Linda loses custody of Annie as a result of Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith) setting her up after being forced by Janine but eventually, Linda gets Annie back. Tina asks if they could come back in a couple days to see Mick, dropping the hint of possibly spending Christmas together, but Linda says it's one thing having having a drink with them and another spending Christmas with them. Bright returned to filming full-time on 22 April 2017, and after making a guest appearance on 30 June 2017, her full-time return aired on 7 August. Later, Linda receives a phone call to tell them the meat was lamb and not dog. Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. Linda then sends Woody Woodward (Lee Ryan) to work in The Queen Vic as a bar manager. Linda says that they haven't got the money and their children are running wild plus she wants to be there for them. Linda warned him to back off. As Linda is rushed to the hospital her fate is currently unknown as Mick Carter states: "She should die". She's been part of some huge storylines over the years, including her relationship with husband . After, Linda apologises to Sharon for how she was as Shirley turned up and they have major history and she tells Sharon that she wouldn't believe the stuff Shirley's done in the past before advising her to stay well clear. Mick decides to call Linda's mum, Elaine and she arrives at The Vic and she tells Mick that she isn't going anywhere until she has got to the bottom of things. After she became pregnant with Lee Carter, it stopped. Mick later arrives at the clinic and tells Linda that she is his wife and she is not letting her go through it on her own. Mick confronts Katy and finds out the truth about Frankie being his daughter. Linda is horrified that Mick is going to take the blame for Ian. Linda and Mick's eldest son, Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard), returns from Afghanistan, where he has been serving in the army. Inside, they see the state of The Vic and are stunned that Mick did it. Linda Carter - Wikipedia On Linda's birthday, Mick, dressed in Linda's dressing gown, brings Linda breakfast in bed and suggestively says she should open her birthday present and they start to kiss. When Linda's birthday surprise arrives, Mick asks Nancy to keep Linda distracted but Linda notices what her birthday surprise is when she looks out of the window, which is Lee, who has returned from Afghanistan. As Mick and Janine's relationship leads them both to being engaged, Linda learns that they are both having a baby and she accepts that her and Mick's time together is over and finds it difficult to move on. Subscribe to EastEnders for more: http://bit.ly/EastEndersYTViewers in t. Downstairs in the bar, Dean tells Linda that she may think the previous night was a mistake, but it wasn't to him and he appreciates Linda being there for him when he was so alone and he'll never forget it before thanking her. When Linda notices Denise cleaning in the bar, Linda learns that Mick has taken on Denise for a trial period and Mick tells Johnny and Linda that Denise stays and Johnny gets rid of the moped. Shirley explains that she was only 14 when she had Mick and she told him then because all she could see is one of her boys trying to kill the other, but Mick tells her that he isn't her boy and Dean isn't his brother and it changes nothing before storming out of the pub. Stan takes Linda to his old flat where Johnny is staying, and, after some tough love from Stan about her past, she apologises to Johnny and drops him off at gay pride, giving him her blessing. Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. Linda rejected them. However, Aidan becomes suspicious of this and attempts to blackmail Mick into letting him use the pub for drug dealing. Tina changes the subject and tells Linda that she's staying with Shirley and Linda says there's always a bed at her place for Tina. At Sharon and Phil's wedding reception, Shirley reveals to everyone that she and Phil slept together the previous Friday. Mick points out that she flinched when he touched her and Linda reassures Mick it's got nothing to do with him and Mick begs Linda for her to tell him whatever is bothering her. Occupation Tina asks what Dean has done and Shirley defends Dean, claiming Linda is lying. Bright announced her third pregnancy on 22 March 2021 and departed on 21 September 2021 for maternity leave. Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. Mick is concerned for Linda and he is determined to find out what is troubling her. In October 2014, Linda was involved in a controversial storyline where she was raped by Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo). EastEnders fans have come to know and love Linda Carter after she joined the cast all the way back in 2013. Linda agrees to keep quiet, but Cora has a change of heart about supporting Linda and reveals Mick's offence to the whole pub, running his name through the mud. