Nádia Conceição Almada^[1] (born 28 January 1977) is a Portuguese-born, English reality television star and media personality. She is best known for winning the fifth series of Big Brother UK, being the first transgender contestant to do so.

In 2004, Almada entered the fifth series of Big Brother UK, which she eventually won, securing 74% of the public vote, winning £63,500.^[2] Almada was the first transgender housemate in Big Brother UK history and the first to win the show,^[3] she kept her transgender identity a secret from her fellow housemates, however, the public viewers were aware. During her time in the Big Brother house, she was a member of a clique who referred to themselves as the "Lip Gloss Bitches" alongside; Emma Greenwood, Marco Sabba and Michelle Bass. Her victory was shown as a plot point in episode 7 of 2025 drama What It Feels Like for a Girl.^[4]

On Day 15, housemates Michelle Bass and Emma Greenwood were voted by the public to enter Big Brother's Bed Sit, a part of a fake eviction. Both housemates were given 24/7 streaming access to their fellow housemates who believed they had been evicted, they were able to observe the housemates and play pranks on them.^[5] Despite this, some of the housemates under the impression Bass and Greenwood had been evicted, began speaking poorly of them.^[6] On Day 20, Bass and Greenwood returned to the official Big Brother house, upon their return housemates were given fancy dress costumes and alcohol to celebrate. In the early hours of their return night, some of the housemates engaged in a playful food fight leaving the communal living area in a mess, when housemate Jason Cowan insisted they tidy up the mess, housemate Marco Sabba refused prompting a heated argument between the pair, leading to Almada flipping a table and slapping Cowan across the face.^[7] The argument escalated with Greenwood and housemate Victor Ebuwa squaring up to each other and throwing food at each other, with Greenwood eventually throwing an empty tray at him, causing a physical altercation after Ebuwa retaliated the same way. Greenwood was escorted out the Big Brother house by Big Brother security guards, and was removed from the house by producers.^[8] The incident was livestreamed by Channel 4, causing viewers to call the police,^[9] Ofcom also received over 1,000 complaints due to the incident,^[10] Channel 4 and Endemol also had to release official statements following the fight.^[11]

In 2010, Almada entered the Ultimate Big Brother house.^[12] She was evicted on Day 11 in a double eviction alongside Big Brother series 6, housemate Makosi Musambasi, placing tenth overall.^[13] She feuded with Celebrity Big Brother series 6 housemate Coolio, who was ejected after a heated argument with Almada on Day 5.

In 2005, she entered the Big Brother Australia, house visiting the finalists. She also made a guest appearance on the Big Brother UK series 9, launch night.

After her appearance on Big Brother UK, she went on to record a single entitled A Little Bit of Action, which reached Number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in December 2004.^[14][15] She also made a cameo appearance in the soap opera Hollyoaks.^[16][17]

Almada was also a contestant on the Channel 5 reality series, Trust Me... I'm a Holiday Rep, she replaced Make Me a Supermodel contestant Jasmine Lennard.^[18] The following year, she was a guest on the Channel 4 reality series, Fool Around With..., the goal was for Almada to decipher who out of several male contestants was single, enabling them to win a £10,000 cash prize. She went on to appear on multiple other television series including; 8 out of 10 Cats, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Come Dine with Me, The Weakest Link and many others.

She took part in Celebrity Fitness Videos Not Fit for TV, hosted by Eamonn Holmes and Lorraine Kelly, the show featured celebrities performing Almada's own Latino inspired dance video, Latino Dance Workout, which she released in 2004.^[19]

Almada is from Ribeira Brava, on the Portuguese island of Madeira.^[20] She lived in Woking around the time Big Brother was filmed.

In a 2009, interview with Heat magazine, she revealed that she is writing her memoirs.^{[citation needed]}

• Nadia Almada at IMDb
• "Nadia Almada - Biography" IMDb, Retrieved 31 March 2007