Sue first appears in 1996 for her sister April Branning's (Debbie Arnold) wedding to her fiancé Nikos (Yorgos Glastras), along with her children, Rebecca (Alice Dawnay) and Kevin (Jamie Dispirito).

In July 2008, her brother Max Branning (Jake Wood) receives a series of calls from Sue, now known as Suzy, asking for financial help.

After some heavies turn up at the salon, Phil takes her to his home, The Queen Victoria public house, and she thanks him for saving her by sleeping with him.

She tells Phil she is pregnant but it is a lie and she plans to con him out of his money to pay her ex-boyfriend Ahmet (Tamer Hassan).

Shirley and her best friend Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) discover that Suzy is still buying tampons and realise she is not pregnant.

However, Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) uses Suzy to plant DNA results in a Christmas cracker, showing that Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky) is not the father of Roxy's baby.

Max leaves Albert Square in February 2018 in order to stay with Suzy following the death of his daughter, Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald).

The character, then referred to as Sue, was seen at the wedding of her sister, April (Debbie Arnold) in 1996, appearing in two episodes, played by Julie Christian-Young.

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