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic. Realising it will be in direct competition to The Queen Vic, she plots to get inside knowledge about the bar, convincing Johnny to take a job there. Linda ends their relationship when he admits he started smothering Stuart and tells Stuart she believes that Mick shot him. Whilst Mick and Shirley sort out the problem, Linda tries to get Wi-Fi to talk to her eldest son Lee in Afghanistan. Linda then goes to Shirley and sympathises with her, saying it must have been hard, however, Shirley blames Linda for what happened and believes none of it would have happened if Linda had been straight with Mick. 13 Sep 2021. She is released the next day and attacks Stuart. Linda says there is something and Elaine says she knew it the minute Mick rang and that she uses a migraine as a cover up and carries on and Linda says running the pub gets on top of her at times. Linda then begins to explain about Sharon's wedding and she was pleased when Dean started dating Lauren, hoping he'd moved on and later that day, Dean was in a state after Shirley had disappeared and Mick had asked her to calm him down and no to for him to do anything stupid. Mick asks Linda to comfort him, but, misunderstanding her reassurance and very drunk, Dean rapes her. [24], In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child,[25] and on 28 September 2016 it was confirmed that Bright would take six months maternity leave. Linda screams at Shelley and leaves. Johnny announces he is leaving Walford to travel with Gianluca, although initially upset, Linda decides to support him. She later goes down to the boat's kitchen and sees a bottle of wine on a shelf, but as she climbs to reach for it the boat crash happens and she falls. Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2013) Kellie Bright's character had a short lived romance with Max (Jake Wood) last. Later that day, Phil visits the Carters and offers them The Queen Vic back. EastEnders fans in shock as top character QUITS Square over Janine Later, Mick tells Linda that they need to talk and Linda says it's about time and she heard him and Johnny, but she refuses to talk about it as she thinks she knows her children and Johnny isn't gay. As Shirley turns to leave, Linda asks Shirley if she is going to ask how Mick is as it's been 15 years and whether she cares. Linda tells Stacey that she knows what she is doing and everyone carries on as if nothing happened, but Stacey is unsure whether she can and Linda says it happened to her, not Stacey, so it makes it her problem. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013. Linda Varilis (ne Henry; born 24 August 1959) is an English actress.She is known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV drama Bad Girls and Shirley Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she has played since 2006.She had previously appeared in EastEnders as the original Lorraine Salter, the mother of Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton) from 1991 to 1992. Nancy, without realising, puts her head round the door, but shuts it quickly and she turns the music up in the kitchen, telling Johnny it's not normal how much their parents see of each other and to think of their mental scars. Linda is devastated to learn that Dean will not be charged due to lack of evidence. Linda says Shirley is too scared to admit who Dean really is, but Shirley claims she knows her son and Linda asks if she does. Linda became landlady of The Queen Victoria public house and moved there with her family from her mother's pub in Watford. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. [7] Hello called them "childhood sweethearts". Shirley visits with a birthday present for Mick and she asks Linda if she can give it to Mick, but then Shirley decides to stay around and in the kitchen, Shirley says she will come around everyday until Mick listens and she will not have Linda's lies coming between her and Mick. When Linda has arranged an appointment for an abortion, she uses going shopping for Mick's Christmas present as a cover up. . At Christmas time, Linda is visited by Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), under the name of Judith, who unknown to her, has moved into The Queen Vic and is trying to take advantage of Mick. Kellie Bright's casting was announced alongside Danny Dyer's on 1 October 2013, a week after Bradshaw-White's casting was revealed. Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. She spent some time with the Old Vic Youth Theatre and went to drama. She was involved in a brief scandal where Dexter Hartman (Khali Best), Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) discovered pictures of her during her time as a Page 3 model. This conversation is overheard by Dean, who agrees to keep quiet. Linda's early stories included her struggle with son Johnny's (Sam Strike) sexuality, which was revealed a week after the Carters moved into The Queen Vic. Upstairs, Stacey explains how Linda must be feeling, such as scared, ashamed and that she must have led him on before telling Linda that she was raped. They go on holiday to rekindle their marriage and when they return, Linda is delighted that Whitney and Woody are emigrating, but Woody leaves without Whitney, so Linda is annoyed. She says yes, but only if he fixes a spelling error on the bracelet in which he spelt "flamingo" "flamingoe". Linda then walks in and also confronts Max for using Mick's trauma to his advantage. EastEnders spoilers for next week: Character fights for life and Linda Aidan then gives Mick a Christmas present and tells him to open it in private. Nicknames Her roles include Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for which she won the 2015 British Soap Award for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance, Julie in Ali G Indahouse, Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand (1990-1996), Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls (2002) and Joan Trotter in Rock & Chips (2010-2011). She tells Mick she is sorry for sleeping with Max and almost taking Ollie away from him. Picture: BBC As for actress Kellie. Aggie [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". They serve the Carters with an eviction notice for the Queen Victoria pub. After Janine scams Nancy and Zack out of 50,000 to give to Linda in an attempt for her to leave Walford, Linda invests the money in the 'Fox and Hair' salon, unaware that the money that Janine gave her was from scammed from Nancy and Zack who wanted to buy a restaurant. Linda, feeling increasingly threatened by Dean, turns down Mick's Christmas Day proposal before stunning Mick by revealing the rape. Eventually, she tells him she hates herself and, because of Dean, she feels the same way she did when she suffered from bulimia after her father died, and has been making herself sick again. When Mick tells Linda that they should just get the vows "over with", Linda begins to think he is having second thoughts. Linda makes a costume for Ollie for World Book Day and he wins 2nd place, delighting Linda. [11] Along with Dyer, Bright was nominated for "Best On-screen Partnership" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for the relationship between Mick and Linda. While Kellie has played Linda since 2013, it wasn't actually her first EastEnders role as she appeared as a bridesmaid at Lofty and Michelle's wedding back in 1986 when she was just 10-years-old. Status However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. 4. On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. When Linda was away in Watford caring for her ill mother, Mick kisses Whitney carter. They intend to ask Mick for a loan but Linda rejects them as Mick is not around. Linda then starts to turn to alcohol which she keeps hidden until she drives Ollie to school hungover from the night before and accidentally crashes into Shelley's car. Mick volunteers to swim to help Janet Mitchell's school raise money for a bus, but Mick cannot swim and Linda asks what he is going to do when they find out. I'm a firm believer in doing what makes you happy. Linda then goes home and Mick tells her that Frankie is his daughter. Mick talks to Linda about her decision and booking the clinic, but Linda has already booked the clinic and she doesn't want it and Mick asks if he has a choice in it. Her on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016, before she returned to filming full-time in April 2017. While getting a coffee she runs into Sharon and offers to help her care for her newborn son. Linda and Mick return to Walford a few weeks later to find Shirley behind the bar and Dean in the pub and Mick declares the party is over. "[11] Dyer said there is a "Den and Angie [Watts] feel" to the relationship. When Linda and Nancy return from holiday, Linda learns that Lee has been suffering from depression, and she encourages him to take his medication. Mick, Linda and Tina later arrive home to The Queen Vic where Linda finally admits that she is an alcoholic and that she wants to get help, choosing her marriage and Mick over alcohol. However, Johnny likes the job and tells her that he does not want to feed information to her. Sharon invites Mick and Linda to The Albert for a couple free drinks later that day and meanwhile, they babysit Bert and Ernie Moon for Kat and Alfie. When Stan announces to the family that he and Cora are back together, he feels that Christmas is shaping up nicely with a baby on the way and Dean with Stacey and Shirley suggests to Mick that they invite Dean and Stacey over for Christmas. Linda then learns that Fi nearly kissed Mick. Shelley insults Ollie which leads to Shirley punching her. Kellie Bright - Wikipedia Linda Bernadette Carter (ne Peacock) is the daughter of John and Elaine Peacock, ex-wife of Mick Carter and mother of Lee, Nancy, Johnny, Ollie and Annie Carter. Linda reminds Lee that he's not on his own and he has her, Mick and Whitney and if he needs proper help, then they'll sort that and the next time he gets angry, he is to come and find her. After Elaine returns for Linda's five-month scan the day after, Linda confesses to her her fears that the baby may not be Mick's. Father As revenge, Tina steals the money from