ...

''. She was paired with

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. Shepherd withdrew from the competition on 6 February 2021 after suffering a head injury in training. Since November 2021, Shepherd has co-hosted ''The Sam & Billie Show'' podcast with her sister Sam Faiers. Shepherd's work includes advertising products on social media as an

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. In May 2022, she was added to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency list of "non-compliant social media influencers" for improperly advertising products without adding requisite "ad" tags or labels to the adverts.

Personal life

The family live in Brentwood, Essex.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faiers, Billie 1990 births English television personalities Living people Television personalities from Essex People from Brentwood, Essex