Amy Dowden

Dowden has suffered from Crohn's disease since she was a child. In May 2019, she spoke out about the impact the condition has had on her career as a professional dancer.

In 2019 she appeared as a professional dancer in the seventeenth series of the show partnered with CBBC presenter, Karim Zeroual. The pair received the first perfect 40 of the series for their Jive in Week 11.

In 2019, Dowden headlined her own tour ‘Here Come The Girls’ with fellow Strictly Professional Dancers- Dianne Buswell and Chloe Hewitt. Dowden has also taken part in The Strictly Live Tour since 2018. In 2020, she will perform with a celebrity partner for the first time on The Live Tour, her 2019 partner Karim Zeroual. Dowden announced her appearance at 2020 Dancing With The Stars Weekend at Celtic Manor Resort Hotel.

Dowden returned for her second series in 2018 where she was partnered with Danny John-Jules. The couple were awarded the first 10 score of the series when Darcey Bussell marked their Jive to "Flip, Flop and Fly" in week 5. The couple were eliminated in Week 8 after losing a dance off to Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse, their elimination came days after controversial bullying allegations, with tabloids reporting that John-Jules had reduced Dowden to tears.

In 2017 Dowden appeared as a professional dancer in the fifteenth series of the British BBC TV talent show Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with comedian Brian Conley.

Amy Dowden (born 10 August 1991) is a ballroom and Latin American dancer from Wales. Dowden and her dancing partner Ben Jones are the current British National Champions in Latin American Dance. Dowden was a finalist in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with Karim Zeroual in 2019.

Dowden was born in Caerphilly, South Wales in 10 August 1991) and began dancing at the age of eight. She is engaged to Ben Jones, her professional dance partner, and together they run the Art in Motion dance school in Dudley.