Samie Caroline W. Elishi was born on 15 February 2000 in Islington, London[1] to a Moroccan father and an English-Welsh mother.
[2] Prior to appearing on television, Elishi worked as a senior estate agent coordinator.
[4] She entered the villa as a "bombshell" on Day 12, and during the series was coupled up with Kai Fagan and Tom Clare, the latter of whom she reached the final alongside and finished in third place.
[7][8] In May 2023, Elishi underwent tests for thyroid cancer after Love Island viewers spotted a lump on her neck during her time in the villa.
[9] She subsequently had the lump removed and was ultimately informed it was a benign tumour and wasn't cancerous.