EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to return to our screens in a dramatic fashion, new pictures show.
The actress, who played Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap, has bagged herself a role in new six-part crime drama Code of Silence.
Rose takes on the role of Alison Brooks, who is a deaf canteen worker struggling to make ends meet as she tries to support her mum.
However, she is soon pulled into a high-stakes police investigation when she is asked to use her lip-reading skills to monitor a dangerous criminal gang.
As her interpretation of their covert conversations becomes central to the investigation, Alison is plunged into an exhilarating new world.
Her role quickly becomes key to unlocking the police case, but her feelings become complicated when she finds herself drawn to one of the suspects…
New pictures show a thrilling sequence that sees Rose’s character Alison knocked off her bike by an oncoming car after leaving a pub.
Also joining the cast of Code of Silence are Kieron Moore, Charlotte Ritchie and Andrew Buchan.
EastEnders fans will know Rose best as Frankie Lewis, the daughter of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer).
She arrived on the Square in 2020 as part of a big story that saw Mick learn that he was her dad, while coming to terms with the fact that he had been abused by social worker Katy as a child.
During her time on the show, Frankie was part of some huge storylines, including one that saw her followed home and harassed on a night out.
In 2022, Frankie left Walford for a new job in Scotland, leaving her family behind.
Rose was the first deaf actress to be cast on the show and has inspired many fans with disabilities.
During her time on EastEnders, Rose appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and went on to win the series with dance partner Giovanni Pernice.
Following her departure from EastEnders, she has starred in theatre and TV, as well as fronting her own documentary and presenting this year’s Paralympics.
Speaking about the presenting opportunity, she said it was ‘a great opportunity to show people what us disabled people can do.
‘It breaks people’s barriers of understanding what we are capable of. Really, though, we shouldn’t be trying to prove this to people.’
She continued: ‘It is really exciting that I am the first deaf person to host a live sports TV show.
‘People seem to think that hosting a show is also to do with hearing, but now I’m here to prove that doesn’t have to be.’
