Name: Roxy Mitchell
First Appeared: 24th July 2007
Last Appeared: 27th April 2023
Played by: Rita Simons

With her fiery personality and a knack for getting into trouble, Roxy was instantly at home the moment she and Ronnie crashed Phil and Stella’s wedding and helped themselves behind the bar. Mitchell girls, well and truly.

Roxy and Ronnie quickly took over the local nightclub, R&R, turning it into the hottest spot in town. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing; Roxy’s love life was a rollercoaster of epic proportions. From her tumultuous marriage to Sean Slater to her ill-fated fling with Ronnie’s fella Jack Branning, Roxy’s romantic escapades kept everyone on their toes.

After a one-night stand with Jack, Roxy found herself pregnant, leading to a reveal Christmas time that Sean was not the father. He fled with the child, and they nearly died, but Roxy returned her daughter home: despite the ups and downs, Roxy’s love for Amy was unwavering, and she did her best to be a good mother, even if she didn’t always get it right first time.

Tragically, Roxy’s story came to an end when she and Ronnie drowned in a hotel swimming pool on New Year’s Day 2017. Their deaths left a void in Walford that was hard to fill, but Roxy’s legacy of fun, love, and a bit of mischief lives on, especially in daughter Amy, who’s becoming more like her mother every single day!

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