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 a long way from the glitz and glamour of winning Strictly… but actress Rose Ayling-Ellis hopes this role in a scruffy old green fleece coat will earn her just as much acclaim.

Rose, 29, who has been deaf since birth, is pictured larking around in Hertfordshire on the set of ITV thriller Code of Silence.

She plays a deaf catering worker who becomes a heroine by lip-reading criminals’ conversations to help to put them behind bars.

ITV’s synopsis says: ‘She’s struggling to make ends meet, juggling two jobs, in a police canteen and a local bar, while also doing her best to support her deaf mum.

‘When a policewoman calls on her to lip-read the conversations of dangerous criminals, she is plunged into a new, exhilarating world.’

The six-episodes drama is Rose’s first major role since winning Strictly in 2021 with Giovanni Pernice, who has since quit the dance show over bullying claims, which he denies.

They also won the ‘must-see moment’ award at the Baftas for their silent dance to Clean Bandit’s song Symphony.

She left EastEnders in 2022, after playing deaf character Frankie Lewis for two years.

Earlier this year she was awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for voluntary services to the deaf community.