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
Laila Morse she brought to the screen, and further roles were forthcoming. Morse's first job on television was in "The Bill" for two episodes, which was followed by a regular role as Honky Mum in the BBC comedy series "Honky Sausages", and the character Molly in the 1999 TV production of "Great Expectations", which starred Ioan Gruffudd and Charlotte Rampling. In 2000, Morse played Laila in the hit film "Love, Honour and Obey", where she co-starred with Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Sean Pertwee, Denise Van Outen and Kathy Burke, who had been her co-star in "Nil by