Lytton talks about upset at leaving 'Eastenders'

Louisa Lytton was devastated when she left 'EastEnders'.

The actress - who played Ruby Allen in the BBC soap - says it was not her choice to leave and was upset because it was her first job since leaving drama school.

The 20-year-old star said: "I went straight into it at the age of 16. I did two years. It was very surreal. You are at school one day and then within a week I was on the set filming. It was all new to me and I loved it. I was so lucky, just the fact that I was working.

"From the age of 11, all I ever wanted to do was to work, and so to be appearing on a massive TV series was just amazing. It was upsetting at the time. Leaving 'EastEnders' was not my choice."

Despite her initial disappointment, Lytton says everything has turned out for the better because she landed a role in 'The Bill' and also appeared in 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

She said in an interview with the Little Hampton Gazette: "But from there I have gone on to do Strictly and then The Bill. I got an awful lot from EastEnders. There is so much that you can learn."