Laila Rouass

Laila Rouass is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Amber Gates on British television drama Footballers' Wives and as Dr Sarah Page on British science fiction show Primeval.

Rouass was born in London to Moroccan-Indian parents. She studied at the short lived London branch of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute before finding success as a VJ on Channel V and Television Personality in Mumbai, India.

After shifting to the UK, Rouass became famous for playing the role of Bollywood actress Amber Gates in the Cult ITV1 series Footballers' Wives between 2004 and 2006 and albeit briefly, on the ITV2 spin-off series Footballers' Wives: Extra Time. She has also played recurring roles on the British soap operas Family Affairs, Hollyoaks, appeared in episodes of I Dream, Casualty and Meet the Magoons and starred alongside Meera Syal in the television adaptation of her Novel Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee. Rouass was ranked #87 and #69 on FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004 and FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005 respectively.

In 2005 Rouass married businessman and millionaire owner of The Accessory People retail chain and Asian Woman Magazine (AIM Ltd), Nasa Khan.

At the official press launch for the Seventh Series of Strictly Come Dancing it was announced that Rouass would be participating in the BBC One reality show, paired with professional dancer Anton Du Beke.