Charlotte Crosby
British reality television personality
Charlotte Letitia Crosby (born 17 May 1990) is an English television personality, known for appearing in the MTV reality series Geordie Shore (2011–2016, 2022–2024) and winning the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2013. In 2017, she began presenting Just Tattoo of Us, and in 2018, Crosby began starring in her own reality series, The Charlotte Show.
Early life
Charlotte-Letitia Crosby was born on 17 May 1990 in Sunderland and educated at St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, where she completed her A-level exams. Originally considering studying criminology at university, she successfully auditioned and was cast to appear in the Tyne and Wear-based reality series Geordie Shore.
Career
Geordie Shore
Crosby was an original cast member of MTV's reality series Geordie Shore, which she had starred in since 2011. She featured in 12 series of the show. She became known for an on/off relationship with fellow cast member Gaz Beadle. In June 2016, she announced her departure from the show via Twitter.
Crosby returned for two more seasons of Geordie Shore in 2022 and 2024.
Further television and media appearances
In November 2012, alongside her Geordie Shore cast members, Crosby guest appeared at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards where they presented the award for Best Male, which Justin Bieber won.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Charlotte Crosby” is british reality television personality. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Charlotte, Crosby and British, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “british reality television personality” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16206194. VIAF identifies the subject as 1148631253630411073. The Library of Congress control number is nb2017002030. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990, 2011, 2016 and 2022.
Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.
- Identifying works and editions
- Tracing reception history
- Finding collection records
The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Charlotte Crosby”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Charlotte Crosby primary sources, Charlotte Crosby archive and Charlotte research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Charlotte Crosby”?
- Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
- Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Charlotte Crosby” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.