Samantha Womack: 'Danielle's EastEnders death was disappointing'

Samantha Womack has revealed that she disagreed with EastEnders bosses' decision to kill off Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace).

Womack, who played Ronnie Mitchell until last year, watched her on-screen daughter run over by Janine (Charlie Brooks) in 2009.

"I found that really upsetting and disappointing," she told the Sunday Mercury. "They didn't get the chance to be mother and daughter.

"We dangled that carrot in front of viewers for such a long time and I wanted the audience to have a happy ending - but it wasn't to be."

Womack added: "It was awful when I read the script. It took me a week to recover from shooting those scenes."

With Ronnie's evil father Archie (Larry Lamb) doing all he could to stop the pair reuniting, Ronnie cradled Danielle as she died in her arms.

The 39-year-old actress recently questioned the integrity of the serial's baby swap storyline which led to her character's exit.

Watch Danielle's dramatic EastEnders death below: