{"id":204857,"date":"2025-10-11T09:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204857\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:37:08","slug":"strictlys-a-dream-come-true-says-ellie-goldstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204857\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly&#8217;s a dream come true, says Ellie Goldstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ellie Goldstein says taking part in Strictly Come Dancing &#8220;is a dream come true&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor and model &#8211; the first person with Down&#8217;s syndrome to grace the cover of British Vogue &#8211; is a long-standing fan of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And she says she is &#8220;over the moon&#8221; to be starring in the latest season, where she is paired with Vito Coppola, 33, who first joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2022 as a choreographer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Strictly is a dream come true. I&#8217;ve wanted to do Strictly &#8211; here I am, I am doing it,&#8221; said Goldstein, 23, from Essex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the show moves on to week three, she described the experience as a &#8220;10 out of 10&#8221; and said she enjoyed dancing with her &#8220;patient&#8221; partner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Goldstein said she had even been enjoying the training.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola dancing on the TV show Strictly Come Dancing. She is wearing a colourful dress and Coppola is wearing a purple suit.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/05671641008b4583c543194f304fd50f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola say they are excited for week three of Strictly [PA Media]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress took to social media, posting about the support and love she has been getting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I have Down&#8217;s syndrome, but it doesn&#8217;t define me, not even close,&#8221; said Goldstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s actually the least interesting thing about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She told BBC Look East: &#8220;I think any person like me should be happy and go out there with confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Samba Barbie&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coppola said: &#8220;This week has been very intense and because it is movie week, we are doing samba from the movie Barbie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So we have to channel [the] Barbie character and Ken character and we are going to be a very upbeat samba Barbie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added: &#8220;We are very grateful and so many people are showing love to us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We always want to bring so much joy and smiles and happiness to everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Goldstein made her acting debut in 2025 as Nancy in the CBBC series Malory Towers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She has appeared in documentaries including Channel 4&#8217;s New Model Agency, featured in campaigns for Gucci and Adidas and been photographed for magazines including Glamour and Elle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC One at 18:05 BST on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Essex news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdqpb?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC Sounds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCEssex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcessex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCessex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More on this story<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ellie Goldstein says taking part in Strictly Come Dancing &#8220;is a dream come true&#8221;. 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