EastEnders character
Sam Mitchell
Portrayed by	Kim Medcalf, Daniella Westbrook years= 1990–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2002–2005
First appearance	12 July 1990
Last appearance	17 November 2005
Date of birth	13 May 1975
Marital status	Widowed
Family	Phil, Peggy, Grant

Samantha "Sam" Mitchell (previously Butcher and Hunter) is a fictional character in the popular British BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. She was played firstly by English actress Danniella Westbrook for three stints from 1990 to 2000, and later by Kim Medcalf from early 2002 to late 2005. Sam's brothers are Phil Mitchell and Grant Mitchell, and her mother is Peggy Mitchell. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (844x1244, 154 KB) This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... Kim Medcalf (b. ... Danniela Westbrook (born 5 November 1973) is a British actress famous for playing Samantha Mitchell in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A widow is a woman whose husband has died. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Margaret Peggy Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Grant Anthony Mitchell was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[2] and continuing to date. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Danniella on GMTV Danniella Westbrook (born in Essex on November 5, 1973) is a British actress and presenter, known for playing Samantha Mitchell in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Kim Medcalf (b. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Grant Anthony Mitchell was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... Margaret Peggy Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Life on Albert Square

Sam first appeared in the show in July 1990, as the teenage sister of the Mitchell brothers, Phil and Grant. She would often run away to Walford to stay the night in her brother's garage because she disliked her mother's boyfriend, Kevin. Sam's father had died when she was only ten and she was generally on the receiving end of her brothers' heavy-handed paternalism. In her first year, she made strong friendships with Hattie Tavernier and later with the wayward Mandy Salter, and even got involved with a dodgy modelling agency, who were more interested in taking shots of her naked body than her modelling capabilities. This article is about the year. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Grant Anthony Mitchell was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... Hattie Tavernier was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michelle Gayle. ... Mandy Salter was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Glamour photography is the photographing of a model (usually female) nude or semi-nude, in a way that is intended to be erotic. ...

Sam and Ricky Wed

Sam soon set her sights on local hearthrob Ricky Butcher, and the two soon began seeing each other. Sam had Ricky well and truly under the thumb, and he was willing to do exactly what she wanted. So when she decided that she wanted to get married at 16, he was powerless to stop it. Both the Mitchells and the Butchers were furious and tried to put a stop to their relationship, but this made Sam all the more determined and in June 1991 she and Ricky eloped to Gretna Green and tried to seal their union in secret. However, dozy Ricky wasn't very good at hiding his tracks and it didn't take Sam's mother Peggy long to discover where they were. Luckily for them, they managed to complete their nuptials before they were caught and even managed to persuade Peggy to attend a formal blessing back in Walford the following month. After just a year of marriage, Sam grew bored and began lusting after a playboy named Clive, who she met at a New Years Eve party with Mandy. After having a brief affair Sam thought she had fallen in love with Clive, but he soon made it clear that he was only after her for sex when he tried to coax her into having a threesome. Realising that her marriage was over, Sam left her husband and Walford in 1993 to take a job as a holiday rep on a cruise ship. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (930x555, 94 KB) Summary Picture taken from BBCs EastEnders(Screenshot) Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (930x555, 94 KB) Summary Picture taken from BBCs EastEnders(Screenshot) Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that... Richard Ricky Butcher was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. ... Gretna Green is a small village in the south of Scotland, distinct from the larger nearby town of Gretna. ... Margaret Peggy Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Playboy is an American adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Walford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Sam returned a few years later, in 1995, after her brothers, on a boys holiday in Spain, caught her in bed with David Wicks, and forced her to return. Sam had tried to build herself a career as a model, but it had not gone to plan and she had ended up working as a hostess in a seedy bar. Back in Walford Sam tried to continue her fling with David and when this went nowhere she tried to come between Ricky and his girlfriend, Bianca Jackson. Initially Ricky thought he still had feelings for Sam, but eventually realised he was better off with Bianca and tried to let Sam down gently. However Sam wouldn't take no for an answer and purposefully kissed an innocent Ricky in front of Bianca, casuing them to split. Despite this Ricky would not reconsider getting back with Sam and opted to try and make amends with Bianca. Sam was forced to admit defeat. Soon after, she met a Spanish man named Guillermo, who was holidaying in England. When he invited her to join him in the Costas she leapt at the chance and she left Walford again in March 1996. David Wicks was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Supermodel Daniella Sarahyba. ... Bianca Jackson (formerly Bianca Butcher) was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Costa del Marisco Galician and/or Spanish 1950s term which translates into English as “Coast of the Seafood” and refers to the coast of the Galicia region of Spain. ...

