Biography - Lauren Goodger

Who is Lauren Goodger?

Lauren Goodger is a reality TV star.

Lauren Goodger – Age, Parents, Siblings

Lauren Goodger’s birth took place on 19 September 1986 in Bethnal Green, London, England. Her birth name/full name is Lauren Rose Goodger. Her mother’s name is Cheryl Goodger while her father’s name is not known.

Lauren Goodger has four half-sisters named Nicola Goodger, Haylay Goodger, Jenna Goodger, and Rihanna Goodger. She also has a half-brother named Tony Goodger. She was raised with half-siblings Tony and Nicola in Bethnal Green, London.

Education, Ethnicity

Apart from these facts, there are no facts on Lauren Goodger’s childhood, education, and family. Her ethnicity is English.

Lauren Goodger – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Death

She dated Mark Wright for around 10 years from 2001 to 2011. They had met and begun to date when they were 15 years old. The couple was also engaged to be married. 

But five months later, she broke up with him, calling off their engagement and the marriage. In 2017, Lauren accused Wright of dating now-wife Michelle Keegan while they were in a relationship.

Goodger shortly dated Tom Pearce in 2012. She began a relationship with her boyfriend Jake McClean. Their affair was an on/off relationship. They dated from 2012 to 2013 and again reconciled in 2015, again breaking up in 2016.

Lauren Goodger was then romantically linked with convict Joey Morrison from 2016 to 2017. 

Currently, she is in a relationship with Charles Drury and had begun dating in 2020. In 2021, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child and gave birth to a daughter named Larose Goodger in July 2021. She announced her second pregnancy in January 2022 and in July 2022 she was rushed to the hospital after her midwife was unable to detect a heartbeat during a home birth. Tragically, the newborn, named Lorena Goodger passed away just minutes after being born.

Drury was arrested and released on bail on suspicion of battery just days after their child's funeral. Lauren Goodger was seen with a black eye just a few days after the domestic violence.

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Lauren Goodger – Career

Early Days

Lauren Goodger made his way into the reality TV series with the show The Only Way Is Essex (also known as TOWIE) in 2010. In the first two series of the show, the story revolved around her relationship with her boyfriend Mark Wright. 

She starred in the series till 2012, leaving the show claiming she had been asked to leave the show. She again returned to the show in 2016 and became a regular cast once again. But Lauren Goodger did not return for the 20^th series.

Goodger has also appeared in Dancing on Ice (2013) and Celebrity Big Brother 14 (2014), In Therapy (2017). In the eighth series of Dancing on Ice, Lauren Goodger partnered up with professional skater Michael Zenezini. The dancing duo finished in eleventh place. She also revealed she had suffered a miscarriage while on the show.

Films, Series, Brands

She has made guest appearances in Daybreak (May 2011, March 2012), This Morning (2011,2013), Loose Women (2011,2016,2017), The Wright Stuff (February 2013), 8 Out of 10 Cats (April 2014), Big Brother's Bit on the Side, Celebrity Juice (September 2014), Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014 (December 2014).

The reality star has her own fake tan lashes and hair extension brand named Lauren’s way, a blow dry bar, located in Essex, and is the manager of Max Clifford Associates. She also had a beauty salon Lauren’s way but was closed in 2013. The same year in 2013, she published an autobiography titled Secrets of an Essex Girl.

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Lauren Goodger – Weight loss, Plastic surgery

Goodger in 2018 revealed that she has lost a whopping 18 lbs in three weeks! The shared her healthy achievement on her Instagram page. While she is happy with her results, many criticized her method of losing weight.

After speculation that the TOWIE star has had a few plastic surgeries done, she finally admitted to it. She revealed she has had lip fillers, liposuction, a nose job, and a boob job, and her jawbone and cheekbone seemed to change drastically. She changed her boob size from 34D to 34E.

The star also shared that her insecurities were due to her ex-boyfriend Mark Wright urging her to lose weight while they were dating. She said, 'Mark told me we’d be more successful if I lost weight.'

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Lauren Goodger – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Goodger is estimated to be around $2.7 million. Her annual salary/income is yet to be estimated.

Lauren Goodger – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Lauren Goodger is followed by thousands of followers and counting.

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