# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-simons
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:38:11.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-simons"
name: "Rita Simons"
slug: "rita-simons"
description: "Rita Joanne Simons is an English actress and singer. After beginning her career as a member of the short-lived girl group Girls@Play, she became best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2017, when her character was killed off, alongside her on-screen character's sister Ronnie Mitchell. For her performance on the show Simons received many accolades, including the 2008 National Television Award for \"Most Popular Newcomer\"."
tagline: "British actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rita_Simons_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.44853866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/OfficialRita"
    handle:    "OfficialRita"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1910809/"
    handle:    "nm1910809"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريتا سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ريتا سيمونس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ریتا سیمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%83%80_%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%EB%A8%BC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "리타 사이먼스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Simons"
    title: "Rita Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Rita Simons"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump