Veronica Elizabeth "Ronnie" Branning (nèe Mitchell) was the elder sister of Roxy Mitchell. Born on the 7th July 1974 in Romford. She was the daughter of Archie Mitchell and Glenda Mitchell also the older sister of Roxy Mitchell. Ronnie was sexually and emotional abused by her manipulative father Archie Mitchell when she only 13 years old and a year later she gave birth to her baby daughter who she called Amy which she had with her boyfriend at the time, Joel Reynolds, but her father then forced her to give up her daughter up for adoption when she didn't want to which she never forgave her father for.