Jesy Nelson

Jessica Louise Nelson (born 14 June 1991) is an English singer and former member of British girl group Little Mix. The group was formed on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and became the first group to win the competition. Since their debut the girl group has sold over 50 million records worldwide, placing them in the top 5 of the best selling girl groups of all time. In 2019, Nelson presented a BBC Three documentary based on her experiences with body image and online bullying titled Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out, which won the Factual Entertainment Award at the 25th National Television Awards. On 14 December 2020, she decided to leave the group for reasons related to her mental health.

Jesy Nelson
Nelson in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJessica Louise Nelson
Born (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991
Romford, Essex, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2011–present
Labels
Associated actsLittle Mix

Early life

Jessica Louise Nelson[1] was born on 14 June 1991.[2] She was raised in Romford, East London to parents John Nelson, a businessman, and Janice White, a Police Community Service Officer. Her parents separated when she was five. She is the second youngest of four children with an older sister Jade, an older brother Jonathan and a younger brother Joseph.[3][4]

Nelson attended Jo Richardson Community School and Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College in Hornchurch, London.[5] She also attended Sylvia Young and Yvonne Rhodes Theatre Schools. One of her classmates at the school was Rita Ora.[6] Prior to auditioning for The X Factor, Nelson worked as a barmaid in Dagenham.[7] In 2020, Nelson said that as a child, she had small roles as an extra in About a Boy (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).[8]

Career

Her first audition was "Bust Your Windows" by Jazmine Sullivan.[9] Since joining Little Mix, she has faced cyber-bullying and struggled to cope during her time on The X Factor.[4] Nelson and Perrie Edwards were put in a group called "Faux Pas" while Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock were to be put in a group named "Orion". Both groups, however, failed to progress. Later, a decision was made to bring back the four to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, and they progressed to judges' houses.[10] They eventually reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.[11] On 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's new name would be Little Mix.[12] On 11 December 2011, Little Mix were announced as the winners, the first group to win the programme.[13] Nelson released six albums with the group; DNA (2012), Salute (2013), Get Weird (2015), Glory Days (2016), LM5 (2018) and Confetti (2020).[14] In December 2020, she announced her departure from the group due to prolonged issues with her mental health. She said: "I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard."[15]

Personal life

Nelson has said that being bullied at school may have contributed to her suffering from stress-induced alopecia as a teenager.[16][17] In her BBC documentary Odd One Out, Nelson was vocal about her struggle with body image. She said she would starve herself before TV performances or video shoots, then later binge eat. She said that abuse from online trolls on Twitter drove her to attempt suicide in 2013, stating: "I felt that I physically couldn't tolerate the pain any more."[18]

Nelson had a 10-month relationship with Diversity member Jordan Banjo which ended in 2013.[19] In 2014, Nelson began dating Rixton lead singer, Jake Roche. The couple became engaged on 19 July 2015,[20] but broke up in November 2016.[21] She had a brief relationship with Chris Clark in 2017,[22] followed by a 16-month relationship with musician Harry James that ended in November 2018.[23] In January 2019, Nelson began dating Love Island contestant Chris Hughes.[24] On the one-year anniversary of their relationship in January 2020, she said: "I can honestly say I've never been more in love and happy in all my life."[25] In April 2020, Nelson and Hughes broke up due to personal reasons.[26] Four months later, she announced that she was in a relationship with actor Sean Sagar.[27]

Nelson has 15 tattoos, including a quote on her upper right arm: "Music is the strongest form of magic".[28] Her estimated wealth in 2020 was £5.8 million.[29]

In November 2020, Little Mix's publicist stated that Nelson would take an extended break from the pop group for "private medical reasons".[30] On 14 December 2020, Nelson announced her departure from Little Mix due to struggles with her mental health.[15]

Discography
Main articles: Little Mix discography and list of songs

Songwriting credits
List of songwriting credits, with year released and album shown
Title Artist(s) Year Album Notes
"Change Your Life" Little Mix 2012 DNA Co-writer
"DNA"
"Wings"
"How Ya Doin'?"
"Little Me" 2013 Salute
"Move"
"Salute"
"Pretty Girls" Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea 2015 Non-album single
"Shout Out to My Ex" Little Mix 2016 Glory Days

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2002 About a Boy Student in assembly Minor role[8]
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Ballroom Dancer Minor role[8]
2011 The X Factor Contestant Winner
2019 Eat in with Little Mix Herself Web series[31]
2019 Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out Herself Documentary
2020 The Voice UK Herself Guest mentor[32]
2020 Little Mix The Search Judge Music competition series
2020 How To Be Anne-Marie Herself Documentary[33]
2020 LM5: The Tour Film Herself Tour film[34][35]

Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Little Mix
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
2019 CelebMix Awards Biggest Inspiration Herself Nominated [36]
I Talk Telly Awards Best Documentary Odd One Out Won [37]
OnSide Awards Gold award Won [38]
2020 National Television Awards Factual Entertainment Won [39][40]
Visionary Honours Awards Documentary of the Year Won [41]
PLT Awards[42] Inspirational Influencer of the Year Herself Won [43]
CelebMix Awards Biggest Inspiration Nominated [44]

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