Daniella Westbrook as Sam in 1995.

In 1999, Sam decided that she wanted to settle down in Walford once more. During this time she embarked on a stormy relationship with Beppe di Marco, but Sam took things more seriously than Beppe. After Beppe finished the relationship, a heartbroken Sam looked for comfort elsewhere. She turned to local club owner Steve Owen, but Steve was only using her to make Melanie Healy jealous, so a hurt Sam decided to leave Walford once again in 2000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (622x916, 84 KB) This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (622x916, 84 KB) This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... Beppe di Marco was a fictional caracter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Steve Owen is a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... Kidnapped Melanie Owen (née Healy, previously Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

In 2002, while Peggy was in Spain for the supposed funeral of her estranged husband, Frank Butcher (who turned out to be alive after all, as the funeral was a scam to avoid repaying debts), Sam was caught working in a lap-dancing club by her mother Peggy. Ashamed and penniless, Sam decided to return to Walford with her mother. On her return, Sam began a fling with her old boyfriend Beppe, and reignited her affair with her brothers' enemy, Steve Owen. It turned out that Steve was just using Sam again, this time as a final act of revenge against Phil. Steve was eventually killed in a car crash when he and his wife Mel planned to flee to the USA with Phil's ex-girlfriend Lisa and their daughter Louise. Margaret Peggy Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Frank Butcher was a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders. ... Steve Owen is a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... Kidnapped Melanie Owen (née Healy, previously Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Lisa Fowler (nee Shaw) was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Louise Mitchell (previously Fowler) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Loss of the Mitchell empire

At one point, she was left in charge of the Mitchell empire when her brother, Phil, went on the run after escaping prison for an armed robbery. Her responsibilities included the Bridge Street Café, The Arches, the Snooker Hall and The Queen Vic pub. Her long-term family lawyer, Marcus Christie, told Sam that Phil had contacted him and wanted Sam to sell everything and give the cash to him via Marcus, so that Phil could go abroad. It turned out that it was a lie, and once Marcus had the cash, he fled. By this point, she had sold the café and The Arches to Ian, and The Snooker Hall to an unknown character. This is a list of buildings in the fictional London borough of Walford, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This is a list of buildings in the fictional London borough of Walford, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This is a list of buildings in the fictional London borough of Walford, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The Queen Victoria (often referred to as The Vic or The Queen Vic) is the fictional Victorian public house in the popular BBC soap opera, EastEnders. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Sam's ill-fated marriage to Andy

When Sam was tricked out of all the Mitchell assets (including the pub to Den Watts, who was also in on the scam with Marcus), her husband, Andy Hunter, threw her out of their house. He revealed to her that he had only married her for her money, and now that she didn't have any, she was worthless. Image File history File links Sam_andy_hunter. ... Image File history File links Sam_andy_hunter. ... Angie tells Den she has 6 months to live Dennis Den Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. ... Andrew Andy Hunter was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

She struggled to get back on her feet, even taking a job working in Ian Beale's chip shop. However, a bigger shock came after Andy's death when she found out he had left her nothing in his will, apart from the engagement ring. His note read out: 'To my wife, I leave her the engagement ring so she can sell it, get her roots done, and still be the dumbest blonde I had ever known.'

