allen continued to film many commercials and then in february 2004, she landed a small part on "general hospital" playing molly farrell, a young girl trapped with her young brother in a hotel fire. after this short stint, allen was asked to return to the show to play luke and laura spencer's daughter lesley lu (lulu) spencer, a change that required that the character's age be retroactively lowered. allen appeared as lulu every now and then, often with tv grandmother lesley. allen left general hospital when julie marie berman took over the role in fall 2005 to play a sorased (rapidly aged for plot purposes) lulu.