Star Facts
- Louisa’s cousin is Lisa Mafia of So Solid Crew
- She won Sexiest Female at the 2006 British Soap Awards
- At 17, Louisa is the youngest ever Strictly Come Dancing contestant
- Louisa was Emma Watson's double in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Louisa Lytton Quotes
I believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason. Leaving EastEnders, then I got to do Strictly - which I loved - what a mad few months!
Biography:
Former Eastenders and The Bill star Louisa has been dancing since the age of 3 and attended the famous Eastenders star conveyor belt that is the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
She rose to fame in 2005 when she joined the Eastenders cast as the daughter of scary gangster Johnny Allen, Ruby Allen. She became an instant lads mag star and won Sexiest Female at the 2006 British Soap Awards before leaving the show in 2006.
That same year she competed on the hit show Strictly Come Dancing. At age 17, she was the show’s youngest ever competitor and made to the quarter-finals. After leaving the show she toured with the Strictly Come Dancing live show in 2008, and was also the UK entry for the Eurovision Dance Contest in 2008, and finished 9th out of 14 countries.
In 2007, Louisa joined the cast of The Bill, playing PC Beth Green until March 2009. She’s since joined the British Shakespeare Company and starred in the seventh American Pie movie American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, which went straight to DVD in 2009.
Louisa’s had a run-in with the real Bill in early 2011, when she was arrested and charged for drink-driving. Until February 2007, she was dating JLS star Aston Merrygold