Owen Warner

Warner was born on 8 June 1999 in Leicester, Leicestershire and attended Gartree High School, The Beauchamp College in Oadby, Leicester for GCSEs, before going on to study performing arts at SMB College Group's Melton Campus, formerly Brooksby Melton College, completing his studies in July 2017. He has two older brothers. Warner further studied acting at Urban Young Actors, Leicester, and the Actors Workshop Nottingham. He later returned to the city to raise money for the Nottingham-based charity Footprints Conductive Education Centre, where he participated in a charity football match.Warner made his acting debut as Trev in the short film Beverley in 2015. In July 2018, he appeared as Raver in the short film 20th Century Tribe. Warner then joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. His character, Romeo Nightingale, was introduced as the long-lost son of established character James (Gregory Finnegan), arriving alongside his mother Donna-Marie Quinn (Lucy-Jo Hudson). His storylines on the show have included building a relationship with his father and has seen the introduction of the character's sister and auntie Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw). For his portrayal of the character, Warner won the award for Best Soap Newcomer at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards. Warner has also made guest appearances on I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp and Eating with My Ex, in support of his friend and Hollyoaks co-star Malique Thompson-Dwyer. In November 2022, Warner appeared as a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and reached the final, eventually placing second. In January 2024, Warner announced his decision to quit Hollyoaks to pursue other projects, with the door left open for Warner to return to the show in the future.