Zaraah Abrahams
In 2008, Zaraah Abrahams replaced Michael Underwood after he was injured, as a contestant on ITV's Dancing on Ice.
Zaraah Abrahams had been a reserve on Dancing on Ice and so had kept up her skating since November 2007 but it was only when Michael Underwood pulled out that she started practising with skating partner Fred Palascak.
Nevertheless in her first week on Dancing on Ice she scored a very respectable 18.5.
In weeks 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Dancing on Ice, Zaraah and Fred were involved in the skate-off, but in all four cases survived, so that they made it to the final three.
Although Zaraah Abrahams and Fred Palascak skated their best yet in the final, they lost out to Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers and Chris Fountain & Frankie Poultney to have the chance to dance Bolero in the final two couples.
Zaraah Abrahams was born in 1988.
She went to the Italia Conti stage school and as a youngster played Magda in ITV's Girls in Love.
Zaraah Abrahams then became known to a wider audience playing Underworld factory worker Joanne Jackson for two-and-a-half years in Coronation Street.
After leaving Coronation Street, Zaraah Abrahams joined the BBC drama Waterloo Road, where she plays one of the pupils, Michaela.
According to What's on TV, Zaraah Abrahams "is a qualified dance teacher in tap, ballet and jazz."