Ronny Ferreira

Name: Rohan ‘Ronny’ Ferreira
First Appeared: 5th June 2003
Last Appeared: 22nd March 2005
Played by: Ray Panthaki

Ronny Ferreira made quite the splash when the Ferreiras arrived in Albert Square in 2003. While his siblings, Kareena and Adi, managed the family’s clothes stall and Ash found work at the local community centre, Ronny pursued his passion for music, earning his keep as a disc jockey. His friend and manager, Tariq Laroussi, added an extra layer of drama, especially since Dan Ferreira wasn’t Tariq’s biggest fan. The tension escalated further when it was revealed that Tariq had been secretly dating Kareena, which did nothing to improve Dan’s opinion of him.

Ronny’s love life was nothing short of a soap opera itself. He began dating Kelly Taylor, but that relationship quickly ended when he discovered her past as a prostitute. Ronny then moved on to Kelly’s best friend, Zoe Slater, only for that romance to implode when Kelly caught him kissing another woman. If Ronny’s romantic escapades weren’t enough, his life took a dramatic turn when he was stabbed by a gang while trying to protect Tariq. The incident resulted in Ronny losing his kidney, and it was discovered that he had been living with just one all along, necessitating an urgent transplant.

The search for a donor was intense as none of Ronny’s siblings were a match. Desperate times called for desperate measures, so Ash, Adi, and Kareena sought out their mother, but her kidney wasn’t a match either. It was then that Tariq revealed a bombshell: he was actually Dan’s son, a result of an extramarital affair. Tariq stepped up and donated his kidney to Ronny, explaining that he thought having a mildly romantic relationship with his half-sister would somehow bring him closer to the family – talk about complicated family dynamics! When Johnny Allen threatened the family over a money debt, he gave them all a chance a flee first, Ronny included.