Roxanne Lizette "Roxy" Mitchell (previously Slater and Moon) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, portrayed by Rita Simons. Roxy arrived in Walford with her sister Ronnie (played by Samantha Womack) on 24 July 2007 and decided to move permanently to Walford from Ibiza where they ran a bar together. Roxy is the younger of the two sisters. She is described as the "fire", as opposed to Ronnie's "ice". Simons took a temporary hiatus in 2015, with Roxy off screen from 1 January until 4 May 2016. In August 2016, it was announced that Simons would be departing along with Womack. It was later reported that Roxy and Ronnie will both be killed-off, although this has not officially been confirmed by show bosses.