EastEnders stars Rita Simons and her on-screen sister Samantha Womack have left fans feeling nostalgic as they met for a fun evening of birthday celebrations on Sunday 8 March.
Rita, who played Roxy Mitchell on the BBC soap, took to her Instagram and Twitter feeds to share a sweet photo of herself with Samantha, 47, who played Roxy's sister Ronnie, alongside actress Rebecca McKinnis.
The actress, who was out in Soho to celebrate her birthday with friends, captioned the snap: "These girls," followed by a red heart emoji.
Fans couldn't help but gush over the reunion as many felt nostalgic for the days they used to regularly appear on EastEnders together.
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One person wrote: "Love seeing u girls bk together *worse thing eastenders EVER did was kill ur characters off," [sic] together with two crying emojis.
Another commented: "R&R for life! xx," [sic] as an additional fan said: "Love you to,wish EastEnders could bring you bk,they did den," [sic] with two kissing emojis.
A fourth added: "I'd give anything to have R&R back. Happy birthday Rita!" [sic]
While a fifth chimed: "How @bbceastenders let go of Ronnie & Roxy I will never know……" [sic] followed by a red heart emoji.
Also in attendance at Rita's 42nd birthday was The Chase star Anne Hegerty, 61, who is known for her brilliant responses to trolls. Rita, who appeared on I'm A Celeb! with Anne, shared a photo of them together on her Instagram and Twitter later on, captioned: "Aaaand this woman!" with a red heart emoji. [sic]
Seeing the post on her social media pages, Anne replied: "You’ve not been to bed yet, have you? Great night, loved it!"
To which Rita replied: "I was a very good girl home by 2! X".
Rita and Samantha, who also got together last year to discuss their next joint acting projects, played the sisters for 16 years before being written out of the show.
The producer of the show at the time, Sean O'Connor had given the characters a dramatic ending, which was a huge shock to fans everywhere.
In the final heart-wrenching scenes of the characters' lives, a heavily intoxicated Roxy fell into a closed swimming pool in a hotel where her sister Ronnie's wedding reception was held.
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Seeing her sister drowning, Ronnie jumped in to help her out and save Roxy's life.
But, underestimating the weight of the wedding dress once submerged in water, the two sisters ended up dying together.
Together with Ronnie's new husband Jack Branning, who's played by Scott Maslen, viewers of the soap were left heartbroken.
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