Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. 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. Linda later invites Sharon to live with the Carters but her guilt grows, especially when Keanu's mother Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) becomes convinced that Phil has killed him, causing her to drink heavily again. 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. 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 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. 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 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. Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera. Mick feels that he is loosing Linda, but Linda reassures Mick that he isn't loosing her and to prove it, Linda kisses Mick and she lets Mick undress her and they have sex. Linda proposes to Mick who accepts. EastEnders Linda Carter actress' husband who appeared on soap and age The 44 year old. The Carter family were created by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins who planned to completely revamp the show. 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. Born and raised in Watford, Linda Carter is no stranger to life as a landlady. 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. While getting a coffee she runs into Sharon and offers to help her care for her newborn son. Johnny refuses to get rid of the bike as he is old enough to make his own decision and Linda snaps at Dean and tells him to stay away from her family and she can't stand him being around all the time. Mick later finds out about the hotel and confronts Linda, who claims she cannot remember anything but gets herself tested for STIs. Elaine and Sharon enter and see that Linda and Mick have reconciled and Elaine wonders what everything has been about. In the following argument, Nancy reveals that Johnny is gay, and has been hiding his sexuality in fear of how his parents will react. Several days later, Mick finds an expensive ring in Halfway's possession and interrogates Halfway, who admits he stole it from the robbery. The storyline aired over the autumn. Linda refuses to have a son who is gay and she doesn't have a son who is gay. 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. BIGGEST Moments: Mick and Linda Carter | EastEnders - YouTube Elaine makes some progress before leaving again. Linda Carter - Wikipedia However, she agrees to marry Mick with his support. After a heart-to-heart with Whitney, Linda decides to return to Elaine, which angers Mick as Linda saw the state he was in and left anyway. She tells him to leave Walford and Jack agrees. When Stacey depicts how she felt after her rape, Linda accepts that he did. 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. 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. Pets 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. When Mick heads upstairs to the bedroom, where he finds Linda gone and her engagement ring on the dressing table. Linda says that neither of them wanted to talk about it and that it's OK to admit he is scared because things don't seem so bad. Landlady/Barmaid Laundrette worker Waitress Businesswoman Annie Carter | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom Linda later kicks off and produces divorce papers telling Mick that their marriage is over, to his horror. Max steals a file from Jack that contains evidence of all Phil Mitchell's crimes. After confiding in Denise about Mick's infatuation, Denise tells Linda that she saw Mick and Whitney kiss several months previously. Linda says that Mick is excited about the baby and Stacey asks if she is worried if the baby is Dean's, but Linda doesn't know and she can't be sure plus Dean is Mick's nephew, so they're all in each others lives. 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. When Linda discovers that Mick has been fighting in the pub, Shirley tells her that he has struggled with her prolonged absence and Linda admits that she has neglected him. Frank|Freddie Mercury|Freida|Genghis|Gilbert|Gloria|Gumbo|Heathcliff|Hercules|Joey|Joey|Lady Di|Lionel|Lovebirds|Mandoo|Marge|Marge (II)|Marilyn|Musty|Neville| 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. However when Linda discovers Shelley insulting her to her friends. In 2015, she was nominated for the "Serial Drama Performance" award at the National Television Awards,[12] however the award was won by Dyer. Linda rearranges her appointment and finds Lee in the park and Lee explains how they had sparring matches back at camp and he went for someone once and it took 4 people to get him off. 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. Linda continues to clash with Shirley, who moves in with them, and she befriends Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) over their mutual dislike of Shirley. 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. Dean tells Linda that he was out of order and he needs her to talk to Stacey to say what she said was a mistake. Later when Linda and Mick head to The Vic, Linda tells Mick that she can't be here and she asks Mick to take her away. John Peacock When Nancy and Mick plan a fireworks party, Linda says she wished they'd asked and she could do without it. ", "EastEnders: Linda and Mick aren't married! 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. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. She tells Mick she is sorry for sleeping with Max and almost taking Ollie away from him. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Whilst Mick and Shirley sort out the problem, Linda tries to get Wi-Fi to talk to her eldest son Lee in Afghanistan. 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. Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) bumps into Linda who asks her about her relationship with Dean, Linda nearly admits that Dean raped her however she is stopped from doing so when they are interrupted by Dean. On her return home with Mick and Ollie, Linda snubs an apologetic Dean's attempt to shake her hand. Mick rescues him and resuscitates him, and he is arrested for the attempted rape of Roxy. Linda rejected them. She told OK! In December 2017, the entirety of the Willmot-Brown family enter the Queen Victoria, and reveal to everyone that Weyland & Co own Grafton Hill, and as a result the pub, much to Kathy's horror. 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. Mick tells them that Dean raped Linda, but she overhears. EastEnders films Linda Carter's return in sad funeral scenes After saving Janine, Mick rushes back into the sea to save Linda, unaware that she managed to escape the car. 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. 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. Picking up two days after Mick Carter's shock exit on Christmas . Unable to cope with the negative social stigma surrounding her family, Linda demands that Mick reveals the truth, but he refuses, wanting to keep his word to Ian. Johnny tells Linda that she's strong and holds the family together and the baby is lucky. Linda's alcoholism continues to spiral out of control, resulting in her slapping Sharon and social services intervening as Ollie's schoolteachers notice him becoming extremely unhappy. 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. Mick asks Linda to renew their wedding vows and she accepts, though has doubts after seeing Mick comforting Whitney. Dean says he gets that Linda feels bad, but she needs to stop playing the victim as they both did it and Linda tells him that he knows what he did. Later, Johnny returns to Walford while Linda relocates with Elaine to Watford to aid her mother's recovery. 