Earlier than becoming a member of Emmerdale and competing on Strictly Come Dancing, Lewis Cope had already constructed a formidable and assorted profession. The 30-year-old has labored throughout TV, theatre, and modelling. At simply 11, he starred as Billy Elliot within the West Finish, and the next 12 months joined avenue dance group Ruff Diamond, who completed second on Sky’s Bought to Dance in 2013.

After two years with the group, Lewis shifted his focus to performing, touchdown roles in Vera, Hetty Feather, and Miss Sidhu Investigates. In 2020, he appeared in David Beckham’s Daring Intuition perfume marketing campaign, showcasing his dance abilities whereas sharing the story of his journey into the performing arts. He mentioned: “I’m from an enormous working class household. Most of my brothers do boxing, however it was simply by no means actually for me. I needed to bounce.”

After Lewis appeared within the marketing campaign, David admitted it was “nice” to satisfy him after posting the advert on Fb.

He wrote: “It was nice to satisfy Lewis Cope, Leo Jonah and That Humorous Blind Man. Thanks for sharing your inspiring tales and being a part of my new perfume launch, Daring Intuition.”

Lewis made his official debut on the Strictly dancefloor through the first stay present final weekend. The cleaning soap star, who portrayed Nicky Miligan on Emmerdale from late 2022 to 2024, carried out an lively Jive to The Temptations monitor, Get Prepared, along with his associate Katya Jones.

Craig Revel Horwood branded him a “superb” dancer, whereas Shirley Ballas mentioned that regardless of there being “lots to love”, the efficiency was overloaded with choreography.

Lewis and Katya acquired sevens throughout the board from the judges, giving them a complete rating of 28. They positioned second on the leaderboard, simply behind Karen Carney and Carlos Gu, who topped the night time with 31 out of 40.

Tonight they may carry out the Viennese Waltz to Lose Management by Teddy Swims.

Lewis turned a contestant on the present on the final minute as he stepped in for Sport of Thrones star Kristian Nairn after he withdrew from the competitors as a consequence of medical causes.

Of becoming a member of the forged, Lewis mentioned: “I am so excited to be swapping the Dales for the dance flooring and becoming a member of this 12 months’s Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve all the time been a fan of the present and can’t wait to get began!”