Mick later decides that it is better for them to leave the pub and they sell it to Ian Beale and Sharon. [4] She also auditioned for the role of Tanya Branning in 2006, a role that was eventually given to Jo Joyner. After Linda gives a drunken speech in front of everyone at The Queen Vic one night, humiliating Mick, he tells her he will see her in court. In September 2015, Bright joined the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. About When Linda is called into the room, she leaves and tells Mick to take her home. Halfway gives the ring to the Carters, who then give the ring to Fi in exchange for the freehold for the pub. Linda returns to the Queen Vic where she argues and fights with Janine. Fans will . 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 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. Tina reveals that he abused her and another person Dylan Box when they were teenagers, and she attacks him. Linda and Mick gather Lee, Nancy, Stan and Tina into the kitchen and Mick explains to Lee and Nancy that Dean tried it on with Linda by kissing her and Lee learns that Nancy knew about the kiss. Linda Henry things you didn't know EastEnders Shirley Carter | What to It is a gun, so Mick can be prepared for the big job.The following day, after Linda finds the gun, Mick returns the gun to Aidan and tells him he is out of the job. As Ben wants evidence of Keanu's murder on a burner phone and, growing tired of Martin's uncertainty, Linda shoots Keanu in the shoulder herself. She tells Mick that they have to make sure that it doesn't change them as that is the one thing she wanted more than anything and no one touches or breaks them or do anything to them to stop them being them. Later, Linda is sat in the room with the TV on mute and Nancy brings her mum sausage rolls and tomato soup, which was Nancy's special sick meal, with the film Dirty Dancing to watch together. Mick visits Linda and informs her that Babe has caused the pub to be fined 20,000 because of her selling alcohol illegally outside of licensing hours. Mick purchases the pub from Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), who is at first unaware of his identity, and Mick, Linda, their son Johnny Carter (Sam Strike) and their bulldog, Lady Di (Hot Lips), move in and start trading. Linda goes to the clinic on her own after telling Mick to look after Tina and watch out for Shirley after Tosh beat up Tina after misreading the signals between Tina and Sonia's friendship. Mick defends Johnny telling her that she must be trying to prove a point. Babe then arrives with a lasagne and she notices Linda looks done in, so she offers to open the bar whilst Linda rests. [14] However, in July 2014, it was revealed in storylines that Mick and Linda are not married, yet all their families believes they are, a fact that left Carena Crawford from All About Soap wondering why they never got married and why they kept this a secret, but she hoped for a big wedding.[15]. Shirley Carter, played by Linda Henry, walked out of Walford after a hellish week for her family. (First line to a punter who had won a competition), Albert|Albert (II)|Baby|Bella|Betty| The 44 year old. With news of Janine Butcer's . Distraught over the upset that Mick's actions have brought her family, Linda leaves Walford to stay with Elaine in Watford. Aggie [5], Upon the character's announcement, Treadwell-Collins explained that in their fictional backstory, Mick and Linda have been married for over twenty years,[6] and have been together since they were teenagers. EastEnders (TV Series 1985- ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb 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. The Carters decide to flee Walford to escape Aidan, who shows up and beats Mick up for not giving into his demands. 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. 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. On 12 March 2015, Bright revealed that she had received "personal letters" from rape victims who had been affected by Linda's story, leaving her feeling "humbled" by the audience's response. 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. [30] However, they lost out to David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh, who play Roy and Hayley Cropper respectively in Coronation Street. Mick leads Linda to the car, telling her they can go wherever she wants and they go to Elaine's in Watford. Post coital, Linda agrees with Mick when he says he missed it, but inside, she's numb. Frankie Lewis (2016-2022) He tells Linda that the police are making a mistake as it was in fact his friend Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), that was speaking with the prostitute; he pulled over merely to see what was going on. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. 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. Linda tells Mick that when she wanted another baby, he didn't want to know and Mick tells they may have a girl who'd want to wear dresses, but when Mick makes a remark about having a boy who would be like his dad, Linda firmly says no as he can't change his mind on it and it's not fair. Mick promises Nancy that he's going to fix the problem with Linda once and for all and later in the kitchen, Mick asks Linda to sit down. Tina persuades Shirley to stay for a drink and Shirley asks Linda how the kids are and Linda says they are great before asking Shirley how hers are. When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. She did make a. However, she agrees to marry Mick with his support. When Lee calls up to his parents, Mick feels that he can't go downstairs as if nothing has happened, however Linda is determined to protect the kids and the family and she promises Mick that after Christmas, she will go to the police. The 41-year-old revealed in November 2022 that she was stunned to discover she was . Nancy Carter Annie Carter Linda tells Max she can't leave with him because she knows something is wrong with Mick. Bright said about the storyline that she "hoped that Linda's journey would change viewers' perception of rape", Di Angelo claimed that although the storyline will be "challenging", it was massively "important". 