FORMER Coronation Road star Ellie Leach is ready to bounce again from heartbreak by signing for the upcoming sequence of Strictly Come Dancing.
The actress, who left the ITV1 cleaning soap after enjoying Faye Windass since 2011, just lately break up from her boyfriend mannequin Reagan Pettman after 5 years collectively.
Now Ellie, 22, might welcome the notorious “Strictly curse” which sees celeb contestants fall in love with the attractive execs on the BBC1 dance present.
A TV insider mentioned: “This could possibly be simply the tonic for Ellie, who’s had some large life adjustments this 12 months and will do with one thing contemporary to give attention to.
“In addition to splitting from Reagan she left Corrie, a present which she successfully grew up on as she joined the forged when she was only a baby.
“It’s going to take some adjusting to, however Strictly is a part of opening up a brand new chapter for Ellie.
“The dance contest may even give her an opportunity to get glammed up in a approach which she not often did on the cobbles of Weatherfield as Faye was a relatively frumpy character.
“The one time Ellie was seen dressed to the nines was when she was strolling the pink carpet at occasions as herself.”
It was Could when single mum Faye was seen leaving the cleaning soap, shifting to Slough to be with Jackson Hodge, the person who received her pregnant on the age of 12.
Ellie is steeped in Corrie as a result of she is the cousin of Brooke Vincent, 31, who’s finest recognized for taking part in Sophie Webster on the present for 15 years.
Strictly bosses will likely be hoping it will carry an additional sparkle of stardust when Ellie’s kinfolk are invited into the studio to assist her throughout the contest.
Her addition to the line-up, which has but to be confirmed by the BBC, will see the present join the “full cleaning soap set” because it’s already set to incorporate former Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas, 34, in addition to EastEnders’ Bobby Brazier, 20, who’s the late Jade Goody’s son.
Strictly declined to remark “on hypothesis” however are set to announce all of the rivals inside weeks because the twenty first sequence of the present begins in September.