Louisa Lytton

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Louisa Claire Lytton
Born Louisa Claire Lytton
February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07) (age 19)
Camden, London, England
Occupation Actress


Louisa Claire Lytton ( Born 7th February 1989)[1] is an English actress from Islington, London. She rose to fame in 2005 when joining BBC One soap opera EastEnders as Ruby Allen. After leaving EastEnders in late 2006, Lytton joined The Bill as PC Beth Green. She also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in late 2006.

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[edit] Biography

Louisa is close friends with her EastEnders co-stars Kara Tointon, (Dawn Swann) Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater). She is also friends with singer and Strictly Come Dancing rival Emma Bunton.[2] She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London.

[edit] EastEnders

March 2005 - November 2006

Lytton made her first appearance in 'EastEnders' on 18 March 2005, playing gangster's daughter Ruby Allen. 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:[3][4] "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 broadcast in November 2006. On 1 December 2006 Lytton appeared on the ITV1 show Loose Women and confirmed that leaving EastEnders was not her decision,

[edit] Strictly Come Dancing

[edit] Autumn/Winter 2006

Lytton took part in the fourth series of the BBC One reality television programme Strictly Come Dancing, and at just 17 was the youngest contestant ever to have appeared on the show in the fifth series to date. Her professional dance partner was Vincent Simone. After several impressive performances she was eliminated in the quarter-finals, finishing in fourth place out of fourteen, losing out to Emma Bunton in a "dance-off" for a place in the last three. Despite this, Lytton appeared in the Christmas Special on Christmas Day with fellow contestants Mark Ramprakash, Matt Dawson and Emma Bunton, along with 2005's finalists Zoë Ball and Colin Jackson. This show was won by Jackson. Below is a scoring recap from start to finish.

Louisa began touring with Strictly on 18th January with Ex-EastEnders co-stars, Letitia Dean and Matt Di Angelo she ended the tour with 8 wins.

[edit] Performance

Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Hoorwood Phillips Goodman Tonioli Total
2 Quickstep / Don't Get Me Wrong 7 8 6 7 28 Safe
3 Jive / Smiley Faces 8 9 9 10 36 Safe
4 Foxtrot / Piece of My Heart 7 5 6 8 26 Safe
5 Salsa / Bailamos 6 8 7 8 29 Safe
6 Samba / Rhythm of the Night 8 8 8 8 32 Safe
7 Tango / Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
8 Paso Doble / Left Outside Alone 8 8 9 9 34 Safe
9 Viennese Waltz / That's Amore
Cha-Cha-Cha / Rescue Me		 8
9		 8
9		 8
9		 9
9		 33
36		 Safe
10 American Smooth / Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me
Rumba / (Everything I Do) I Do It For You		 7
7		 8
7		 8
7		 8
7		 31
28		 Eliminated


[edit] The Bill

[edit] May 2007 - present

On 16 May 2007 Lytton first appeared in The Bill. She plays new recruit PC Beth Green on the ITV1 police procedural The Bill. However this was not her first appearance on the popular police drama. She had previously appeared as a different character in an episode in 1997, coincidentally starring alongside familiar actor, Billy Murray who would later play her father in EastEnders. She is taking part in Strictly on tour starting in 2008 across the country, “I absolutely loved taking part in Strictly Come Dancing and jumped at the chance to take part in the live show, and thanks to my bosses at The Bill I’ve got the chance to get back out there and this time, fingers crossed, win it for the girls!”. she won numerous times, she appeared on BBC Breakfast for a second time in mid January 2008.

[edit] Other work/appearances

Lytton was Emma Watson's double in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[5][6][7].

Between leaving EastEnders and joining The Bill she made an appearance on the CBBC show Hider in the House as herself. She has appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show to promote her role in The Bill. She also appeared on Big Brother's Little Brother with Dermot O'leary. On June 26th 2007 she made a second appearance on lunchtime show Loose Women, this time promoting her recent addition to the cast of The Bill. Louisa also briefly appeared in Emma Bunton's video for her single Downtown for Children in Need.

On August 27, 2007, Louisa appeared on BBC's Test The Nation and was the top celebrity.

She attends numeous charity events throughout the year.

[edit] theatre work

In 2001 Lytton was on a musical prodution of les miserable. In 1998 when Lytton was only 9 she played the leading role in annie the musical as annie in a london theatre.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales,. Gives name at birth as "Louisa Claire Lytton", and birthdate.
  2. ^ Louisa Lytton - Biography
  3. ^ "EastEnders' Ruby leaving the show", CBBC Newsround, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-12-15. 
  4. ^ "Enders star goes for Ruby", The Sun, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-12-15. 
  5. ^ Filmography. fan site. louisalytton.net. Retrieved on August 27, 2007.
  6. ^ Louisa Lytton—Filmography by type. Internet Movie Database.
  7. ^ Louisa Lytton. Eastenders cast profile. BBC.

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