Love Island signs stunning Irish actress who is friends with show star
LOVE Island has signed a stunning Irish actress, who is friends with a show star.
The brunette beauty, named Megan Forte Clarke, rocks over 3,000 followers on social media and she's sure to turn heads when she enters the villa.
Maura Higgins lookalike Megan, 24, can be found posting very glamorous snaps to her Instagram followers.
And she's pals with Love Island star Harriett Blackmore, who rose to fame on last year's series, and later starred on All Stars at the start of 2025.
Irish Megan, who hails from Dublin, is no stranger to a stunning selfie, and also likes to travel, according to her social media.
She works as an actress, and at the end of December she posted a snap from a press night at Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, after starring in Cinderella.
Megan also coins herself as a 'modern day Bridget Jones' and already has a sizeable TikTok following.
The star is set to join a string of other sexy singletons for the 2025 summer series.
These include Rose Selway, who runs 12 aesthetics clinics, boasting a famous clientele including former Love Islanders Lucinda Strafford and Jessy Potts.
The 24-year-old beauty salon owner from Devon has passed the audition to join the cast of Love Island 2025.
Other faces set to appear on screen when the new episode airs include cheeky chappy Tommy Bradley, hunky 6'5' Aaron Buckett, who was the first name linked to this series, stunning Manchester model Shakira Khan and Sophie Lee, both revealed by The Sun.
ITV has revealed that Love Island 2025 will kick off on Monday, June 9.
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The action starts at 9pm on ITV2, with host Maya Jama welcoming a brand new set of sexy singletons into the famous villa.
As per Love Island tradition, the show usually starts the week after the last May Bank Holiday.
In a trailer for the new series, Maya teased the return of Love Island by saying this instalment will bring 'more twists and turns'.
She added: "This year Love Island needs something bigger, something bolder, I want ideas.
"This year I want more drama, more bombshells, more break-ups, more makeups.
"I want more twists, I want more twists than ever."
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