{{Short description|English television personality}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Use British English|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Billie Faiers | birth_name = Billie Leigh Faiers | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Brentwood, Essex, England | occupation = Television personality | television = ''The Only Way Is Essex'' <br> ''Sam & Billie: The Mummy Diaries'' <br> ''Dancing on Ice'' | years_active = 2010–present | spouse = {{marriage|Greg Shepherd|2019}} | children = 3 | relatives = Sam Faiers (sister) }} '''Billie Leigh Shepherd''' (née '''Faiers'''; born 15 January 1990)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Veljanovski|first=Lydia|date=2020-01-15|title=As Billie Faiers turns 30 we take a look back at our favourite photoshoots|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/gallery/billie-faiers-turns-30-take-21284791|access-date=2020-07-11|website=OK! Magazine}}</ref> is an English television personality who appeared on the ITVBe reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex'' from 2010 to 2016 and Sam & Billie'': The Mummy Diaries'' from 2016 to 2021.
==Career== In 2010, Faiers began appearing in the ITV2 (now ITVBe) series ''The Only Way Is Essex''. She made a brief appearance in the first series before becoming a regular cast member in series 2. Shepherd departed the show during the eighteenth series in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Billie Faiers QUITS TOWIE to concentrate on family|url=https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/billie-faiers-quits-towie-concentrate-family/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=Closer|date=3 August 2016 }}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/bllie-shephered-dancing-on-ice-637391/|title=Ex TOWIE star Billie Shepherd is the 14th name confirmed for Dancing on Ice|work=What's on TV|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref> She was paired with Mark Hanretty. Shepherd withdrew from the competition on 6 February 2021 after suffering a head injury in training.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/06/dancing-on-ice-2021-billie-faiers-quits-show-after-nasty-fall-14035530/|title=Dancing On Ice 2021: Billie Faiers quits show after suffering concussion from nasty fall|date=6 February 2021|work=Metro|access-date=6 February 2021|language=en}}</ref>
Since November 2021, Shepherd has co-hosted ''The Sam & Billie Show'' podcast with her sister Sam Faiers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Body |first=Jamie |date=2021-11-25 |title=Sam and Billie Faiers announce exciting new project after end of Mummy Diaries |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/sam-billie-faiers-announce-exciting-25545685 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=OK! Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd announce The Sam and Billie Show podcast |url=https://www.themediaeye.com/News/8e0e0e92-40b8-4fc2-a2a4-adeb00d24ddc |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.themediaeye.com |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818135931/https://www.themediaeye.com/News/8e0e0e92-40b8-4fc2-a2a4-adeb00d24ddc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Shepherd's work includes advertising products on social media as an influencer. 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Non-compliant social media influencers - ASA {{!}} CAP |url=https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |publisher=Advertising Standards Agency |access-date=1 June 2022 |date=30 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530121609/https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-date=30 May 2022 }}</ref>
== Personal life ==
The family live in Brentwood, Essex.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/billie-shepherd-shares-update-14million-29315147|last=Spence|first=Niamh|title=Billie Shepherd shares update on her 14 million pound mansion after rows with neighbours|newspaper=Daily Mirror|location=London|date=26 February 2023|accessdate=19 March 2025}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2010–2016 | ''The Only Way Is Essex'' | Series regular <br> 1-18 |- | 2016–2021 | ''Sam & Billie: The Mummy Diaries'' | Main cast<br>1-9 |- | 2021 | ''Dancing on Ice'' | Contestant; Withdrew on week 4 |- | 2021–present | ''The Sam and Billie show'' | Podcast series<br>1-present |- | 2021–present | ''Billie and Greg - The Family Diaries'' | Main cast<br>1-present |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|4380530}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Faiers, Billie}} Category:1990 births Category:English television personalities Category:Living people Category:Television personalities from Essex Category:People from Brentwood, Essex