Nella Rose

About

Ornella Rose Hollela (born 20 July 1997), known professionally as Nella, is a British media personality. After setting up a YouTube channel, Rose embarked on a career in the media and has gone on to present Catfish UK, as well as the red carpet event at the Brit Awards. In 2023, she began fronting the Channel 4 digital series Tapped Out and also appeared as a contestant on the twenty-third series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

Rose was born Ornella Rose Hollela on 20 July 1997 in Belgium to a family of Congolese descent. Her family emigrated to the United Kingdom when Rose was seven years old. In 2015, she began studying sociology at the University of Leicester, graduating with a 2:1. Rose has stated that she “did not want to go there at all” and would have preferred to get a job, but said she knew that “if she didn’t study at university, her family would never let it go”. Rose’s mother died in 2016 (from a brain aneurysm) while her father died in 2020.

Whilst studying at university, Rose set up a YouTube channel to which she began uploading videos in 2016. Focusing primarily on vlogs, she also uploaded hair tutorials and fashion…