Dancing On Ice favourite Amber Davies wins new role as ‘lead character’ on Coronation Street after impressing soap bosses: ‘This is like a dream come true for her’
Dancing on Ice favorite Amber Davies is set to star in Coronation Street after bosses created a role for her due to her popularity since winning Love Island.
MailOnline can reveal she is joining the ITV soap this summer in what sources have described as a ‘main character’ role on the programme.
Davies, who won Love Island in 2017, auditioned for a role on the cobbles 18 months ago but lost the top job to another star.
Since seeing her popularity rise, ITV bosses created a new role for her and called her back earlier this year to offer her the job which she was reportedly ‘excited’ about and accepted.
A source close to Davies told MailOnline: ‘This is like a dream come true for her, Amber can’t believe it, she’s so excited.’
Dancing on Ice favorite Amber Davies is set to star in Coronation Street after bosses created a role for her due to her popularity since winning Love Island
Since winning Love Island with ex-boyfriend Kem Cetinay, Davies has pursued a professional acting career after training at Urdang Academy in her youth.
In 2019, she starred in Dolly Parton’s West End musical 9 to 5 before landing a leading role in the 2021 theatrical adaptation of the musical Bring It On.
In October 2023, she famously played Julia Roberts in the West End musical Pretty Woman.
The show toured the UK and Davies himself received rave reviews.
Since starring in the latest series of Dancing on Ice, she has quickly become the favorite to win.
Before the show started, she had to hit back at claims she had an unfair advantage on Dancing On Ice because of her dancing background.
Earlier this week, she also announced a new career move that will see her hosting a podcast.
She will be the host of a new theater-focused podcast called Your 5-Minute Call.
MailOnline can reveal she is joining the ITV soap this summer in what sources have described as a ‘main character’ on the program
Davies, who won Love Island with her ex Kem Cetinay in 2017, auditioned for a role on the cobbles 18 months ago but lost the top job to another star
“I wanted to create a happy space where we can have good, healthy conversations about the highs, the lows, the good and the more challenging times when it comes to the industry we all live, breathe and worship in,” she told her 1, 3 million Instagram followers.
‘We’ve got the most iconic West End guests joining us (emoji on the side) and I can’t wait for us all to travel together, the theater community really is WHERE IT IS!!!’.
Davies is now in a relationship with her West End leading man Ben Joyce, who played Marty McFly in the stage adaptation of the hit 1985 film Back To The Future.
She played Lorraine Baines McFly, the mother of Ben’s character who flirts with him after he travels back in time in his space age motorcycle.
The TV personality admitted to the relationship when she appeared on Lorraine in October 2022, saying: ‘I accidentally fell in love with my co-star’.
She has since built a career on the West End and in October 2023 she famously played Julia Roberts in the West End musical Pretty Woman (pictured)
She went on to talk about her new boyfriend, describing him as an “absolute ray of sunshine,” as she said, “He is an absolute powerhouse of talent… and he is one of the kindest, most caring people I have ever met. ‘
Their new romance came shortly after Amber cleared her Instagram of any traces of her on-off boyfriend Nick Kyriacou. It is not clear when they parted ways.
The former couple met during lockdown in 2020 after being introduced by a mutual friend.
Davies and Kyriacou had split several times during their relationship, but were thought to be heading towards an engagement.