Rose Ayling-Ellis
Rose Ayling-Ellis is a English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is deaf and a British Sign Language user.
Personal life
As a child, Ayling-Ellis took part in a filming weekend run by the National Deaf Children’s Society. During the weekend, she met deaf film director Ted Evans, who later cast her in his award-winning short film The End.[1] She then applied to Deafinitely Youth Theatre.[2]
Career
Ayling-Ellis has taken part in a number of stage productions, among which Mother Courage (Royal Exchange);[3] Faith, Hope And Charity R&D (National Theatre) and Herons Workshop (Lyric Hammersmith).
Her TV credits include Summer of Rockets and Casualty (BBC 2).[4] She also appears in The Vamps music video for Middle of the Night, and in the short Almost with Vilma Jackson.[5]
Since 2020, Ayling-Ellis has been playing the character of Frankie Lewis in the BBC's long running soap opera, Eastenders. Her character was originally written by the deaf journalist and scriptwriter Charlie Swinbourne.[6][7]
In 2021, Ayling-Ellis was announced to be participating in the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
References
- ^ "The End (Zoom Focus 2011)". BSL Zone.
- ^ "Starring in EastEnders | My deafness didn't stop me". www.ndcs.org.uk.
- ^ "Mother Courage and Her Children review – canny power from Julie Hesmondhalgh". the Guardian. 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Meet: Rose Ayling-Ellis, star of BBC's Summer of Rockets". The Limping Chicken. 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Almost". BSL Zone.
- ^ Patterson, Stephen (1 February 2021). "EastEnders star confirms Frankie's deaf identity will be explored further". Metro.
- ^ Peake, Amber (20 October 2020). "Rose Ayling-Ellis age: How old is Frankie Lewis actress in EastEnders in real life?". Express.co.uk.