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. 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. Aidan calls off the drug deals, giving the Carters back control of The Queen Vic. However when Linda discovers Shelley insulting her to her friends. In the living room, Linda notices the photo albums open and Mick tells her he couldn't resist looking at photos to remind him of how cute their children were when they were younger. Mick realises the real reason for Linda wanting to have another baby as she thinks that once the kids leave home, Mick would stop loving her or have an affair and Mick says it's ridiculous as he will always love her. The following morning, the day when Mick and Linda are suppose to open for the first time, Linda looks out of the window and sees Tina and Shirley at the door with their belongings and Mick tells her they're moving in and Linda has objections to Shirley moving in, but is fine with Tina. Linda lies to Mick, saying it's a beauty clinic her mum's friend put her onto it, but Mick knows when Linda is lying and he asks why she rang the clinic and why she never told him as he thought they were best friends and told each other everything. Dean then asks Linda to be honest with him and he asks her would she be kind to him if she wasn't Mick's nephew and Linda says she would, but Dean breaks down, saying he wants to know if he's not wanted and Linda tries to reassure Dean that he is wanted. 2013- 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). Linda also says that she is 16 weeks pregnant and she and Mick are unsure of who the father is and PC Jenkins asks when she next saw Dean and Linda says Dean sent her a text the following day, saying that no one needs to know. Mick almost attempts suicide before realising that Katy abused him as a child. Linda reveals to Mick that she wants another baby. Carol Jackson / . Linda departed the series on 25 December 2016 but made two separate guest appearances in March and June 2017. Linda makes a costume for Ollie for World Book Day and he wins 2nd place, delighting Linda. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. Linda sits in the bar with her coat and bag and when Mick arrives back with Nancy and Lee, she tells him that she wants to go now as she can't put it off another day and Mick gives her the car keys. Since she was a teenager, Linda has been dating Mick Carter. On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. Later, Linda and Nancy have a heart to heart and Linda notices Nancy's bulldog necklace, which was a birthday gift from Dean and Linda warns Dean to stay away from her family, but Dean tells her Nancy invited him to musical bingo and if she's feeling guilty about the other night, then she needs to get over it. Linda is devastated when Dean is acquitted but tells Mick she has become a strong person and that their relationship has become stronger. Linda says the reason she didn't tell him is because once he knew, she'd be having the baby whether she wanted it or not and Mick angrily asks Linda when he has ever made her do something she didn't want to do. Father Linda pretends that it was the way Lee went off at Dexter at Nancy's party and it got her thinking whether Dexter is right for Nancy. Linda questions why he didn't call the police considering it was in self-defence. 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. Upstairs, Linda admits to Mick that she can't have the baby. Linda tells Max she can't leave with him because she knows something is wrong with Mick. Mick explains to Linda that his sisters are important to him and Linda says the deal is that the minute things go wrong, he needs to step up. Linda quickly flees the chip shop soon after and Stacey goes after her, asking what she meant and she can't just leave it. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". This conversation is overheard by Dean, who agrees to keep quiet. When she attempts to find solace in Sharon's home, Mick joins her, and she says they should not let what happened get in the way of their relationship. As they leave, Linda reminds Tina that she is welcome and Shirley asks Linda to tell Mick that she misses him. Linda eavesdrops while Mick, Tina, Shirley, Babe and Stan argue, only to hear Mick deny that Dean is part of the family. 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 tells PC Jenkins about the photoshoot she agreed to take part in for Dean's salon with Lauren and Whitney and that was the first time Dean touched her inappropriately and she didn't say anything at the time as she didn't want to cause a scene. The 44 year old. Mick also says that Dean has been bad mouthing Linda to people and he wouldn't let it go, which resulted in Mick loosing things and Linda promises the whole thing is in Dean's head. 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. 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. He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. When Linda is seemingly about to tell Mick about her secret, Mick admits to her that he is in love with someone else. 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. EastEnders airs possible heartache and horror scenes next week on the BBC soap, including a brutal attack. Ten years earlier she'd ranked 89th, so her stories and Linda's performances are obviously boosting Shirley's popularity. Linda passes out in the back of a van and when she wakes up hungover, she finds herself at an abandoned warehouse where Martin Fowler (James Bye) has been ordered by Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) to kill Keanu, in revenge for Keanu having an affair with and impregnating his stepmother, Sharon. 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. Linda's storylines include struggling with the revelation that her son Johnny (Sam Strike/Ted Reilly) is gay, being raped by Mick's brother Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), giving birth to a premature baby after falling down the stairs, suffering from bulimia nervosa, discovering that Mick kissed their daughter-in-law Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), revealing that she has secretly battled cervical cancer, surviving an ambulance crash, perverting the course of justice when Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) is shot leading to her being falsely accused of attempted murder, coping with son Ollie's (Harry Farr) diagnosis of autism, battling with alcoholism, splitting up with Mick for a short time and an extramarital affair with Max Branning (Jake Wood) which leads to another pregnancy and ultimately divorcing Mick after being lured back into alcoholism by Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), who wants him for herself - this ultimately leads to a feud between the pair and eventually a car crash which leaves Linda seriously injured, and Mick presumed dead after being lost at sea. 