Known for her superb acting skills, Samantha Womack is a sought-after English actress, singer, and director, best recognized as Ronnie Mitchell in the iconic British soap opera EastEnders. Not only a successful TV actress, Womack has also appeared in spy-comedy movie Kingsman: The Secret Service and it’s 2018 sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

Womack made her television debut at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, performing her first and only single “A Message to Your Heart” after winning the A Song for Europe, England’s Eurovision pre-selection contest. Since then, she’s made appearances across countless TV series, including The Bill, Minder, Babes in The Wood, Imogen’s Face, and Wild at Heart. Womack landed a central role as Mandy in the ’90s sitcom Game On.

A year later, Womack received her first Soaper Star Awards under the category of Best Newcomer for her role in EastEnders in 2008, subsequently picking up a nomination for Best Actress in 2009. Though she’s had success across TV, cinema and theatre, Womack is known best for her striking performance as Ronnie Mitchell in Eastenders: in 2015, she was ranked at No 20 in The 100 Greatest Eastenders Characters of All Time.