She may be best known for her 19 month run (2012–13) portraying the character Alice Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
[1] She appeared in various stage productions between 2005 and 2009, including The Wizard of Oz, Twelfth Night, 1963 They had a Dream and The Wind in the Willows.
In 2011, Banks made guest appearances in two BBC productions for television: She played the role of Belinda Stuart in an episode of the daytime soap opera Doctors,[2] and she played the role of Lauren in an episode of the sitcom Life of Riley entitled "Absent Friends".
[4][5] Banks said she was a long-time fan of EastEnders and that she was "thrilled" to be joining the soap opera as part of the Branning family.
[6] Alice's character departed from the show on 24 December 2013, after being falsely charged for the murder of her lover, Michael Moon.