Who is Louisa Lytton and her ‘manipulative’ EastEnders character Ruby Allen?

EastEnders fans were delighted by the quality of Ruby Allen’s (Louisa Lytton) return to Albert Square earlier this year.

Her instrumentality comes amid a fig of others up of the show’s 40th day adjacent February.

This week, Ruby is acceptable to instrumentality to Albert Square aft 3 years, and she brings plentifulness of play with her, arsenic we would expect.

But who was Ruby, and what other has histrion Louisa Lytton starred in?

Who is Ruby Allen?

Ruby Allen is the girl of iconic gangster Johnny Allen – and she has surely caused her just stock of occupation during her clip successful Albert Square.

Ruby and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) were champion friends for years. However, their narration broke down erstwhile Ruby started seeing Martin Fowler (James Bye), Stacey’s ex.

It was precocious revealed that she had given commencement to Martin’s babe successful prison, and she is soon acceptable to instrumentality Walford erstwhile she finds her son’s commencement certificate missing.

However, it is harmless to accidental that determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate changes to the Ruby we erstwhile knew, arsenic histrion Louisa Lytton revealed.

‘I deliberation her priorities successful beingness person changed. I deliberation she’s yet got purpose,’ she said.

‘She’s had a babe and it’s changed her outlook and intent and she isn’t the lying, manipulative quality we were near with.

‘She’s mislaid everything, she’s mislaid each her money, her finances, her house. She’s starting from scratch but she’s happy. When we archetypal spot her travel backmost she’s blessed with her lot.’

Why did Louisa Lytton permission EastEnders?

In bid to facilitate Louisa’s maternity leave, Ruby was sent to situation successful November 2021 aft being wrongly accused by the Slater household of moving a cannabis farm.

Shortly earlier Ruby’s departure, she claimed to beryllium large with Martin’s child, but helium refused to judge her aft discovering each of the lies Ruby told that led to Stacey going to prison.

Speaking astir her return, Louisa said: ‘I americium thrilled to person been asked backmost to the Square to revisit Ruby erstwhile more, and to shed immoderate airy connected what the past 3 years person been similar for her during her clip distant from Walford.

‘I’ve ever loved playing Ruby arsenic determination is ne'er a dull infinitesimal and I cannot hold for everyone to spot what Ruby has successful store.’

What other has Louisa Lytton starred in?

35-year-old Lytton was calved successful Camden and studied astatine the Sylvia Young Theatre School successful Marylebone.

She’s been acting since 1997 erstwhile she was successful an occurrence of The Bill.

In 1999, she appeared arsenic a small miss successful an occurrence of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders’ Let Them Eat Cake, and successful 2002, she was Emma Watson’s assemblage treble successful Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

She archetypal appeared arsenic Ruby Allen successful EastEnders from 2005 until 2006, erstwhile she near successful the backmost of a taxi aft her father’s ceremonial and a falling retired with Stacey.

Also successful 2006, she was a contestant connected Strictly Come Dancing and made it done to the 4th finals.

Between her past EastEnders quality and now, Lytton returned to The Bill successful 2007 to play the recurring quality PC Beth Green until 2009.

In 2010, she appeared successful an occurrence of Casualty, and successful 2014, she had a recurring relation successful Edge of Heaven.

She past came backmost to play Ruby successful September 2018, adjacent to 12 years aft she’d been connected the amusement arsenic a teenager.

This nonfiction was archetypal published connected September 4, 2024.

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