<sod>'''Veronica Elizabeth "Ronnie" Mitchell''' (<!-- Do not change to Cotton, Ronnie stated on 30/12/14 that she would be keeping the Mitchell name and credits reflect this -->also '''Branning'''), is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', played by [[Samantha Womack]]. She and her sister [[Roxy Mitchell|Roxy]] (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]]). Womack left the role and made her last appearance on 7 July 2011, but on 17 May 2013, show bosses announced that Womack would return to ''EastEnders'' as Ronnie for six months. Womack filmed her first scenes in summer 2013 and return 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 returned to filming full-time on 24 July 2014 and returned to screens on 25 September. Since her return, Ronnie has murdered, been married, had an affair, a child, a breakdown and a reunion with Jack.<eod>
<sod>'''Veronica Elizabeth "Ronnie" Mitchell''' (<!-- Do not change to Cotton, Ronnie stated on 30/12/14 that she would be keeping the Mitchell name and credits reflect this -->also '''Branning'''), is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', played by [[Samantha Womack]]. She and her sister [[Roxy Mitchell|Roxy]] (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]]). Womack left the role and made her last appearance on 7 July 2011, but on 17 May 2013, show bosses announced that Womack would return to ''EastEnders'' as Ronnie for six months. Womack filmed her first scenes in summer 2013 and return 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 returned to filming full-time on 24 July 2014 and returned to screens on 25 September. Since her return, Ronnie has murdered, been married, had an affair, a child, a breakdown and a reunion with Jack. On 7 April 2016 [[Les Coker]] recieved an email saying that ronnie had ''died'' in an accident and that her funeral needed planning, meaning now that Ronnies stalker is still out there and wants her dead<eod>