<P> Ronnie Branning (also Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Samantha Womack . She and her sister Roxy Mitchell (played by Rita Simons) were introduced by executive producer Diederick Santer in July 2007 . Ronnie is the "ice" to Roxy's "fire". As an extension to the already established Mitchell family, Ronnie quickly became a prominent character, taking over the nightclub . Not long after that, she formed a relationship with her business partner, Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). </P> <P> The character is introduced during the episode first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2007 . Womack left the role in 2011, with the character departing in the episode shown on 7 July 2011 . In May 2013, show bosses announced that Womack would return to EastEnders as Ronnie for six months . Womack returned on screen for two three - month - long stints, from 9 September 2013 to 1 January 2014 and from 3 March to 23 June 2014 . She then returned full - time to screens on 25 September 2014 . Womack's second stint on the show saw Ronnie involved in storylines such as killing Carl White (Daniel Coonan) in self - defence, marrying Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett) and having a child with him, having an affair with Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), attempting to poison Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), remarrying Jack, being stalked by Andy Flynn (Jack Derges) and drowning on her wedding day along with Roxy . </P> <P> In August 2016, it was reported that Ronnie and Roxy would depart together in a "dramatic exit". The sisters are killed off on 1 January 2017 after Ronnie's second wedding to Jack, although Ronnie appears on - screen for a final time when Jack visits her corpse on 19 January 2017 . </P> <P> Having been running a bar in Ibiza, Ronnie and her younger sister Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) visit Walford for their cousin Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden) wedding to Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson), to see their aunt Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) and stay to run The Queen Victoria while she is on holiday . </P>

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