ELLIE Leach is greatest identified for her position in Coronation Avenue and strutting her stuff on the Strictly Come Dancing dance flooring en path to lifting the Glitterball Trophy.
Right here’s the whole lot it’s essential to know in regards to the multi-talented star.
Who’s Ellie Leach?
Ellie Leach, born March 15, 2001, in Bury, Manchester, is an English actress and one of many well-known faces who starred within the 2023 sequence of Strictly Come Dancing.
As an actress, Ellie is greatest identified for her time on the enduring ITV cleaning soap Coronation Avenue — and it was throughout her time there that the TV star was nominated for quite a lot of British Cleaning soap Awards.
Previous to touchdown a task on the cleaning soap, the actress started her tv profession showing on quite a lot of commercials for manufacturers comparable to Staples.
She additionally starred within the movie A Boy Known as Dad, in addition to the TV present Transferring On.
Who did Ellie Leach play on Coronation Avenue?
Ellie is greatest identified for her portrayal of Faye Windass on Coronation Avenue.
She first joined the cobbles again in 2011 and noticed her Corrie character deal with some gritty storylines, together with teen being pregnant, early menopause and even sentenced to jail for attacking a neighbour.
Talking in regards to the cleaning soap in early 2023, Ellie mentioned: “I’ve been in Coronation Avenue for twelve years nevertheless it actually appears like I began yesterday.
“That’s over half my life! It’s psychological. Faye has been by rather a lot.”
Why did Ellie Leach depart Coronation Avenue?
Sadly for followers of the cleaning soap, in April 2023 The Solar solely revealed that Ellie was leaving the cobbles after 12 years.
An insider advised The Solar: “Ellie’s been on the cleaning soap since she was 10 years outdated so it’s all she’s identified, she sees the forged like an extension of her household.
“She’s unhappy to be leaving, however grateful that her character received’t be killed off.
“She’s going to have a go at attempting different appearing roles for a bit.”
When the star left the cleaning soap, followers felt her closing storyline was “rushed.”
Ellie’s time on the cleaning soap got here to an finish when her character left Weatherfield in a packed automobile with ex-boyfriend Jackson and their daughter Miley.
She took to Coronation Avenue’s Instagram account for a candy farewell video.
She advised the digicam: “Simply wish to say an enormous, huge thanks to everybody who has watched Corrie over the previous 12 years and supported me.
“And in addition to my Corrie household, I’m going to overlook you all a lot.
“And yeah simply thanks a lot to everybody who has at all times mentioned good phrases and actually supported me.”
A montage then adopted of her Corrie greatest bits.
Following the information of her cleaning soap exit, Ellie was joined by a number of Corrie stars, together with on-screen love pursuits Craig Tinker, performed by Colson Smith and Jackson Hodge, portrayed by actor Joseph Evans at her leaving do.
You signify Strictly. You’re the diamond, you might be shining
Vito Coppola on Ellie Leach
Is Ellie Leach married?
As of March 2024, Ellie isn’t married.
In Might 2023, She break up up together with her long-term boyfriend Reagan Pettman.
A supply mentioned: “Ellie has the world at her ft after stepping away from Corrie and she or he has taken time to mirror on which course her life goes in.
“Ellie and Reagan determined to name issues a day and she or he is profiting from her single standing.”
Since her Strictly stint, Ellie {and professional} dance associate Vito have had tongues wagging with their rising closeness.
Nevertheless, in December 2023, the dancer revealed the true cause any romance has been placed on ice.
Requested about their chemistry, he mentioned: “We now have so many issues to consider, you understand, and choreography, and raise up and down, left, proper, diagonal.
“And after we end, we have now the time to eat quick. We nap just a little bit as a result of we have to take the vitality to proceed.
“After we go residence, we ensure we fall asleep the subsequent day we have now to go once more.
“So we actually are so centered on all this lovely expertise.
“We simply had a really nice connection, a 50/50 partnership for the reason that starting.”
Ellie mentioned: “I feel that, clearly, we have danced collectively for what number of weeks now? It’s been three months we have been collectively each single day.
“And you actually must have a powerful partnership to have the ability to belief in one another.”
After the Strictly sequence resulted in December 2023, Ellie and co-star Bobby Brazier turned concerned in a whirlwind romance.
In January 2024, The Solar solely revealed how Bobby and Ellie had grown shut in the course of the Strictly 2024 tour.
An insider advised The Solar: “Bobby and Ellie are the speak of the tour.
“Their friendship has grown and grown, they usually’ve been spending practically all their free time collectively earlier than and after performances. They’ve been having their meals collectively, and flirting more and more overtly.
“The chat on tour is they might have loved a cheeky snog, and can go public with their romance any week now.
“They’re each vastly in style characters, and make a very cute couple.
“There are additionally infinite business alternatives for them as a pair as a result of they’re each vastly in demand, with the world at their younger ft. Everybody may be very enthusiastic about this sizzling new pairing.”
However in March 2024, their relationship got here to an finish, with a TV insider saying: “Love blossomed between them once they had been in shut quarters on the tour, however as soon as that ended they each spent a lot much less time collectively.
“That gave them area to consider the future, which is more likely to take them in very completely different instructions over the approaching 12 months or two.
“So that they determined the most effective factor to do was give up whereas they had been forward and whereas they had been nonetheless buddies, as a result of they each actually cherish the friendship they’ve.”
How did Ellie Leach carry out throughout Strictly Come Dancing?
Ellie has loved Strictly success, with the previous Coronation Avenue star successful the present’s grand finale forward of co-stars Layton Williams, and Bobby Brazier.
Talking forward of the ultimate she mentioned: “Actually, I really feel so so fortunate to be within the closing, everybody on this competitors has been so superb.
“I’m doing it for the women! The final girl standing!
“I simply cherished the whole lot about this expertise. I simply really feel actually, actually grateful to be right here.”
She added: “I used to be so nervous in the beginning. I used to be like, ‘look, I’m actually sorry. There’s gonna be issues that I do not know if I can do’, and I used to be actually, actually scared.
“I’ve by no means had any dance expertise. I really can’t consider that we’re within the closing, and likewise how fast the time has gone.
“It appears like Christmas Eve each night time, such as you’re excited to get up Christmas Day.”
After her identify was introduced because the winner, Ellie advised hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly: “I really genuinely can’t consider this.”
Turning to her skilled associate Vito Coppola, who was in tears, she mentioned: “For when you’re crying greater than me, that is for you.”
He responded: “I imply that is just like the cherry on the cake, all of the bruises and blisters, you will have been so superb, you might be Strictly.
“You signify Strictly. You’re the diamond, you might be shining.”