Education
Later she chose to specialise in Ballroom so as not to directly compete against her brother.
Later she chose to specialise in Ballroom so as not to directly compete against her brother.
She became a professional dancer on the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Strictly Come Dancing in 2014. She has also featured on Burn the Floor. 1s Keith and Judy Clifton.
In 2000 Clifton moved to Bologna, Italy to train with Team Diablo, the biggest dance school in Europe.
She was initially partnered with Marco Cavallaro reaching sixth in the world in amateur rankings with him. In 2013 they were amongst ten other professional dancing couples to be invited to perform at the Kremlin.
Clifton danced with Bosco competitively until his retirement on 15 December 2013. She retired from competitive dancing on 19 December 2013.
In 2014, Clifton was confirmed as a professional dancer on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Strictly Come Dancing.
She was partnered with the DJ Scott Mills. They made it through to week 6 but were eliminated in the Halloween show. Clifton remained part of the professional line up for the following series but was not given a partner for the main show.
In 2015 Clifton appeared in her first musical production Face The Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre playing Street Walker in which she received an Offie nomination for her role.