'EastEnders' Penny Branning to return to Walford alongside cousin Lauren

Jack Branning’s daughter Penny is making her way back to Walford after 15 years of living abroad.

Having always had a fractured relationship with her dad, Jack, Penny has been living in France with her mum, Selina. Now she is on her way to Albert Square, alongside her cousin Lauren, but just what brings the two back to Walford?

Rising star Kitty Castledine has been cast as Penny in her first major television role after graduating from the London Academy of Music and Drama (LAMDA) this summer.