Who is Strictly Come Dancing 2025 star Amber Davies’ boyfriend?
The Love Island star makes her Strictly debut tonight.
Strictly Come Dancing returns this evening with its first live show – and a new addition to the BBC line-up after Dani Dyer was forced to back out.
Amber Davies, 28, is stepping into her spot to dance alongside professional partner Nikita Kuzmin.
The West End performer first soared to fame on Love Island in 2017, which she ultimately won with then-partner Kem Cetinay.
The couple split just a few months out of the ITV villa, but Davies went on to secure a number of brand collaborations off the back of her Mallorca stint, including a £500,000 deal to be the face of Motel Rocks.
Born in Denbigh, North Wales, Davies trained in musical theatre at the Urdang Academy in London and has gone on to pursue a career on the stage following her reality TV fame.
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A year after she left the Love Island villa, her West End debut was confirmed with a role as office girl July Bernly in the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5.
Davies will make her Strictly debut this weekend (Picture: BBC/PA Wire) The couple both starred in Back to the Future (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images)She has since gone on to appear in a variety of stage productions, including Bring It On, Back to the Future and Pretty Woman, in which she landed the lead role of Vivian Ward.
She’s set to play Reese Witherspoon’s role of Elle Woods in a Legally Blonde musical next year, which will tour across the UK and Ireland.
And this isn’t her first foray into the world of reality competition shows, having competed on Dancing on Ice last year. She made it to the semi-final before being eliminated in week eight.
It was on the stage that Davies met her boyfriend of three years, Ben Joyce, who is also a musical theatre performer.
Who is Ben Joyce? Davies and Joyce have been together for three years (Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)Like Davies, Joyce is a Welsh performer, having graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a First.
He made his professional debut in 2021 as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, before he went on to play Marty McFly in Back to the Future – where he met Davies – as well as securing a role in the Amazon Prime Video show The Power.
When did Amber and Ben start dating?Joyce first started posting couple snaps with Davies three years ago – which would make sense, since it was in 2022 that both appeared in the Back to the Future musical.
Since then, the pair have been on holiday to Greece and Mexico together. In June, Davies celebrated having moved into a new home together.
Comment nowHave your say in the comments belowComment Now What is Ben Joyce’s response to Amber’s Strictly news?Joyce was quick to throw his support behind Davies when she was announced as Dyer’s replacement. Underneath one of her Strictly Come Dancing posts on social media, he commented: ‘Does she ever stop?!! No she doesn’t!!’
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday and Sunday nights.
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