{"id":43755,"date":"2024-01-14T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1959490"},"modified":"2024-01-14T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:57:48","slug":"who-is-roxy-shahidi-dancing-on-ice-2024-contestant-and-emmerdale-actress","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-roxy-shahidi-dancing-on-ice-2024-contestant-and-emmerdale-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Roxy Shahidi? Dancing on Ice 2024 contestant and Emmerdale actress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shahidi is one of four soap stars in the competition this year. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 14 January 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi will be donning her skates this weekend as she prepares to perform her first routine in front of the judges in this year\u2019s Dancing on Ice<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The actress will be skating alongside ice dancer Sylvain Longchambon. Longchambon hails from France and over the course of his career has won two silver medals on the 1999-2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a bronze at the 2001 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and a bronze at the 2002 French Championships, with Caroline Truong.<\/p>\n

Shahidi will be competing against the likes of Claire Sweeney, Greg Rutherford MBE and Ricky Hatton MBE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keen to know more about the actress? Read on for everything you need to know about Dancing on Ice contestant Roxy Shahidi ahead of the show\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

Who is Roxy Shahidi?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Roxy Shahidi and Sylvain Longchambon. ITV<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Age: <\/strong>40<\/p>\n

Job: <\/strong>Actress<\/p>\n

Instagram: <\/strong>@roxyshahidi<\/a><\/p>\n

X (formerly Twitter): <\/strong>@roxyshahidi<\/a><\/p>\n

Dance partner: <\/strong>Sylvain Longchambon<\/p>\n

Roxy Shahidi is best known for her role on Emmerdale<\/a> as Leyla Harding. She joined the ITV soap back in 2008 before exiting in 2011. She later returned for two episodes in 2013 before reprising her role permanently in January 2014.<\/p>\n

Shahidi has an array of theatre credits to her name, including East is East, Christie Malry\u2019s Own Double Entry and Arabian Nights.<\/p>\n

As well as her acting career, Shahidi has launched a Yoga Lunch Club and also shares yoga videos on her YouTube channel.<\/p>

What has Roxy Shahidi said about joining Dancing on Ice 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In an exclusive chat with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Shahidi said her journey on Dancing on Ice so far has been \u201cintense\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been ups and downs,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere have been days where you really feel like you\u2019ve come on loads and it\u2019s really enjoyable and then other days where you\u2019re like, \u2018Wow, I want to make this stop now\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, she did note that there have been more up days than downs.<\/p>