Laila Rouass one of the presenters of "The Channel 4 TV Book Club". She participated in the seventh series of "Strictly Come Dancing", a BBC One reality show, paired with professional dancer Anton Du Beke, and alongside "Footballers' Wives" co-star Zöe Lucker. The pair made it to the last four before being voted off the show on 6 December. She failed to show up for the final on 19 December to reprise her partnership with Anton Du Beke. The show's host, Bruce Forsyth, offered no reason for her absence although he did do so for the other missing celebrity, Phil Tufnell, who
Laila Rouass for the film. She played Maya Lahan, a regular character introduced in the ninth series of BBC One drama "Spooks" which broadcast from September 2010. She guest starred as the evil Colonel Karim in "The Sarah Jane Adventures" in October 2010. Rouass then joined the cast of the BBC medical drama "Holby City", appearing from February 2011 as registrar Sahira Shah. She left "Holby City" on 17 April 2012, after just 14 months on the show, to take a break to spend time with her family. The door has been left open for her to return. She is also currently