EastEnders legend confirms new role just weeks after returning to Albert Square
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EastEnders star Louisa Lytton is swapping the Square for the stage as she takes on a new role away from the BBC soap. The Ruby Allen actress, 35, reprised her part last month for an extended stint to coincide with the upcoming 40th Anniversary celebrations.
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She’s one of the latest in a long line of returnees who have reprised their Walford counterparts over last year. Her return story was ‘sealed’ when Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) had heard from Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) that Ruby had given birth to a son two years ago.
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After she confessed to Martin Fowler (James Bye) that the child was likely his, Ruby burst into the room and confessed all. She initially denied having him in her care – saying that he had been placed up for adoption – but it soon transpired that he had been hospitalised and was awaiting an organ transplant.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Things have been frosty between Martin and Ruby ever since, as his plot to get custody was exposed by Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).
Now, Louisa has stepped away to appear in a leg of A Girl on the Train. She will be playing the lead role of Rachel Watson between 15th April and 31st May, before presenter Laura Whitmore takes over. The production follows a woman who awaits her daily train journeys so she can get a glimpse of the ‘perfect’ through the window.
