
Zara McDermott
Acting
Biography
Zara Nicole McDermott 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. She has since appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity and Made in Chelsea and has gone on to present her own BBC documentaries, Revenge Porn and Uncovering Rape Culture, based on her own experiences. In 2022, she began presenting the dating series Love in the Flesh on BBC Three.
Known For

Reality series following the lives, loves and awks of SW3's bright young things.
Made in Chelsea

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
The Weakest Link

Michael McIntyre's Big Show is a British variety and stand-up comedy television series, presented by British comedian, presenter and former Britain's Got Talent judge Michael McIntyre.
Michael McIntyre's Big Show

A stunning cast engages in the ultimate game of love, as they land in a sunshine paradise in search of passion and romance. Each of the glamorous members of the public will live like celebrities in a luxury villa, but in order to stay there, they will not only have to win over the hearts of each other, but also the hearts of the public.
Love Island

Do 15 celebrities have what it takes to win? They're ready to perform for you…but there's just a small matter of impressing the Judges first.
The X Factor Celebrity

Zara McDermott explores the mysterious disappearance of 19-year-old Gaia Pope-Sutherland.
Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge

Ibiza is moving upmarket. With access to clubs, villas and yachts as well as police and emergency services, Zara McDermott follows the money to discover what makes the island tick.
Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island

Amanda Holden hosts the quiz show where contestants and their celebrity partners must outsmart each other to win big.
The Celebrity Inner Circle

Zara McDermott welcomes couples who have only ever connected online to meet for the very first time. Will sparks fly in a gorgeous Greek beach house? Or will heads be turned?
Love in the Flesh

When Zara McDermott left Love Island in 2018, she was told that naked photos of her were circulating worldwide. Now she’s looking for answers.
Revenge Porn

Zara McDermott meets women living in fear as they live with the reality of being stalked. This chilling series exposes the terrifying reality of modern stalking by perpetrators from strangers to exes.
To Catch a Stalker

The Made in Chelsea gang head to Buenos Aires Argentina
Made in Chelsea: Buenos Aires

Zara McDermott travels to Thailand to discover an exotic paradise with two conflicting sides. Beyond the golden beaches and bustling cities lie wild parties, drugs and cheap sex.
Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise

When four University of Idaho students were murdered by an unknown attacker in November 2022, Zara McDermott first read about it on social media. The small American college town of Moscow is home to just 25,000 people, most of them students, and hasn’t seen a homicide in seven years. For six weeks, the police said they had no suspects, no motive, no weapon, and had found no signs of forced entry into the house. Zara heads to Moscow to find out how much of what she saw online was even real, and how much was pure speculation. She meets the true crime sleuths making thousands of hours of social media content on this case to find out why they felt the need to post their own interpretation, and why people were so keen to listen to them rather than the network news or the police. Zara also speaks to those who were affected by the rumours spread online and sees the impact this social media storm has had, leading her to question her own role in the tragedy.
The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok
Zara McDermott uncovers a ‘rape culture’ raging in Britain’s schools. She speaks for the first time about her own sexual assault by a schoolboy, and asks what needs to change.
Uncovering Rape Culture
Record numbers of young people are being treated for eating disorders. Zara McDermott explores the reasons behind this explosion and asks if social media is behind the problem.