Real Housewives of Melbourne 2021 cast revealed

Find out who has made the cut for the latest season of the Real Housewives of Melbourne.

The Real Housewives of Melbourne are back for a fifth season – there are some familiar faces and some completely new ones. With cameras rolling on the new series of the popular Foxtel show this week, Confidential takes a look at who has made the cut for 2021.

The Real Housewives of Melbourne cast has been revealed. Picture: Matrix Media.

Jackie Gillies, 41, East Melbourne – Originally from Newcastle in NSW, the wife of Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies returns to Real Housewives after a three-year break. Jackie is an author and professional psychic who has travelled the country as a motivational speaker. You may recognised her from appearing as a contestant on reality show, I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! Jackie, known for her trademark slogan ‘shine, shine, shine’, and her muso husband have been trying to fall pregnant through IVF. She is on her sixth round of treatment.

Cherry Dipietrantonio, 39, Brighton – Yoga instructor Cherry is originally from Southampton in the UK. She met her husband, Andre, in Bali when she was 18 when travelling the world during a gap year with girlfriends. The couple married three years later and have three children together. Inseparable, Cherry and Andre married in Melbourne three years after they met and together, they have three children. Cherry is also a qualified personal trainer who runs her own YouTube Channel, Mindful Motion.

Jackie Gillies. Picture: Matrix Media.

Cherry Dipietrantonio. Picture: Matrix Media

Janet Roach, 62, Toorak – Co-founder of Raw Essentials Tea and The Roach Foundation, helping burns patients, Janet has two adult sons and is the mum of a couple of beloved pet pooches. She famously kicked her husband out after finding out he had been cheating online. Janet’s partner, Chemist Warehouse boss Sam Gance, has six grandchildren.

Kyla Kirkpatrick, 43, Brighton – Affectionately referred to as the ‘Champagne Dame’, Kyla runs a successful champagne import/export business called Emperor Champagne. Kyla and fiance Kyri are parents to eight-year-old daughter Arlington Rose.

Janet Roach. Picture: Matrix Media.

Kyla Kirkpatrick. Picture: Matrix Media

Real Housewives of Melbourne. Picture: Wayne Taylor

Gamble Breaux. Picture: Picture: Matrix Media

Gamble Breaux, 50, Mt Eliza – Married to cataract and laser eye surgeon Dr Rick Wolfe, Gamble is an aspiring singer songwriter and socialite. The couple live with Wolfe’s son, Luke, on the Mornington Peninsula and their six Pomeranian fur babies

Anjali Rao, 47, South Yarra – Born and raised in Hong Kong and educated in the UK, Anjali is an award-winning TV anchor who most notably hosted CNN weekday breakfast show, Talk Asia. Anjali moved to Australia nine years ago and is currently single, identifying as bisexual’. Divorced, she lives with her 12-year-old son, Izzy.

Simone Elliott. Picture: Matrix Media

Simone Elliott, 41, Toorak – Simone Elliott has enjoyed a successful career as a manager with big corporations including Ferrero, Pfizer and L’Oreal.

Qualified in Business Marketing, she also holds a Graduate Certificate in Management and is in the final stages of completing an MBA in business.

Simone makes sure her busy schedule makes time for her favourite role, mother to her two adorable children from a previous marriage – Helana (10) and Spencer (9).

* The Real Housewives of Melbourne will air on Foxtel’s FOX ARENA Channel later this year.