ITV Corrie star Ellie Leach stuns in orange mini dress as she finds her perfect holiday colour

She's been involved in some of the soap's most harrowing storylines as Coronation Street's Faye Windass. But soap star Ellie Leach was sunshine personified as she stepped out in a zesty orange dress on her hols.

Ellie, 21, from Bury, looked a world away from Faye's woes on the famous cobbles as she posed in her tangerine dream of a holiday outfit. She showed off her golden glow in her ruched ruffle-detail mini dress as she headed out for the night.

"First night on our hols," she wrote with a matching orange love-heart emoji on her Instagram. Ellie, who has played Faye for 11 years, accessorised her summer dress with gold sandals and a matching quilted clutch.

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She wore her brunette tresses in beachy curls and looked happy and relaxed as she struck a series of poses for the camera. And the compliments came flooding in.

Her Coronation Street co-star cousin Brooke Vincent, who plays Sophie Webster, commented: "Prinny x" Paddy Bever, who plays Max Turner in the soap, shared a love heart and flame emoji. And Millie Gibson who plays Kelly Neelan gasped: "Okay beauty."

Her followers agreed that she had found her perfect outfit colour. kazzycoops commented: "LOVE that colour on you El you look beautiful." keneggerton said: "Gorgeous the colour suits you xx" And xo_paige_rose_xo messaged: "Oooo love the colour! It certainly makes you pop! Orange suits you!"

Back in May Ellie enjoyed a sunshine break with her boyfriend Reagan Pettman. The pair holidayed in Lindos on the Greek island of Rhodes and she shared a selection of snaps from her idyllic holiday with entrepreneur Reagan.

During her 11 years in the nation's longest-running