Meet Ellie Leach
Ellie is ready to swap her Corrie school uniform for Strictly sparkles
She’s here for all of the glitz and glam and now Ellie Leach aka Faye Windass has stepped off the Corrie cobbles and is getting ready to hop onto our famous dancefloor!
Ellie is best known for her role in ITV’s longest-running soap opera, Coronation Street, which saw her character dealing with being up for adoption, getting bullied at school, having a teen pregnancy and being falsely imprisoned after a case of mistaken identity.
Ellie’s acting career however, started way before she made her way to Weatherfield. As a child she appeared in TV adverts and in 2009 she featured as Katie in the independent film, A Boy Called Dad which premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival. In 2010, she made an appearance in an episode of anthology series Moving On as Stacy. At the age of nine she was cast in ITV's iconic soap Coronation Street playing Faye for 12 years before making the decision to leave the show.
Aside from being onscreen, Ellie has been actively involved with and is now an ambassador for the When You Wish Upon A Star charity, which grants wishes to children dealing with life-threatening illnesses.
Clearly performing is second nature to Ellie, but how will she deal with becoming a Ballroom dancer?