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. "[4] Bright played Kate Madikane (ne Aldridge) in Radio 4's The Archers, and was with the series from 1995 until 2004. In April 2014, Matt Di Angelo was reintroduced as Shirley's estranged son Dean Wicks. Through this, Dean developed feelings for her. 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. Nancy bursts in and can't believe Linda is letting Johnny go after he fell off his bike, but Linda says Johnny is his own man and it's up to him to choose his own life. [9] Linda made her first on screen appearance on 19 December 2013, but officially arrived on Albert Square with her husband, Mick (played by Danny Dyer) and her children on 26 December 2013. 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. Linda reveals to Mick that she wants another baby. Back in May 2016, Kellie took a six month break from EastEnders to have her second child. During a heated exchange with Linda where Shirley is present, Dean admits that he raped Linda. John Peacock Tina can be seen in the stairwell laughing as Mick walks in. Linda Carter 1,058 episodes, 2013-2023 Lindsey Coulson . Linda gets out of bed to make sure Johnny has arrived home safely as Mick reminds her of the time Johnny was born and he was in an incubator whilst she had an infection. Stacey says that she said exactly the same thing to herself, but the truth has a way of getting out and she ended up killing Archie Mitchell and Linda says Mick would do the same to Dean. Linda then retrieves her bridesmaid dress and underwear from the wardrobe and disposes of them in the bin before crying. Sharon tells Linda that she and Mick have the strongest marriage, but Linda drops the bombshell that she and Mick aren't even married. In the bathroom, Linda takes the pregnancy test whilst Mick loiters outside and when Linda emerges, she breaks to him that it was a false alarm and Mick finds it difficult to hide his disappointment. Later in bed, Mick and Linda kiss and when Mick starts to touch Linda, Linda begs him to stop and she breaks down in tears, saying she can't do it. Without saying anything, Linda leaves the pub. ", EastEnders' Danny Dyer hopes Mick and Linda Carter will repair their marriage. When Mick asks what changed, Linda says that it's knowing that he wants the baby too and she's starting to see things differently. [34] Neither nomination made the viewer-voted shortlist. 2013- They then reminisce about their wedding they had as kids in the back of her dad's pub and it meant as much to her as a big wedding would have done. A few days later, Mick tells Nancy and Johnny that Linda is still unwell. However when Linda discovers Shelley insulting her to her friends. Johnny says an emotional goodbye to his family and as Johnny gets on his bike, Linda goes after him with a Christmas present, which is a scarf and she puts it around his neck. Mick rages that Dean raped Linda, which is overheard by a distraught Linda and she goes to the bedroom. In 2019, after her son Ollie is diagnosed with autism, Linda becomes disruptive. 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. PC Jenkins asks if Linda still has the message and her phone will be needed to be used as evidence and Linda feels as if it will be her word against Dean's and PC Jenkins explain that in a case with no witnesses, it comes down to the issue of consent. Linda is later involved in a car crash with Janine and Annie after she and Janine argue over Mick. Linda later rekindles her relationship with Mick and they agree to try again following the revelation that Janine manipulated Mick and that she was responsible for the crash. 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 tells Mick that she slept with Max but Mick can't bring himself to do anything about it which makes Linda think he doesn't care. Several days later, Mick finds an expensive ring in Halfway's possession and interrogates Halfway, who admits he stole it from the robbery. Linda Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. Unbeknownst to her, Whitney has asked Mick for help after her accidental murder of Leo King. 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. On 19 December the pair reached the final three and topped the leaderboard with a score of 119. Phil and Sharon agree to it and Max is happy that his plan is working. To get some space from Mick and the situation, Linda goes to her mum's in Watford, who has hurt her ankle. At The Vic, Linda tells Mick that they shouldn't say anything until she has seen the GP and had the scan and Mick believes it was the right decision and he tells Linda the next 18 years are going to be brilliant. "Don't forget my husband is much younger than me. Mick tells Linda that she is not sleeping, he can't remember when he saw her smile and all he does is hear her cry. Present; regular She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013 . 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. Linda chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. Mick stops Shirley from phoning Dean and in the kitchen, he reveals to Shirley that Dean raped Linda and Shirley goes to find Dean to ask him what happened. Linda says she isn't lying and Dean raped her in the kitchen whilst her children were downstairs and despite telling Dean to stop, he didn't. 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. When they return from their honeymoon, Whitney kisses Mick, saying she has feelings for him, so he tells Linda what happened. 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. Mother When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Mick and Linda encounter a problem when Mick realises they haven't got any beer and Tina says they are almost out of snacks and spirits. 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. Download 'Remember ' on iTunes. Luisa Bradshaw-White joined the cast as Shirley's sister Tina Carter in early November, and Linda was the second new Carter to appear after her. Linda returns the following day and Mick informs her of Lee's departure and the debts he left. Inside EastEnders star Kellie Bright's family life as she gives birth While Mick portrayed the accepting father (a portrayal that was widely praised by critics[16]), Linda protested against her son being gay, and encouraged him to enter a relationship with his friend, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who was obviously keen. After a heart to heart, Max kisses Linda. 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. Dean arrives at The Vic the following day to apologise and he says sorry to Nancy and Lee as he had no right to say it, but Nancy says it's not them he needs to apologise to and Nancy says that Linda is in the barrel store. 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. BIGGEST Moments: Mick and Linda Carter | EastEnders - YouTube Linda then learns that Fi nearly kissed Mick. Lady Di However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. When Mick struggles to cope with the pub's mounting debts, Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) calls Linda, worried about Mick. Mick tells Linda that he will find 20,000 and they will have a wedding everyone will talk about. When Linda spots Mick asking Dean, she tells Nancy she's going to get fish and chips and she heads to Stacey's flat. Aidan is fuming. This results in Linda leaving Walford to meet up with her children to tell them what happened to Mick. Linda and Mick initially don't let their guard down, but Elaine knows it's to do with Dean and she was wrong to think that it was an affair. 996 episodes, 1993-2015 Rita Simons . Kellie Bright's casting was announced alongside Danny Dyer's on 1 October 2013, a week after Bradshaw-White's casting was revealed. The following morning, Linda is researching a clinic up on the internet for an abortion and whilst running a bath, Linda phones the clinic and arranges a telephone consultation for 7pm that night. Next thing I know, a customer had called a newspaper saying I was there and some photographers appeared out of the blue snapping away. Linda was introduced as the new landlady of The Queen Victoria Pub by new executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins as part of the Carter family. 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. Linda Carter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kellie Bright. She performed in "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together".[16]. Johnny finds a dog tag whilst grinding meat in the meat grinder and he and Shirley believe it is dog meat instead of lamb. Linda's mum, Elaine, owns a pub in which Linda grew up in. Linda pleads with Dean to admit he raped her but just as she seems to be making leeway, Mick interrupts. Mick initially doesn't tell Linda the reason why he is in court, but Linda demands to know the reason and Mick explains that he was arrested for soliciting with a prostitute, however it was a misunderstanding and he wasn't with the prostitute, but Ian Beale. When Whitney, Tamwar and Dexter turn up for Nancy's party, Linda asks Nancy how many more people she has invited, but Nancy asks her to calm down as there isn't that many people and later, Linda screams at everyone to get out. 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. 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 . A relieved Linda kisses Mick and she tells him she's done it. Linda, feeling increasingly threatened by Dean, turns down Mick's Christmas Day proposal before stunning Mick by revealing the rape. When Stacey depicts how she felt after her rape, Linda accepts that he did. Linda is devastated when Dean is acquitted but tells Mick she has become a strong person and that their relationship has become stronger. 46 Albert Square Linda was introduced as the new landlady of The Queen Victoria Pub by new executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins as part of the Carter family. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013. Kellie Bright - Wikipedia [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. Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. He points out to Linda that she was the one who initially wanted a baby, but Linda says he didn't and he said they were too old and they have a life and Mick says he came round to the idea. However, EastEnders viewers think Janine will be caught out as the driver of the car after spotting a huge blunder in her plan - Linda's injuries will be consistent with a passenger as the seat belt would have left bruises on her body that . Linda hovers around outside and Stacey sees her and asks if she's alright and they both head to the chip shop together. Linda tells him that they will get through this as the alternative is not an option. He proclaims that there has been an accident, as the police and Keegan Baker walk in. Dev Griffin The next day, Nancy confesses to her that Mick choked Dean unconscious in the cellar and is being secretive about what happened. [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. 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. 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. One evening, Dean kisses Linda but she slaps him. Bright appears as Linda though dressed up as Sandy Olsen. Following a conversation with Fi, Linda offers Whitney her job back but she also defies Fi by rehiring Tracey (Jane Slaughter). 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 later finds out about the hotel and confronts Linda, who claims she cannot remember anything but gets herself tested for STIs. She's been part of some huge storylines over the years, including her relationship with husband . Mick and Linda arrive at Walford Police Station and they make their way inside together. Shirley arrives back at The Vic with Dean and she demands to speak with Mick whilst Dean tells Linda that she has to tell them what happened. Linda also says that she went downstairs to see her kids and when she returned, the mood seemed different and she decided to make some hot chocolate to break the atmosphere before explaining that Dean followed her in and he put his arms round her and started to kiss her. 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. Ongoing It eventually comes out that Linda was away from Walford for such a long period of time because she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. Nancy comes in and accuses Linda of being a racist as she got the impression that she hated both Wayne and Dexter. Linda Carter Linda phones the police on Janine but as she tries to escape after hurting Mick, Linda gets into the car and it crashes into the sea where Linda pleads to Mick to save Janine and their unborn baby. 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. In the kitchen when Mick touches Linda, she flinches away from Mick and this prompts Mick to confront Linda on how she hasn't been herself, but Linda sticks with the excuse that she just has a migraine. Stacey tells Linda that she never dealt with it in the right way and she should have told her family and her husband, Bradley Branning. Max uses this to blackmail Phil into convincing Sharon to sign The Queen Vic back to Mick. Whilst signing the forms, the consultant asks Linda if she is sure about her decision and Linda says having an abortion is one thing she never thought she would be doing as a baby was all she wanted a few months ago. Shirley urges Linda to realize that she still loves Mick and that she should try to save her marriage. Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2013) Jack takes Max home and confronts him about the file that he stole and used to threaten Phil. Linda makes a costume for Ollie for World Book Day and he wins 2nd place, delighting Linda. After having some doubts, Linda encourages Mick to marry Janine for the sake of his and Janine's unborn baby. He rings her phone, and discovers her in the next room. As Linda is rushed to the hospital her fate is currently unknown as Mick Carter states: "She should die". She returns, reconciling with Mick, before Sharon and Phil's wedding. 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. Then Sharon tells Nancy about the kiss, so Nancy accuses Dean and Linda of having an affair. Mick is in a state of shock and Linda pleads with him to say he believes her and Mick assures her that he does believe her. Bright interrupted her maternity leave for two episodes in March 2017, a voiceover on 14 March 2017 and on 23 May 2017 and a physical appearance on 16 March 2017.[27]. Linda makes Stacey promise to let her deal with it in her own way as it is no longer about Dean, but her family. Linda departed the series on 25 December 2016 but made two separate guest appearances in March and June 2017. She first appeared on 19 December 2013 and her casting was announced alongside her on-screen partner, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer). Aidan then gives Mick a Christmas present and tells him to open it in private. Published: Tuesday, 27th December 2022 at 7:58 pm. 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). They are about to return to the pub when Mick has second thoughts and he decides to take Linda away for a break. The following week, Linda has a party for her birthday, and Lee returns permanently from Afghanistan in time for the celebrations. Stacey notices an upset Linda and asks what's happened, Linda says nothings and thanks Stacey for listening and she's going to tell Mick and Dean notices Linda and Stacey talking. Linda is devastated to learn that Dean will not be charged due to lack of evidence. 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. [8] They were called "a tight family unit",[9] and Treadwell-Collins said they have a "good marriage" and "an easy shorthand with each otherbut can also still fight like teenagers. He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. 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.

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