Shabby moved to London when she was 17 and now lives in a squat. The former child actress turned rebel had an appearance in Black Beauty and lost out to Lindsay Lohan for the starring role in Parent Trap – and now prefers being on the other side of the camera.

“Films shouldn’t be escapist; they should hold a mirror up to the world and show it what it’s really like,” she said.

Describing herself as “a walking contradiction” and a citizen of the world, she wants to portray squatters in a different light with a shoot planned with Italian Vogue – yet she eats food thrown away by supermarkets.

Her mum found out she was a lesbian after catching her with her first girlfriend. She also claims she was an elf in a former life.

Age: 24
From: London
Occupation: Filmmaker
Likes: Moving around, poetry, “giant boobs”
Dislikes: Public transport, authority figures, being told no, strawberries, mould, Keira Knightley, oppression
Why She Will Annoy Us: She has an “inner spoilt brat waiting to get out”, and no doubt it will unleash itself in the Big Brother house.

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