Oh Rose, that’s Strictly a scruffy makeover! Dancing star Ayling-Ellis larks about in old green fleece in far cry from BBC show’s sequins
It’s still a long way from the glitz and glamour of winning Strictly… but actress Rose Ayling-Ellis is hoping this role in a scruffy old green fleece will earn her just as much praise.
Rose, 29, who has been deaf since birth, is seen here hanging out in Hertfordshire on the set of the ITV thriller Code of Silence.
She plays a deaf catering worker who becomes a hero by lip-reading the conversations of criminals and helping to put them behind bars.
The ITV synopsis reads: ‘She struggles to make ends meet, juggling two jobs – in a police canteen and a local bar – while also trying to support her deaf mother.
Rose Ayling-Ellis, 29, is pictured hanging out in Hertfordshire on the set of ITV thriller Code of Silence
She plays a deaf catering worker who becomes a hero by lip-reading the conversations of criminals
Former Strictly winner and Eastenders star Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to star in a new ITV drama
Rose Ayling-Ellis is seen laughing after having fun between filming Code of Silence on ITV
The new ITV series is billed as a ‘thrilling thriller in six parts’. (Ayling-Ellis can be seen joking around on set)
Ayling-Ellis left EastEnders in 2022 after playing the deaf character Frankie Lewis for two years
Rose Ayling-Ellis hopes this role in a scruffy old green fleece jacket will earn her as much acclaim as she did in Strictly
The six-episode drama is Rose’s first major role since winning Strictly in 2021 with Giovanni Pernice (pictured)
‘When a policewoman asks her to lip-read the conversations of dangerous criminals, she is plunged into an exciting new world.’
The six-episode drama is Rose’s first major role since winning Strictly in 2021 with Giovanni Pernice. Pernice has since quit the dance show amid allegations of bullying, which he denies.
They also won the ‘must-see moment’ award at the Baftas for their silent dance to Clean Bandit’s Symphony.
She left EastEnders in 2022, after playing the deaf character Frankie Lewis for two years.
Earlier this year she was awarded an MBE (Master of British Behaviour) in the King’s Birthday Honours for her voluntary work with the deaf community.