Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach has opened up about life after walking away with the glitterball the BBC show in 2023. The 23-year-old, who appeared on the series last year with dance partner Vito Coppola, is currently appearing in Cluedo 2 at Cardiff ’s New Theatre. Ellie, who plays Miss Scarlett in the comedy-mystery play, told WalesOnline: “I've always said that Strictly changed my life, and I think that people go, ‘I don't know how a dance competition can change your life,’ but it's so much more than that.
I built so much confidence when doing Strictly that probably, if I hadn’t have done it, I maybe wouldn't have said yes to doing Cluedo because I was so scared about doing theatre and being in front of a live audience and having that reaction straight away. “It's scary. It's something that's completely out of my comfort zone and new to me.
Strictly gave me that confidence to be like, you know what, I’m going to try something new.” READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing 2024 rumoured line-up: All the stars expected to sign up READ MORE: Strictly's Amy Dowden says 'why not' as she shares gorgeous pictures Cluedo 2, which is based on the popular Hasbro board game, has been written by BAFTA Award winners Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran and directed by Mark Bell, the director of the original hit UK production of Cluedo and the global hit, The Play That Goes Wrong. Ellie, who has been appearing in the show across the country, said that life has been “very,.