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. 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. Their final dance, a Charleston to "Cantina Band" from Star Wars, scored 39, but the public voted Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani as the competition winners. Mick believed Linda was alright with having the baby, but Linda says she did it for Mick after everything that happened with Shirley and Buster and she wanted Mick to be happy, however she has been living with it and she doesn't want it. When Mick pours in Lavender bubble bath, the scent makes her physically throw up and as Mick helps her, he tells Linda that he's sussed out the problem, which is that she is pregnant. He moves into the pub when he breaks his ankle and becomes immobile, and, despite initially clashing with him, Linda warms to having him around. Mick tells Linda that they have years ahead of them to focus on each other and if they did have another baby, they wouldn't have freedom until they were in their 50's and they'd have to look after a child for the next 18 years with nappies, teething, schools and puberty. Mick, along with Shirley and Tina, visit their estranged father Stan Carter (Timothy West) for money, and reunite with him in the process. Mick pulls Linda to the side and says the trouble is with Johnny, not Dean and they should let Johnny spread his wings a bit, plus they'll have a baby to worry about soon. In bed, Mick reassures Linda and he now has a better understanding of why she has been behaving so oddly and he says they will do a test and take it from there. Elaine returns for Mick and Linda's engagement party, while Linda confronts Mick, who assures her that he did not kill Dean, although, later, Nancy tries to tell Shirley something about Dean, but collapses on the ground before she can do so. After confiding in Denise about Mick's infatuation, Denise tells Linda that she saw Mick and Whitney kiss several months previously. Linda Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. 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. PC Walsh conducts the preliminary interview with Linda, asking her the date of when Dean raped her, where it happened and who she told. Johnny tells his parents that he's invited Luca to Linda's birthday karaoke and Johnny later brings Luca to The Vic and he introduces Luca to the family. 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. After Linda's father (John Peacock) died, she became bulimic but did not tell Mick or her mother, although they knew and didn't tell her in fear of making it worse. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic. Age They are about to return to the pub when Mick has second thoughts and he decides to take Linda away for a break. [22] Maria Friedman was introduced as Linda's mother, Elaine Peacock. As Linda is rushed to the hospital her fate is currently unknown as Mick Carter states: "She should die". [18] In December 2011, she gave birth to her first son. Mick cannot get Linda's foot out and Linda tells him to leave her and to think of their kids, but Mick says he is staying with her. In September 2019, it was confirmed that an upcoming storyline would see Linda battle with alcoholism. She spends the next day in hospital but discharges herself, in the need of a drink. This results in Linda leaving Walford to meet up with her children to tell them what happened to Mick. 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. In the kitchen, Mick begins to explain how he asked her if she was pregnant and she lied to him and that kills him more than anything. 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 Carter was born on 1st July 1977, making her 43-years-old. 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. Linda then walks in and also confronts Max for using Mick's trauma to his advantage. Linda considers leaving Walford with Ollie, however, she talks to Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and reveals that Elaine's stroke was not severe and she recovered relatively quickly, but that Linda stayed away from Walford because she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer while caring for Elaine. 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. Linda also learns that Lee battered Ben Mitchell from Nancy and Nancy tells Linda that Lee had a weird look in his eyes and that she'd never seen him like that before. Dean tells Mick and Linda that it was Shirley and later, Dean is about to tell the police it was Shirley and he tells Mick that Shirley has gone. 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. Ian however reveals the truth to Denise, who accuses Linda of attention seeking. 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. After Willmott-Brown collapses from a heart attack, Fi gives the Carters a chance to buy back the freehold for The Queen Vic for 150,000. Janine moves an unconscious Linda into the driver seat to make it look like Linda was driving under the influence. Linda is inspired to make Christmas great as a result, and is overjoyed when Ollie takes his first steps. Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor This episode was uploaded to BBC iPlayer at 6am but was still . Mick is concerned for Linda and he is determined to find out what is troubling her. Linda returns to Walford for her birthday and meets Fi Browning (Lisa Faulkner), The Queen Vic's business consultant sent by the freeholder, Grafton Hill, and with the changes, she feels that The Queen Vic is not her home. Linda rejects this offer, calling it unrealistic and telling her that her family will get their comeuppance. Linda later turns up at The Vic and she tells Mick that Sharon asked her what she wanted and Linda wants them to get back to being a happy family and Linda apologises for running away and she and Mick reconcile. Kellie Bright is better known for playing soap character Linda Carter on EastEnders but away from Walford the talented actress enjoys an idyllic home life.. 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Linda walks out and passes out in the gardens, being awoken by Lee, who has returned for Christmas. [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]. Bright was praised for her performance during this storyline. Tina asks what Dean has done and Shirley defends Dean, claiming Linda is lying. Daughters Romances At Sharon and Phil's wedding reception, Shirley reveals to everyone that she and Phil slept together the previous Friday. At the Christmas raffle, Mick announces that he and Linda are expecting another baby and when Linda gives out the first prize to Stacey, a bottle of Whiskey and Dean enters The Vic and shocks Linda, which Stacey picks up on. A clearly worried Linda sits in the garden when Pam rushes over to her and asks her whether she and Mick would consider being December for the calendar they're doing for charity and Linda declines. Linda is not voiced in the sketch. Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera. Following this, Stuart is arrested for perverting the course of justice but is quickly released after he blames Dylan, this annoys and worries Linda that Mick might not be released, she hears a sound in the barrel stall and while investigating comes face to face with Mick. The day of the boat party, which is being held to celebrate the Vic winning best pub, Linda and Shirley fight when Shirley notices Linda drinking as they prepare to leave. [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. 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. The character appeared in her 1,000th episode on 12 October 2022. Linda continues to be uncomfortable with this, and attempts to sabotage his plans by making him work. Distraught over the upset that Mick's actions have brought her family, Linda leaves Walford to stay with Elaine in Watford. Mick proved to be the most popular, with nearly 50% of the vote. BBC By Lewis Knight Published: Thursday, 29th December 2022 at 7:58 pm Save Shirley 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. Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. 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. To get some space from Mick and the situation, Linda goes to her mum's in Watford, who has hurt her ankle. [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. Later, Mick tells Linda that it's a shock Johnny is gay, but Linda says she knew and she feels it's her fault as Johnny nearly died when he was a baby and she'd never let anything hurt him, but she's protected him his whole life and she feels men will just hurt him as he is sensitive and too accepting. Dev Griffin Pets Becky Hill & David Guetta Linda takes Shirley aside and secretly shows her that she has hidden her wedding rings in her bra: her close friendship with Stuart is actually part of a bigger plan to help get Mick out of prison as she still loves Mick and believes he is innocent. On filming this particular storyline, Bright stated that "It is a challenging storyline, but it is an important storyline and I feel honoured to have been given it". Linda Carter 1,058 episodes, 2013-2023 Lindsey Coulson . 46 Albert Square The introduction of Dyer and Bright was part of a large cast shake-up planned by new executive producer Treadwell-Collins in an attempt to improve ratings. PC Jenkins tells Mick that because he is a material witness, he will have to give a separate statement and Mick says he'll do it later as he needs to be by Linda's side. [19] She gave birth to her second son on 21 November 2016. Linda begins to give a statement, starting with how she knows Dean and her hands shake with nerves as she pours herself a glass of water and Linda says Dean turned up on the square last year and he soon settled down to become part of the family and that's when things started. The couple then had to use the three embryos they had left trying for their third baby, with the first two not working out. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. [7] Hello called them "childhood sweethearts". In 2011, Bright did voicework for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles as the medic Sharla. 1st July 1977 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. Linda appears in animated form in a Children in Need sketch called Tom and Jerry: A Fundraising Adventure, broadcast during the 2014 telethon on 14 November 2014, along with Mick in The Queen Vic. Mick agrees that he feels the same and she asks him to stop proposing as she will start to doubt what they have together since they were kids. Mick brings Dean inside The Vic and he asks Linda to make sure Dean keeps quiet whilst he and Tina go and look for Shirley, who they presume to be at Aunt Babe's. Elaine moves in temporarily, which initially causes consternation when she interferes with running the pub. Later whilst cleaning the rubbish away, Linda gives Mick a present on his own, which is a West Ham United baby gro and Mick asks Nancy to cover for him whilst he picks up a special delivery before revealing that he is going to propose to Linda. 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. Their score including two maximum scores of 40 for their tango to "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks and their showdance to "The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies. 85 When they arrive back home, Linda has just told her mum and Mick asks if she is OK with it before heading inside to tell the rest of the family. Linda and Stuart begin meeting regularly and become close despite the family's protests. When Linda arrives back at The Vic, Johnny announces to his family that he is taking a gap year from University to go travelling with Luca. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. Bright appears as Linda though dressed up as Sandy Olsen. Alfie Moon ( Shane Richie) is eager to throw a coronation party in the Queen Vic, but recent events in EastEnders have left Linda Carter ( Kellie Bright) distracted. Linda is in the middle of a raffle and Linda and Shirley don't seem to be too pleased to see each other. [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. Upon Linda's return, Mick confesses and Linda throws Whitney out. Back at Sharon's, Linda explains to Sharon how she and Mick had a pretend ceremony as kids and they were meant to do it properly one day. In the pharmacy, Linda awkwardly picks up a pregnancy testing kit with other items and when she leaves, fear grips her as she notices Dean. EastEnders spoilers follow. Aidan steps up his demands, repeatedly forcing him to accept money for these drug deals despite Linda returning it. When Linda tells him it's nothing, Mick tells her not to say that as he isn't going to wear it and he's played it her way, but he isn't going to ignore it any longer. She warns him that it is inappropriate but does not tell Mick out of fear of angering him. 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. "[6] Inside Soap said that Mick and Linda have a passionate relationship and adore each other. They raise the money but Fi's father, James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde), reveals he now owns the business and Fi denies reducing the debt.
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