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| − | She has made appearances in the British television shows ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_High Mile High]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Team_(TV_series) Dream Team]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%27s_Burning London's Burning]''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DSa46438_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons#cite_note-DSa46438-1 [2]]</sup> |
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| − | On 11 May 2007, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of ''EastEnders'' as Roxy Mitchell, alongside [[Samantha Womack|Samantha Janus]] as Roxy's sister [[Ronnie Mitchell]]. Of her role, Simons said: "I've always watched ''[[EastEnders]]'' and it's been my dream to become part of the Mitchell family."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-jewtastic15732_0-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons#cite_note-jewtastic15732-0 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mirror89520_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons#cite_note-Mirror89520-2 [3]]</sup' |
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| − | Her portrayal of Roxy Mitchell won her Best Newcomer at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Spy_Soap_Awards Digital Spy Soap Awards] along with Best Onscreen Partnership for her character partnership with Ronnie Mitchell played by Samantha Janus. She also won Best Newcomer at the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Now TV Now]'' awards and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Soap_Awards British Soap Awards], but lost to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Street Coronation Street]'''s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Keegan Michelle Keegan]. She also won the award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Soap_Awards Inside Soap Awards] and won the award for Most Popular Newcomer at National Television Awards 2008. |
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| − | Before her acting career, Rita was in the band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls@Play Girls@Play], who had a couple of songs before splitting up. Their songs included Airhead and they covered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_and_Kim Mel and Kim]'s "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respectable_(Mel_and_Kim_song) Respectable]". |
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| − | Simons is the niece of multi-millionaire businessman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sugar Sir Alan Sugar]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DSa46438_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons#cite_note-DSa46438-1 [2]]</sup>, who is best known in the UK for the TV show ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice The Apprentice]''. In August 2006<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons#cite_note-3 [4]]</sup> she married hairdresser Theo Silverston, whom she met through a friend when she was 19, and with whom she has twin daughters, Jaimee Leah and Maiya Sammy Silverston (born April 2006).<sup> </sup>Rita is best friends with co-star Samantha Womack, who plays her on-screen sister Ronnie Mitchell. |
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Rita Joanne Simons (born 10 March 1977) is an English actress, singer, and model from London, who plays Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.