a bingo jar but Shirley returns it, proving her honesty to Mick, and also recommends The Queen Victoria public house as a potential pub of their own on Albert Square in Walford, where Shirley lives. Linda was last seen regularly on EastEnders in September 2021 when the pub landlady left Walford to keep the identity of her baby's father, Max Branning (Jake Wood), a secret. BBC By Lewis Knight Published: Thursday, 29th December 2022 at 7:58 pm Save Shirley Carter. Linda Henry age, partner, children and how long was she in EastEnders She says, "I didn't have any acting work, so I got a job waiting on tables to pay the mortgage, but it was while The Upper Hand was still on air. Linda later drinks alcohol after being manipulated by Janine. The renewal commences, and Linda fluffs her lines, however they eventually get through their vows and a party commences in the pub. Later, when Mick comes knocking, Linda hides in the living room. [10] Bright explained that Mick and Linda have grown up together, and said: "It's a weird thing when you've known someone your whole lifeyou're more than just husband and wife. Mick later tells police he invited Whitney to the party as a distraction but does not reveal he knew about the murder. Linda says she doesn't even want it and gives it to Mick. Linda asks if Dean will be arrested and PC Jenkins says in due course after Stacey has given a statement. Denise visits Linda, struggling with the revelation, and Linda lies that she only just found out about Ian's actions. EastEnders airs possible heartache and horror scenes next week on the BBC soap, including a brutal attack. We liked her already, but we love her now! [35] Linda's pairing with Mick came in second place in the "Best Soap Couple" category at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards with 10.6% of the total votes.[36]. Relationships/Known relatives Mick asks how many weeks pregnant she is and Linda admits to being around 7 weeks and Mick learns that Linda was planning to have an abortion. Linda hovers around outside and Stacey sees her and asks if she's alright and they both head to the chip shop together. As well being the landlady of The Queen Vic, Linda's biggest storylines include being raped, giving birth to a premature baby and her secret battle with cervical cancer. Linda Carter We met when I was 31 and I didn't want to jump straight into having kids. However, Phil stops Aidan at the last minute and pressures him into leaving Walford or he'll reveal to the police that he killed Fi's brother Luke Browning (Adam Astill). Linda's mum, Elaine, owns a pub in which Linda grew up in. Janine moves an unconscious Linda into the driver seat to make it look like Linda was driving under the influence. Mick then tears a shred off Linda and shames her for putting Ollie in danger, leading Linda to run off and stay at Max's, however Linda and Mick later make up. She told Jack Branning first, and she then only told Mick when she was concerned the cancer had returned. Linda Henry was born on 1 January 1963 in Peckham, South London, making her 57 years old. Mick apologises to Linda for blurting out what happened, but he was just so angry for her and Linda explains that she thought she could get by without telling anyone and get back to being herself. Linda drinks Mo's vodka on the bus en route to the boat and arrives drunk, which leads to her announcing in front of everyone that Mick and Whitney are having an affair. At the end of the party, Mick tells Linda that with the kids cleaning up down in the bar, they have a good half an hour to themselves and he asks Linda if she enjoyed her night and whether he can do anything else. Mick demands to know what Dean did to her, but Linda doesn't want to and Mick threatens to get Dean to before ironing him out. He reminisces about the first time he saw Linda during football and the thing he loves most about her is her kind and honest heart, which she gave to him when they were kids and he's looked after it ever since. Linda returns to Walford to help with Sharon's wedding dress and she tells Mick she's just stopping by to see how they all are. When Dean attempts to rape his fiance Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Linda encourages her to report this to the police. (First line to a punter who had won a competition), Albert|Albert (II)|Baby|Bella|Betty| Linda then confronts Chantelle in the toilets of The Vic and accuses her of telling Mick, hurt at Linda's accusations, Chantelle tells Linda to leave her alone and storms off. Linda then goes to Stacey's to see if Mick had gone round to hers to look for Dean as Mick knows what Dean did to her. EastEnders ' Linda Carter could be faced with a shock discovery this week following her affair with Max Branning. Two months later, Mick phones Linda, telling her to come back home or else there will be nothing to come back to. In 1990, at the age of 13, Bright was cast as Joanna Burrows in TV series The Upper Hand alongside William Puttock, Joe McGann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman which ran for six years. As they get ready to board the bus, Linda sees Mick and Whitney talking and assumes they are having an affair. This is Henry's second role in EastEnders, as she previously played prostitute Lorraine Salter(1991-1992). [4], Linda first appeared in an episode that aired on BBC One on 19 December 2013, visited partner Mick's sisters Shirley and Tina when they needed money. When Linda goes to make Dean a hot chocolate, her and Mick's song starts to play and Dean follows her into the kitchen and he kisses Linda. "There you go, sweetheart, its some lovely wine that you save it for Christmas day." John Peacock As Mick struggles from his depression, he tells Linda to stay away from him. