Laila Rouass Laila Rouass Laila Abdesselam Rouass (born 22 June 1971) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Amber Gates in "Footballers' Wives" (2004–2006) and Sahira Shah in "Holby City" (2011–12). She has also starred in "Primeval" and "Spooks" and been a contestant on "Strictly Come Dancing", in which she finished fourth. Rouass was born in Stepney, London to a Moroccan father and an Indian mother. Rouass worked as a VJ on Channel V in India in the 1990s. While on Channel V, she appeared in a music video for the band Colour Blind, directed by the
Gypsy in Amber Gypsy in Amber Gypsy in Amber is a 1971 mystery novel by American novelist Martin Cruz Smith as "Martin Smith". It was first published on January 1, 1971 through Putnam and was Smith's second novel and first mystery novel. "Gypsy in Amber" was nominated for an Edgar Award. The novel was optioned for a television series in 1974 with the title "Roman Grey". A pilot episode was filmed but not picked up for a full series. The pilot episode was aired as a TV movie entitled "The Art of Crime" and was poorly received. The story's protagonist is Romano Grey,