Rainie Cross, played by Tanya Franks, is the drug-addicted sister of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner). As of April 2011, she has had four separate stints in the series, in 2007 (two episodes), 2008 (four episodes), 2010, and 2011 onwards. Rainie has been called "troublesome" and "troubled". Franks said that Rainie would be "unlikely to return without stirring up a bit of trouble". Her most notable storyline is one of getting Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) addicted to the drug crack cocaine, which Frank said "gets quite dark and dirty". She was given advice from the charity DrugScope on how to act the part and also undertook some of her own research. The storyline attracted several complaints.
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