Samantha Womack has revealed how her EastEnders axing 'changed' her follow her cancer diagnosis. The actress, 52, starred as Ronnie Mitchell on the BBC soap from 2007 until 2017 but was killed off when she and her on-screen sister Roxy (Rita Simons) drowned in a swimming pool. Since leaving the show, Samantha has turned to a career in theatre and recently starred in a production of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe in the West End, but can now be seen in the football-themed play Dear England,