Rana Roy is an English

England

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 singer, dancer and actress of Egypt

Egypt

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ian and India

India

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n descent.

Bio

Rana Roy born 1 October 1986 (24) in London, U.K is an English actress, singer, dancer of Egyptian and Indian descent. She grew up with her father in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, traveling regularly to the U.S to stay with her mother.

Aged 9 Rana enrolled in dance classes as an extra curricular activity. Training with an amazing and inspiring teacher Sharmila Kamte, Rana dedicated all her energy to dance and started performing professionally by the age of 13.

At 16, she moved to London to attend a performing arts college, http://www.london-studio-centre.co.uk/London Studio Centre’. After graduating the 3 year course she worked as a backing dancer for various artists including, James Morrison, Melanie C from the Spice Girls and Corinne Bailey Rae.

Rana was a competitor on the BBC show ‘Dance X’ with Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonlioni as judges. Her team went on to win the show releasing a single and touring with U.S superstars Rihanna and Ciara around the U.K. They also released a workout video, ‘Dance Xtreme’.

Soon after finishing the tour Rana landed a lead role as Lola for a new ITV1 show ‘Britannia High’. It was a 9 episode drama series about 6 students in a performing arts college and included music videos in each episode. The soundtrack was released on an album with Universal Records and Rana got to work with top songwriters including Gary Barlow, Guy Chambers and Elliot Kennedy. The directors she worked with on the show were Brian Grant, Declan O’Dwyer and Minkie Spiro.

Britannia High along with having 8 merchandise and licensing deals, has gone global being bought by over 20 top television networks worldwide including MBC (Middle-East), HBO (Latin America), Seven Network and Nickelodeon (Australia).

Career

Roy has appeared as a dancer in many off TV, Film and Commercial productions including Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...

' - The Girls

The Girls (song)

"The Girls" is the second single of Scottish electropop artist Calvin Harris. It was released on 4 June 2007, prior to the release of his debut album, I Created Disco. "The Girls" was Harris' highest charting single on the Official UK Top 40, as of 10 June 2007, "The Girls" has reached a peak of #3...

 and Mel C

Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Jayne Chisholm is an English singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known simply as Melanie C . She is best known as one of the five members of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice"...

's - I Want Candy.

Roy played a role in a drama called Britanna High, where she played the character of 'Lola'-an aspiring dancer. The TV series was released on Dvd.

Roy was part of the BBC

BBC

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 show DanceX

DanceX

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 and was in Bruno Tonioli

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Bruno Tonioli is an Italian choreographer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing for BBC TV in the UK, and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US, Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX...

's winning team Pulse

Pulse (Music Group)

Pulse were the winners of the BBC reality show, Dance X. Readers of The Sun newspaper chose the band's name. They signed a recording contract with Gut Records, and released their first single, "Dancing in Repeat", as a digital download in August 2007, and as a CD single the following month...

. She starred as Lola

Lola Jonze

Lola Jonze is a fictional character in the popular TV series, Britannia High and is played by English actor Rana Roy.Lola is Britannia High's star dance pupil and is a feminine, silly and naïve character.-Episode 4 - Fame:...

 in the ITV

ITV

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 show Britannia High

Britannia High

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, alongside fellow DanceX

DanceX

DanceX is a reality television show produced in the UK for BBC One in 2007. It is a live show, in which two teams of male and female dancers compete to form a new dance group. Team Bruno won the show on August 25.-DanceX Presenter and Team Leaders:...

 winner Marcquelle Ward and Skins' Mitch Hewer.