Michelle Tsiakkas
Michelle Tsiakkas is a Cypriot professional ballroom and Latin dancer, who has appeared as a professional on the BBC television dance show Strictly Come Dancing since 2022.
Early and personal life
Tsiakkas was born in Cyprus on 29 August 1995. She is of Sri Lankan heritage. She first started dancing at the age of six in her home country and has reached Latin dance champion status, having won national titles consecutively between 2001 and 2011 before moving to London to study.Tsiakkas is in a relationship with Simone Arena, a professional dancer on the Belgian, Italian and Irish versions of Dancing with the Stars.
Career
Tsiakkas has appeared in the live dance show Burn the Floor alongside fellow Strictly professionals Dianne Buswell, Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe and Jowita Przystał.''Strictly Come Dancing''
In July 2022, it was announced that Tsiakkas was joining the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer, alongside Vito Coppola, Carlos Gu, and Lauren Oakley. Tsiakkas received her first partner, the EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, in the twenty-second series. They were eliminated in Week 10. She danced with Brian McFadden in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.| Series | Partner | Place | Average Score |
| 22 | Jamie Borthwick | 7th | 31.7 |
Series 22
Celebrity partner: Jamie Borthwick- numbers indicates when Jamie and Michelle were at the top of the leaderboard.
- numbers indicates when Jamie and Michelle were at the bottom of the leaderboard.