Louisa Lytton

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Louisa Lytton

Birth name	Louisa Claire Lytton
Born	February 7, 1989 (age 17) Camden, London, England, UK
Height	4 ft 7 in (1.4 m)
Notable roles	Ruby Allen (EastEnders)

Louisa Claire Lytton^[1] (born 7 February 1989) is an English actress from Camden, London. She is best known for playing Ruby Allen, in BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

[edit] Career

Lytton attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and prior to EastEnders had played characters in Ali G Indahouse, The Bill and French & Saunders. She was also Emma Watson's double in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Lytton made her first appearance in EastEnders on March 18, 2005.

Weeks after winning the 'Sexiest Female' award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006 it was reported that Lytton would be leaving EastEnders in November 2006. On the exit of her character, Lytton had commented^[2],^[3]: "I've really enjoyed my time at EastEnders. It has been a great experience which I will never forget but I am now looking forward to trying new things."

Lytton's final scenes were indeed broadcast in November 2006. On 1 December 2006 Lytton appeared the ITV show Loose Women and confirmed that leaving Eastenders was not her decision, indicating that she would have liked to have carried on in the role, but the show's producers had decided not to renew her contract. She also stated that her final scenes were originally much longer with more impact, but for reasons unknown to her, they were heavily cut, resulting in a far less dramatic ending than the actress would have hoped for.

Lytton took part in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and she was both the shortest and the youngest ever contestant to appear on the show. She was eliminated from the show in the quarter-finals, losing out to Emma Bunton. She finished in fourth place out of fourteen.