Personal Life
O'Brien's parents are named Phil and Jill and live in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire. Phil used to play professional football in the 1970s for Watford. Her mother is a nursery school teacher. She has one brother, James, and a sister, Holly, who are both qualified DCA tennis coaches. Holly even represented Yorkshire as a junior.
O'Brien attended Hymers College, Hull from 1997 to 2002. She studied her A-levels at Woodhouse Grove School in Leeds from 2002 to 2004. She began studying with the Open University in 2008.
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