20 February 2024 , 17:50
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Former The Only Way Is Essex star Lauren Goodger has shared throwback snaps of her rarely-seen sister Nicola to mark her landmark birthday.
Both sisters featured on the ITVBe reality show - with 37-year-old Lauren appearing on the show from 2010 until 2012, while Nicola featured on the show from 2011 until 2012, appearing on seasons two, three and four of the long-running show. This week, Nicola turned 40-years-old and Lauren took to social media to help her celebrate the big event.
Taking to Instagram, Lauren shared classic photos of Nicola from her Towie era. She uploaded the retired reality star wearing a dazzling white outfit and with her luxurious dark hair cascading around her shoulders.
Sharing the snap via her Stories, Lauren added a caption reading: “Happy birthday to my big sister @NicolaGoodger love you loads,” along with a birthday cake emoji and a white heart emoji. Lauren also shared screenshots of old magazine interviews Nicola had enjoyed at the height of her own Towie fame.
Lauren shared a magazine snap of Nicola from the height of her fame (@laurengoodger/Instagram)
Lauren will soon be returning to Towie as the show begins its 32nd season (Dave Benett/Getty Images)In the past, the sisters planned to launch a reality show of their own that they hoped would rival that of The Kardashians. Lauren told Closer in the past: “You’d get to see a different side, the real us – doing what we want to do with no schedules.”
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Nicola added: “TOWIE’s a lot more staged, they set up scenarios. With Keeping Up With The Kardashians, you see everything. It would be nice to let people know we’re normal. We have hangovers.”
Nicola: "She’s always been a diva. Maybe she’s a bit worse. It doesn’t surprise me that Lauren’s ended up in TV. When she was little, she was mad – she was always the centre of attention. She’s got a great sense of humour, though.” Nicola added: “I find it hard that Lauren takes so much abuse. She’s really strong like that.”
Reality show fans will soon see Lauren back in the spotlight - as she is due to return to Towie this year as the show churns out an exhaustive 32nd season. Laure confirmed her return at the end of last year - saying she would be introducing her own kids to the cameras.
She told OK! Magazine last December: “I'm hoping to go back in February. [I’ll] meet up with Amy Childs and go for lunch with the kids! [Being a parent] is the most amazing and rewarding job in the world.
“I feel alive. I don’t care about anything else. I am absolutely obsessed with her [Larose]. She’s beautiful. When she wakes up in the morning, even if it’s 5am, I’m like, 'Baby, kiss Mummy,' and she kisses me. She’s so affectionate and clever.”
Lauren had two children with her on-off boyfriend Charles Drury. They welcomed their first daughter, Larose, in July 2021, and their second daughter, named Lorena, was born in July 2022.
Tragically, Lorena died two days after she was born with the umbilical cord knotted and around her neck. Lauren has since got a tattoo in tribute to her late daughter. She used the ashes of the infant to add to the tattoo ink and had her name imprinted in cursive, alongside a butterfly, on her forearm.