BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Ellie Leach sends 'finished' message months after new role

Ellie Leach sent a 'finished' message to fans months after starting her first major job since leaving Coronation Street and winning Strictly Come Dancing.

The actress shot to fame playing Faye Windass in the ITV soap, a role she held for more than a decade until her exit in early 2023. She then later signed up for the 21st series of Strictly and after 13 weeks of learning how to dance and performing her heart out each week in front of millions of viewers' eyes alongside professional dance partner Vito Coppola, the pair emerged victorious.

Ellie and Vito faced stiff competition in the grand final back in December from Dianne Buswell and Bobby Brazier and Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and were left speechless when host Tess Daly confirmed they were the winners of the BBC One dance contest before they lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy.

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Ellie and Vito then joined a number of their co-stars from the last series of the show performed in arenas up and down the UK in the Strictly Come Dancing Live 2024 tour before the dance partners and friends went their separate ways.

It was then that Ellie landed her first stage role in the play Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter. She took over the role of Miss Scarlett from fellow former Corrie star Helen Flanagan at the eleventh hour and hit the ground running following the end of the Strictly tour in February.

Previously speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Ellie admitted she had initially been so nervous to even agree to take part in Strictly - but now hails it as changing her life. She said: