Womack set for Eastenders return
| 17 May 2013 15:03 |
| Samantha Womack is set to return to Eastenders, two years after leaving the soap due to stress over the controversial baby-snatch storyline. |
| Womack, who plays Ronnie Mitchell on the BBC show, will start filming again this summer, as viewers will see the character head back to Walford following her release from prison. |
| Ronnie was imprisoned after abducting Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon's (Shane Ritchie) baby Tommy, replacing him with her own baby who had died in a cot death. |
| Womack said of her return: “I am thrilled to be returning to the role of Ronnie for the next six months. Ronnie is coming out of prison and her re-appearance in the Square is going to create havoc. I can’t wait to be a Mitchell once again.” |
| The baby-snatch storyline drew almost 9,000 complaints from viewers, and Womack suffered from anxiety and exhaustion from acting the scenes. |
| She said at the time in an interview with Hello magazine: “I did find the storyline very, very difficult to play. It was draining emotionally and physically and by the end I was shattered." |
