[4] She took Saturday drama classes at Top Hat Stage School[5] and participated in Michael Xavier's MX Masterclass on Sundays,[6] of which she is now a patron.
[7] Banks made her television debut in 2011 with minor roles in EastEnders and Call the Midwife, both on BBC One.
She joined the West End production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane as Violet Beauregarde before its closure in 2017.
She alternated the roles Pandora Braithwaite in the 2017 off-West End production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ at the Menier Chocolate Factory[11] and Lisa James in The Boy in the Dress at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2019.
Banks also returned to television in 2022 with a recurring role as Brooke in the BBC iPlayer teen drama Rebel Cheer Squad, a Get Even spinoff.