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On 12 November 2018, Simons was confirmed to be participating in that year's series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She was the fourth to be eliminated on 4 December 2018.

In July 2018, Simons revealed that she was suffering from ADHD, OCD, anxiety and insomnia.

Simons appeared as Paulette Bonafonte in the 2017-18 UK tour of Legally Blonde: the Musical in 2017. In 2019, Simons played the role of ‘Miss Hedge’ in the hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre. She will take on the role of Velma von Tussle in the 2020 revival of Hairspray at the London Coliseum.

She appeared on a Big Star's Little Star episode, broadcast on 1 April 2015, and won £13,000 for charity.

In July 2011, Simons held an autograph session at the St Nicholas Primary School summer fair in Elstree.

In December 2011, Simons hosted the annual Action on Hearing Loss concert along with the Mayor of Camden.

In December 2010, Simons launched the RNID Christmas Concert where she announced that her five-year-old daughter is deaf.

In December 2009, Simons visited her old secondary school, Watford Grammar School for Girls, to open the Christmas fair.

On 11 May 2007, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of EastEnders as Roxy Mitchell, alongside Samantha Womack who played Roxy's sister Ronnie Mitchell. Of her role, Simons said: "I've always watched EastEnders and it's been my dream to become part of the Mitchell family." Simons temporarily departed from EastEnders in late 2015 (the character departed from screens from 1 January to 4 May 2016), allowing the actress to take part in a Snow White pantomime at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, over the 2015/16 Christmas and New Year period. In August 2016, it was announced that Simons had quit EastEnders along with Samantha Womack. Her on-screen character Roxy Mitchell drowned in a swimming pool in an episode broadcast on New Year's Day 2017, along with her sister Ronnie.

In August 2004, she married hairdresser Theo Silverston. They have twin daughters.

Simons has made appearances in the Sky 1 dramas Dream Team (2002) and Mile High (2003; as Hannah), as well as the ITV drama London's Burning.

Rita Joanne Simons (born 10 March 1977) is an English actress, singer, and model from London, who is known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2017, when her character was killed off. Simons returned for a voiceover for the character Roxy on the 3rd May 2019. For her performance on the show Simons received many accolades, including the 2008 National Television Award for Most Popular Newcomer.