Cirie Fields

Cirie Tiffany Fields (born July 18, 1970) is an American nurse and television personality who competed on four seasons of Survivor.

Fields was born on July 18, 1970, in Jersey City, New Jersey.

She grew up partially in Norwalk, Connecticut, with her sisters Karla and Cicely, and her brother Kenneth.

She has worked as a surgical instrumentalist, home care provider, candy factory worker, and telemarketer.

She studied nursing at St. Francis Nursing School in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where she earned her degree.

She went on to work as a clinical coordinator at Norwalk Hospital Surgical Center.

Fields has participated in four different seasons of Survivor, and has even been praised by series host Jeff Probst for being a self-proclaimed couch potato who "got up off the couch to live their adventure".

Fields first gained fame on Survivor: Panama — Exile Island.

Originally cast as a member of Casaya, the tribe made up of the oldest women in the game, she was at risk of being the first one eliminated when her tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge.

However, she used her persuasion skills to convince Melinda Hyder and Ruth-Marie Milliman to vote off Tina Scheer.

When the four original tribes were contracted down to two, leaving only the La Mina and Casaya tribes in the contest, Fields was once again in the spotlight as one of the physically weakest competitors on the new Casaya tribe, but saved herself yet again on Day Six when Hyder was eliminated.

Eventually, Fields was able to assimilate with her tribemates, and managed to make the merge.

With only four players in the game on Day 34, Danielle DiLorenzo and Terry Dietz teamed up to eliminate Fields after they were both sent to Exile Island by Aras Baskauskas, who would go on to win immunity on Day 36.

Alone at camp, Fields and Baskauskas decided to vote out DiLorenzo (since Dietz probably had a hidden immunity idol and they did not want to risk it being used).

Already predicting a draw and the subsequent fire-making challenge, Dietz coached DiLorenzo on starting a fire using flint, while Baskauskas did the same with Fields.

At Tribal Council, the imminent tie vote happened and DiLorenzo and Fields were deadlocked at two votes each.

The two faced off in the fire-making challenge where, using a flint and materials to support the fire (coconut shells, pieces of wood, straw, etc.), they were to create a bonfire high enough to burn through a rope.

The first one to complete this task would survive, while the other would be sent to the jury.

In this challenge, Fields lost and became the sixth member of the jury, placing fourth overall.

In her final words following her elimination, Fields said that she was proud of having come so far in the competition.

At the Final Tribal Council, Fields voted for Baskauskas, over DiLorenzo, to win the prize of $1 million and the title of "Sole Survivor."

She first appeared in 2006 on Survivor: Panama, finishing in 4th place.

During this season, Fields herself won a 2007 GMC Yukon pickup truck, for being voted most popular participant of the season by viewers.

In 2008, she returned and placed 3rd on Survivor: Micronesia.

Two years after her first Survivor competition, Fields returned to the show for Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites, which premiered on February 7, 2008.

She was initially assigned to Malakal, the tribe of "Favorites," or returning players, and initially floated between the two alliances within this tribe: one consisting of Ami Cusack, Eliza Orlins, Jonathan Penner and Yau-Man Chan; and the other consisting of Amanda Kimmel, James Clement, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth and Parvati Shallow (with Jonny Fairplay also meandering between both alliances).

Fields volunteered to be sent to Exile Island with Kathy Sleckman of Airai, the tribe of "Fans," or first-time players in the game, after Malakal won the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge in the Episode Two.

In the third episode of the season, she opted to join the alliance of Kimmel, Lusth, Clement, and Shallow after doubting the trustworthiness of Penner and Chan.

On this occasion, Fields convinced her alliance to eliminate Chan, instead of Orlins, for being one of the biggest threats in the game.

In Episode Four, Fields remained secure since her tribe had won Immunity.

By the fifth episode, the original tribes were switched and Fields ended up in the new Malakal tribe, formed by four Fans and four Favorites.

After the merge, Fields became part of the "Black Widow Brigade," an all-female alliance consisting of herself, Kimmel, Shallow, Natalie Bolton, and Alexis Jones.

After the merge, she concocted a plan to take Ozzy out due to him being a physical threat and possessing an immunity idol.

Cirie, along with Natalie, Alexis, Parvati, and Jason (who was slated to be eliminated) voted out Ozzy, subsequently blindsiding Amanda.

She made her third appearance on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains in 2010, finishing 17th after being targeted and blindsided early in the game.

She made her fourth and final appearance on Survivor: Game Changers in 2017, where she finished 6th and was eliminated without receiving a vote.

She is widely considered one of the greatest Survivor players of all-time and often cited as the best to never win.

She competed on and won the first season of The Traitors on Peacock.

In 2023, Fields competed in the twenty-fifth season of Big Brother along with her son Jared Fields; she finished in 5th place.

Fields was featured in Variety's 40 Most Powerful Women on Reality TV in 2023.