
Rose Ayling-Ellis
Actor · b. 1994 · Hythe, Kent, England, UK
Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis is an English actress. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. She is best known for playing the role of Frankie Lewis, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2020–2022).
Series16
TV4.3SoapDramaThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
EastEnders
1985 · 230 votes
TV6.2DramaSoapDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Casualty
1986 · 88 votes
TV4.4Talk ShowA topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
The One Show
2006 · 31 votes
TV3.4Talk ShowA panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999 · 19 votes
TV5.7Talk ShowAdam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
The Last Leg
2013 · 26 votes
TV7.6KidsFamilyJoin a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009 · 8 votes
TV7.0RealityFour different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · 11 votes
TV7.8MysteryCrimeJohn Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.
Ludwig
2024 · 144 votes
TV6.4Action & AdventureDramaThe Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.
Doctor Who
2024 · 340 votes
TV7.0DocumentaryFamilyA British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · 27 votes
TV6.6CrimeDramaA deaf catering worker who is struggling to make ends meet is called upon by a police detective superintendent to lip-read the conversations of criminals.
Code of Silence
2025 · 44 votes
TV8.5Some of Walford’s biggest stars join Stacey Dooley to relive classic scenes, share behind-the-scenes stories and reveal secrets that are normally kept under wraps.
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square
2020 · 2 votes
TV6.4DramaRecently released prisoner Daniel Brennan embodies the struggle of a man caught between two worlds, unable to fully integrate into the hearing world and shunned by his closest friends and the wider deaf community following his heinous crime. Amidst this isolation, Brennan's only meaningful relationship is with his estranged daughter Carly, who he has not had any contact with since his arrest over a decade ago.
Reunion
2025 · 9 votes
TV6.6DocumentaryFollowing the same format of Doctor Who: Confidential, Steffan Powell takes audiences behind the scenes of each episode of BBC's Doctor Who.
Doctor Who: Unleashed
2024 · 5 votes
TV6.5DramaSamuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor who specialises in the development of hearing aids, is tasked with a secret mission by MI5 to use his technological expertise to contribute to western Cold War efforts. Following the tensions of the space race and the first hydrogen bomb test, Samuel's efforts factor in to the emergence of the modern world.
Summer of Rockets
2019 · 28 votes
TVDocumentaryAs Rose sets out to prove, it’s never too late to learn. Her ambitious plan to transform the lives of a group of old-timers is full of laughter and tears.
Movies6
Movie5.1HorrorA professor and his students perform a dangerous experiment that causes a young woman to lose her sanity.
The Quiet Ones
2014 · 725 votes
Movie5.7MysteryComedyIt's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark turn as competitors start being killed off in a host of warped and festive ways.
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaA young hard of hearing girl is caught off guard by a chance meeting with a deaf girl she's never seen before. Their curiosity is sparked instantly and they are both compelled by an eagerness to know more. However, it's not long before complications arise...
Almost
2020 · 1 votes
MovieSci fi drama (2018). In 2167, a fascist Government uses advances in gene therapy to wipe out Deafness and create a "perfect" society. A young Deaf time traveller is sent back to 2018 to find the inventor of the cure and change her mind before it's too late.
Reverberations
2018
MovieScience FictionTed Evan’s hugely moving and highly creative work applies documentary aesthetics to speculative-fiction subject matter in order to chart the imagined decline of Deaf culture over four decades.
The End
2011
MovieDocumentaryTV MovieActress and Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winner Rose Ayling-Ellis reveals the daily challenges, discrimination, and barriers which are faced by deaf individuals.