Banks, who plays Alice Branning in EastEnders, showed off her look in this week's Now magazine.
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"I'm having the best time ever," said Banks of her part in EastEnders.
"I'd auditioned before a few times - I first did one when I was 14 and then a few years later for the role of Lauren Branning.
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"I knew at some point I was going to crack that nut."
Of her future career plans for the next five years, Banks said: "I'm not going to lie, I want to be in Hollywood by then. Do you think I can do it? Aim high, I say."
Asked whose Hollywood career she would like to steal, she added: "Kate Winslet's had a fantastic career and some great roles."
Read the full feature in Now magazine, out today (Tuesday, September, 18).
