roxy drake, played by tracy brabin, is a pimp who is first seen on 10 december 2001. she grooms zoe slater (michelle ryan), who has run away from home and is living on the streets. roxy finds zoe a flat to live in. however, roxy forces her to prostitute herself. roxy and fellow prostitute kelly taylor (brooke kinsella) dress and make-up zoe, but zoe gets drunk on whiskey and vomits on her first client, much to the anger of roxy. some days later, zoe's mother, kat slater (jessie wallace) comes looking for zoe along with anthony trueman (nicholas bailey). they find her and try to take zoe home, but roxy tries to prevent kat taking zoe. this leads to kat headbutting roxy in the face. a humiliated roxy then gets in her car and drives away, and has not been seen since.