Rita Simons

Rita Simons is an English singer and actress. She is best known for her role as Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2017. She has competed on the 18th series of the reality show, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! in 2018. She was a member of the band and the band had released a couple of hit singles such as Airhead and a cover version of Respectable but the band was disbanded on 18 November 2001. She is the niece of the billionaire and Apprentice star Lord Sugar.

Rita Simons and her husband had been married for nearly 14 years when Rita filed for divorce in August 2020. They’ve been living apart since 2018, and their divorce is currently being finalized.

Rita Simons is very popular on social media, with about 523k Instagram followers @rita simonsofficial and 396k Twitter followers @OfficialRita.

Rita Simons was well-known for what she did.

In the BBC soap opera EastEnders, she played Roxy Mitchell.

Rita Simons was born in the United States.

Rita Simons was born on March 10, 1977, in Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, London, England. Rita Joanne Simons is her given name. Mark Simons, her father, and Susan Franks Simons, her mother, gave birth to her. Her parents are both Jewish. Benjamin Ian Simons, her older brother, is her only sibling. Watford Girls Grammar School was her alma mater.

Rita Simons was born in the United Kingdom and comes from a White ethnic background. Pisces is her zodiac sign. She is a devout follower of Judaism.

Career Highlights of Rita Simons

From 2000 to 2001, Rita Simons was a member of a British five-piece girl band. The band had a couple of hit songs, including Airhead and a cover of Respectable, before disbanding on November 18, 2001.

She then formed a new band named Charli with three other members and released a single called Feel Me.
In 2002, she made her television debut as a prostitute in the British television series Dream Team, which aired on Sky One. In the following year, she appeared in one episode of Mile High, a British television programme, as Hannah.

Rita Simons debuted as Roxy Mitchell on EastEnders in 2007, alongside Samantha Womack, who played Roxy’s sister Ronnie Mitchell. She left the show after the character Roxy Mitchell and her sister Ronnie Mitchell drowned in a pool in a New Year’s Day 2017 episode.

In the 2017-18 UK tour of “Legally Blonde: the Musical,” Rita Simons played Paulette Bonafonte.

She was a contestant on a British reality show called “I’m a famous person. I Have to Get Out of Here! “in the year 2018 In the same year, she starred as Lisa Prescott in “The Krays: Dead Man Walking,” a British crime drama film.
At the Apollo Theatre in 2019, she played Miss Hedge in the hit musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.”

She’s also starred in shows including ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ ‘Aladdin,’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ among others.

Nominations and Awards for Rita Simons

Rita Simons was named Most Popular Newcomer at the 2008 National Television Awards. She’s also received an Inside Soap Award for Best Newcomer and a Digital Spy Soap Award for Best Newcomer.

She and Samantha Janus won a Digital Spy Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership in 2008, and she also won a TV Now Award for Favorite Newcomer to Irish in 2008.

She was nominated for three British Soap Awards, including Best Newcomer, Best On-Screen Partnership with Samantha Janus, and Sexiest Female.

She earned a nomination for the TV Now Awards in the category of Favorite Female Soap Star in 2009.

Husband of Rita Simons

Rita Simons is a married woman with two children. Theo Silveston, a hairdresser, was her husband. Theo and his wife were in a relationship for eight years before getting married on August 29, 2004. On February 10, 2006, the couple welcomed twin daughters Jaimee Leah Silveston and Maiya Sammy Silveston into the world. Maiya Sammy, on the other hand, was born with Mondini dysplasia and was diagnosed with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts (EVA) at the age of six months.

Rita Simons and her husband had been married for nearly 14 years when Rita filed for divorce in August 2020. They’ve been living apart since 2018, and their divorce is currently being finalized.

Rita’s representative announced that “Rita and Theo have been separated for nearly two years, and Theo has recently moved out of the family home. They’re already working on finalizing their divorce and co-parenting their two daughters amicably.”

Rita Simons is a woman of average height and weight.

Rita Simons is a stunning woman with a light complexion. Her body is flawlessly lean. She is 1.63 meters (5 feet and 4 inches) tall and weights approximately 54 kilograms (119 lbs.). She is a size 7.5 in shoes and a size 4 in dresses (US). Her hair is blonde, and her eyes are brown. Straight is her sexual orientation.

Rita Simons has a net worth of $1 million dollars.

Rita Simons’ professional career as a Soap Opera Actress has earned her a decent living. She is estimated to have a net worth of $1 million as of 2020. Her remuneration has not been disclosed.