Samantha Womack

Samantha Womack

Samantha Womack has said the Ronnie Mitchell she's currently playing is "darker" than last time around.

The 'EastEnders' actress, who returned to the BBC One soap after a two-year absence last year, feels like she is playing a brand new character because her alter-ego has taken a dark turn since returning to Walford after serving two years in prison for abducting Kat and Alfie Moon's baby.

She told BANG Showbiz: "I'm playing a darker character now. It's a bit weird. It's coming at her from a different angle, but I hope people still love her."

Viewers recently saw Ronnie murder the nefarious Carl White (Daniel Coonan) - who had been wooing her sister Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) - and Samantha admits the dramatic scenes have been an interesting challenge.

She explained: "It's strange coming back with such a big storyline and being a different character, but at the same time, it's like coming back to family ... they're all my family, they genuinely are. Even when you're dealing with a difficult storyline and it feels really weird and out of the normal, that's cool creatively. I'm embracing it."

The 41-year-old actress also reveals she is missing her former on-screen husband Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), who quit the soap last year, but is enjoying her character's evolution.

She added: "It is weird [without him], but in a funny way, she's kind of taking on a new identity and that's quite interesting. I was there for six, seven, years, so she feels different. She's dressing differently, she's speaking differently ... it's weird."


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