Lauren meets her cousin, Joey Branning, and is attracted to him. Lauren becomes suspicious that Lucy is dating Jake when he sets up the website for their business and Lucy begins arranging secret meetings.

Lauren is distraught when Abi's life support is withdrawn. Lucy soothes her anxieties but she is seeing Max. This distresses Lauren who confesses to the police and is found guilty of GBH with intent, and is sentenced to two years under supervision. Tanya and Max find bottles in Lauren's bedroom and decide to keep her locked in the house. Lauren insists on meeting up with him to see what happens. She tries it, and it opens. The nurse says she is in good hands. She tries to make Joey jealous by kissing Tyler, who is engaged to Whitney, but it fails and Whitney ends their friendship and Lucy offers the job to Whitney.

However, Ian tells her that Lauren is refusing to forgive Bobby for ruining her relationship with her dad and causing Abi's death.

Madeline Duggan as Lauren Branning in EastEnders alongside Shona McGarthy as Whitney Dean in 2009 (Image: BBC) The stunning actor played the eldest daughter of Max … Abi goes to tell Lauren, Ian and Kathy that Max killed Steven. Tanya keeps Lauren locked in her room but her withdrawal leads her to climb out of the window and Lauren says that nobody can stop her from drinking if she wants to. Eventually, sexual tension mounts between them and they start a secret relationship. Lauren sends it to Peter, which upsets Steven as he sees himself as Louie's father, but Lauren says Peter will always be Louie's father. Josh later tries to declare his love for he and asks why they cannot be together; she explains that they are different people and that she is a recovering alcoholic. He rips the paper up and says it was for revenge. Max is released but does not meet Lauren, so she goes home. Romantically involved with Peter Beale, Max disapproves of their relationship and demands Peter end the romance but ends up throttling him when they meet secretly in the cafe. Abi agrees and they leave Walford together; unbeknownst to Lauren, Abi is secretly taking Steven's ashes with her. Lauren decides to free him so he does not lose his job, and he tells her she is jealous that she did not get a kiss, so she slaps him. Josh accepts and flirts with Lauren but she rejects him again, but after numerous attempts, Lauren eventually gives into temptation and kisses Josh.
She celebrates her sixteenth birthday at a party in R&R nightclub, where her uncle Jack Branning is shot by Kylie. They are in a fast-food restaurant and are seen selling mobile phones by 12-year-old Dennis Rickman. Thanks to Abi, Steven becomes paranoid about Lauren and Josh's relationship and starts tracking Lauren's whereabouts via a mobile app. After Lucy manages to drag her out, they argue and Lauren storms off. Jagger is in a gang with Stix Redman, Biggie and Bunhead. Abi branning is brain stem dead and has given birth to a baby girl weeks earlier and Abi may not survive but max can’t accept the fact that she might not make it Lauren and Steven try to make Ian understand their relationship and why Peter has not returned.

In 2008, paedophile Tony King, stepfather to her best friend, Whitney Dean, starts grooming her to replace Whitney. She is warned that she could die if she doesn't stop drinking. Lauren asks about Abi's baby. When Whitney does eventually find out about Lee's unfaithfulness, Lauren supports her. Stacey confronts her about it but Lauren reveals that she knows who killed Lucy, but refuses to divulge the identity to the police. Lauren promises to support her but struggles to cope with her mother's illness. Max accuses Peter that one of them must hav cheated on the other, however Peter counters that neither of them are Max, and that they decided to stop before they made each other unhappy. Jossa was cast in EastEnders in 2010 as Lauren Branning, Jossa was reportedly "excited" to join the show, saying she has always been a fan. That same day, Lauren helps Whitney do a pregnancy test, which is positive. When Lauren starts physiotherapy, she becomes frustrated with not being told the truth about Abi and breaks down when she sees her. While visiting Max at work, Lauren meets Lauren returns and moves back in with Ian and asks Josh for her job back. Lauren discovers that Tanya has lied about missing a hospital appointment, and as Tanya refuses to talk, Lauren starts drinking again. When Peter falls out with his girlfriend, Lola Pearce, Lauren comforts him and they kiss. However, she does and he is arrested, although Lauren clearly has doubts if he did kill Lucy. Whitney gets the job but purposely withdraws so that Lauren gets the job instead. She also casually dates Tyler Moon until realising Whitney is still in love with him.
Believing Lucy went instead of her, Lauren tells the police but is not taken seriously, so she arranges to meet them herself. After getting drunk at the funeral, she is berated by her parents and given a private consultation with a GP. However, during the consultation, Peter interrupts her and offers to support her through all her issues.


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