Den's death

Sam later teamed up with Zoe Slater and Chrissie Watts to get revenge on Den. However, things turned ugly when Den attacked Chrissie, leading to Den being hit over the head with Pauline Fowler's doorstop by Zoe. After Den was hit on the head, he was thought to be dead but minutes later, when Chrissie was left alone with him, he shockingly cheated death yet again and grabbed Chrissie's ankle. Chrissie reached for the doorstop and delivered the fatal blow which finally killed him. Sam witnessed this but kept quiet, while Zoe believed she had killed him. Chrissie, Sam and Zoe then buried Den in the cellar of The Queen Vic. On the same night of Den's murder, Sam's husband Andy Hunter was also killed after he was thrown off a motorway fly-over by gangster Johnny Allen, after his bid to cheat Johnny out of a large fortune backfired. Zoe Slater was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Christine Chrissie Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tracy-Ann Oberman. ... Pauline Fowler (née Beale) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Andrew Andy Hunter was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Jonathan Johnny Allen was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Billy Murray. ...

Subsequent to Den's death, Sam enjoyed a romance with Danny Moon and often used the knowledge of knowing what Chrissie had done to blackmail her for money. With no way out, Chrissie submitted and began handing over large amounts of cash. Eventually, after trading bitchy remarks and psychological games with each other, Chrissie and Sam realised they needed each other to avoid prison for Den's murder. They both agreed to call a truce and co-run the pub. Dannys breakdown Daniel Danny Moon was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

This lasted briefly, as Sam still couldn't trust Chrissie, leading to the former being sacked. Sam then had to face the humiliation of grovelling to Ian for her old job at the chip shop. Also, when she realised Zoe was cracking up over thinking she was the real murderer of Den, Sam confessed to her that in fact Chrissie was the killer. Zoe's mother, Kat, also forgave Sam and promised to leave her alone.

Sam had believed that Den had still owned the pub, until Sharon let slip that in fact Chrissie was the manager. This enraged Sam as she quickly clicked on that Chrissie would set about selling the pub to leave Walford. As she tried to have it out with Chrissie, she got drunk and began making threats which led to a catfight between the two. Chrissie then dragged her out of the pub and told her she was on her own.

Sam is arrested

Depleted, Sam stuck to drinking and lost her job. In a drunken rage, on the wedding of Dennis Rickman and Sharon Watts, she smashed up Den's grave and dug him up in the hope of Chrissie finally being caught out. The plan backfired, and all evidence pointed to Sam, who was quickly charged with murder and remanded in custody. Image File history File links Sams_arrested0. ... Image File history File links Sams_arrested0. ... Dennis Rickman was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Sharon Anne Rickman (née Hanley, previously Watts and Mitchell) is a fictional character in the popular BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. ...

In October, her brothers Phil - who had been released from prison - and Grant (who had come back from Brazil) returned to Walford to try to secure her release by proving that it was Chrissie who killed Den.

In November, Johnny Allen got CCTV footage of Chrissie confessing to Den's murder in his nightclub, and the Mitchell brothers stole the tape and turned Chrissie in to the police. Chrissie was quickly arrested on a murder charge, while Sam was released from custody. But she still faced a charge of perverting the course of justice, and faced a prison sentence up to four years. This prospect was too daunting for Sam, and she fled to Brazil while on bail. Jonathan Johnny Allen was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Billy Murray. ... CCTV can stand for: China Central Television Closed-circuit television This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In March 2006, Grant returned to Walford along with Courtney, leaving Sam in Brazil with his wife and other children. March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 March 2006 (Wednesday) Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

Family

• Father: Eric Mitchell (deceased)
• Mother: Peggy Mitchell
• Brothers: Phil Mitchell, Grant Mitchell
• Husband: Andy Hunter (deceased)
• Grandfathers: Robert Mitchell (deceased), Jack Martin (deceased)
• Grandmothers: Sandra Mitchell (deceased), Lilly Martin (deceased)
• Uncle: Clive Mitchell
• Aunt: Sal Martin
• Nephews: Ben Mitchell, Mark Fowler Jr.
• Nieces: Courtney Mitchell, Louise Mitchell
• Second cousin: Billy Mitchell
• Second cousins once removed: Jamie Mitchell (deceased), Petal Mitchell