Catherine Funmilayo Agbaje (born 23 June 2000) is an Irish television personality, known for appearing as a contestant on the tenth series of the

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dating show '' Love Island'' in 2023 and appearing on the second series of '' Love Island: All Stars'' in 2025.

Life and career

Catherine Funmilayo Agbaje was born on 23 June 2000 in

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to parents of Nigerian descent. She obtained a BA in psychology and sociology from

Maynooth University Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...

, before going on to get an MSc in real estate from the

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. Prior to appearing on television, she worked as a commercial real estate agent. In June 2023, she entered the '' Love Island'' villa to appear as one of the original contestants on the tenth series of the show. She was initially coupled up with André Furtado on the first day of the series, and subsequently featured in couples with Zachariah Noble and Scott van-der-Sluis, before deciding to couple up with Elom Ahlijah-Wilson during the show's "Casa Amor" twist. She was dumped from the island alongside the latter on Day 38 of the series, after the pair received the fewest votes to save from the public. In January 2025, it was announced that Agbaje would return to ''Love Island'' to appear as a contestant on the second series of '' Love Island: All Stars''.. She subsequently placed fourth place and left with Omary Nyame but their romance ended shortly after leaving the villa https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a64384565/love-island-omar-catherine-split/

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agbaje, Catherine 2000 births Alumni of Maynooth University Alumni of the University of Greenwich Irish people of Nigerian descent Irish women television personalities Living people Love Island (2015 TV series) contestants