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". Female The 45 year old actress, who has . The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. "He's in his thirties, so he's still running around after the kids, which is great. 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Mick asks Linda to renew their wedding vows and she accepts, though has doubts after seeing Mick comforting Whitney. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on, he calls Linda's mother, Elaine, asking her to visit The Vic to help him understand her behaviour. After having some doubts, Linda encourages Mick to marry Janine for the sake of his and Janine's unborn baby. A seething Linda orders Shirley to collect her things and to be gone before she gets back. Annie Carter | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom Linda thinks Dean believes what happened was consensual and Stacey explains to Linda about her time in prison and Dean knows his guilty, but he just can't admit it. Linda chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. Birth Mick discovers that he, Linda and Ollie share the same blood type, but Dean does not, meaning Dean cannot be the father. There is a big revelation about a past character that leaves Linda Carter shaken in . Linda returns inside to continue her statement and she talks to PC Jenkins about the rape itself. Linda later gets drunk and confesses to Sharon that Keanu is still alive; she continues to taunt Martin over this, with him growing more worried that she will reveal everything. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Linda says she told Dean that she cared about him, but in a maternal way as he isn't much older than her kids and he was talking about suicide and she tried to comfort him. She leaves and heads to Sharon's, much to Phil's annoyance and Mick and Elaine head over to Sharon's when Sharon texts Mick. Mick conquers his fears, but on the way home he is arrested for soliciting a prostitute. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. Save. Post coital, Linda agrees with Mick when he says he missed it, but inside, she's numb. "[4] She also worked as a receptionist at a nightclub in London. Elaine tries to get Linda to come clean and suggests they talk to Dean, but Linda snaps and says nothing is going on between her and Dean as she is not like her. [20] Her second son was conceived through IVF, and following his birth, the couple froze three embryos. After explaining she would have finished having babies at the end of her thirties if it were possible, she added: "But who gets to pick their life like that? Mick, Linda and Ollie later leave to live in Elaines pub as they fear Max will return, however a few weeks later, Mick and Ollie return to Walford alone without Linda. Phil and Sharon agree to it and Max is happy that his plan is working. Linda supports Mick when he participates in a swimming gala for Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), despite being fearful of water. He survives and they follow Linda's plan of staging Keanu's murder, with Martin disposing of the evidence and both of them keeping quiet. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. Linda and Mick are both delighted with Johnny when he has averaged a first in his grades and Mick gives him money to treat himself but they aren't happy when Johnny shows them a moped he bought. Stacey then explains her encounter of being raped and then she tells Linda she knows how it feels because Dean raped her and Linda nods her head. Linda Carter | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom Fans will . The character Linda Henry plays in Walford is ranked 36th in the 100 greatest EastEnders characters of all time. This results in Linda leaving Walford to meet up with her children to tell them what happened to Mick. Elaine tells Linda she's worked out what the problem is, which is Dean, and she believes Linda is sleeping with him. Linda asks Shirley if she really thinks so little of her that she would make up such a thing and Shirley asks Linda why she can't just end it all before things spiral out of control and to confess that she made a mistake and she cheated on Mick because the lies and guilt will come out. However, Linda is still tempted to drink and on the day of Denny's funeral, after an argument with Sharon, she does.
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