Samantha Womack is relieved to have landed a comedy role.
The 41-year-old actress – who plays the glamorous mother Tanya in the comedy drama ‘Mount Pleasant’ – has admitted she was keen to take a break from the gritty scripts of ‘EastEnders’ and enjoy her part in the light-hearted production.
Samantha – who has starred on the BBC One soap as Ronnie Mitchell since 2007 – admitted she was relieved to pull away from her "dark and twisted" character for a while.
She told The Sun newspaper: "It’ such a breath of fresh air playing someone who isn’t so dark and twisted!
"That can be really tiring. Mount Pleasant is an absolute gift."
The pretty blonde – who is set to return to the soap in the coming months with a baby bump after fleeing to Spain earlier this year – is also hoping to lighten up her character on her return to Albert Square.
She explained: "Even when I go back to ‘EastEnders’, I’ve had the chance to lighten it up a bit.
"I don’t know what Ronnie is up to in ‘EastEnders’ at the minute. I know I murdered someone then I got pregnant. So I’ve gone to Spain to lick my wounds. But I’m filming there again now and I’ll be back on screen before long."
Samantha Womack relieved to land comedy role