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. Stuart Highway (2018) Max Branning (2020-2021; affair) Mick Carter (2022) Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. PC Jenkins says it's not an option for Mick to be in the room as they don't allow anyone in the room as it can influence the person's statement without realising and Linda tells Mick she will do it by herself. 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. Dean visits with a birthday card for Linda, but Johnny and Nancy explain the awkward situation by saying their mum is having a lie-in and Dean says he'll give her card to her later. Dean congratulates Linda and Linda asks him who told him, but Dean says the matter is whether it's his or not, but Linda says it isn't. Shirley informs them that Kat and Alfie Moon had a deal on, which was a 1 a drink and Mick and Linda wonder if Shirley can get stuff from the soup kitchen on tick, but Shirley packed in the job. 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. Mick and Linda arrive at Walford Police Station and they make their way inside together. Annie Carter (2021), daughter of Linda and Max Branning, adopted by Mick Jade Green aka Roya Masood (2008), daughter of Dean Wick and Shabnam Masood Jimmy Wicks (2012), son of Carly Wicks 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. Episode 6695 (10 May 2023) | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. NOTE: Please do not add content from the BBC iPlayer's early episodes until it has been aired on television, as it is intrusive to our readers who may not have seen the episode on iPlayer. 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. "[11] She later said that Mick and Linda have known each other since they were five or six years old, and can finish each other's sentences and know how the other is feeling by the look on their face. Mick and Linda do not witness this, and when Mick insists they should get Ollie to hospital, Linda states he seems fine, but she later finds Ollie is not breathing. He proclaims that there has been an accident, as the police and Keegan Baker walk in. 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. 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 about to tell Mick about Dean raping her the night before, but Mick believes she is just hungover and Linda keeps it to herself. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. As they enter downstairs, they are congratulated by the family and Nancy asks to see the ring and Mick passes it to Linda. Bright has been acting since she was 11, appearing on stage in shows such as Annie and Les Misrables, before landing a place at the Sylvia Young Theatre School where she became friends with Emma Bunton and Keeley Hawes. Linda Henry was born on 1 January 1963 in Peckham, South London, making her 57 years old. Tina can be seen in the stairwell laughing as Mick walks in. Linda also says that Dean could be sweet and he was there when she went through a bad time with Mick, but she swears never sought him out or lead him on and PC Jenkins reassures Linda she believes her. She says yes, but only if he fixes a spelling error on the bracelet in which he spelt "flamingo" "flamingoe". EastEnders fans in shock as top character QUITS Square over Janine 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 . Inside EastEnders star Kellie Bright's family life as she gives birth 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. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. She tells the family she thinks Mick is guilty, throws away her wedding rings, and later throws the family out, then allows Stuart to move in, and calls a solicitor to begin divorce proceedings from Mick. When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. Linda explains that she tells Mick everything because she always wanted a marriage like her parents and the worst thing is that she only confessed to the affair as she believed Linda was doing the same. 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. Sally explained: "As soon as I don't enjoy my role any more, I'll leave. 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. Alfie helps the Carter's get hold of more stock in time for their opening after Mick and Shirley persuaded him and Kat. Dean says they've had a cancellation and both he and Nancy encourage her to go and at The Vic, Mick informs Linda that her birthday surprise has been delayed until the weekend. When Mick tells Linda that they should just get the vows "over with", Linda begins to think he is having second thoughts. Rainie Cross, who is trying to get Max to return to the Square, becomes suspicious of Linda and threatens to tell Max that he has a baby on the way. Episode Count Linda tries to cheer up Dean by saying that he is bright, good looking and his own business and after a tough time, he has come through it all. Willmott-Brown gives an eviction notice to the Carters, giving them a month to leave. Patch|Mr Pickles|Posh and Becks|Pretty|Prince|Prince (2008)|Robbie and Georgie|Rolf|Roly|Rooney|Sammy|Starsky and Hutch|Sugar|Terrence|The Carter/Branning puppies|Tramp|Wellard|Wellard (II)|WillyWilly (II)|Ziggy |. 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. He rings her phone, and discovers her in the next room. Stacey asks if something happened between her and Dean and as Linda is about to explain, Dean arrives and Linda heads back home. [28][29], Along with Dyer, Bright was nominated for "Best On-screen Partnership" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for the relationship between Mick and Linda. However, he realises what she is doing and in the ensuing argument he leaves home. Frankie Lewis (2016-2022) She also adds that her and Mick wanted 4 children, however something happened and she shouldn't be pregnant. 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. Jack takes Max home and confronts him about the file that he stole and used to threaten Phil. Linda returns at Tina's funeral where she finds out that Mick and Janine are in a relationship. As for actress Kellie Bright, she was born on 1st July 1976, making her one year older than her character at 44-years-old. Shirley Carteris a fictional character from the BBCsoap opera EastEnders, played by Linda Henry. 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. A relieved Linda kisses Mick and she tells him she's done it. 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. "[32] Bright won the awards for "Best Actress" and "Best Dramatic Performance" at The British Soap Awards 2015. Mick leaves messages on her voicemail to ask her to come home and Elaine returns her to the pub. 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. Linda Carter 1,058 episodes, 2013-2023 Lindsey Coulson . 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.. Nancy comes in and accuses Linda of being a racist as she got the impression that she hated both Wayne and Dexter. Later that day, after Lauren and Abi Branning fell from the roof of the Queen Victoria, Karen, Sharon, Linda, Shirley and 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. EastEnders (TV Series 1985- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mick tells Shirley that Linda is pregnant and Dean isn't happy with Mick after phoning the police on Buster Briggs, who turned out to be his real father, to inform them where Buster was. In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. After almost setting fire to the kitchen and potentially endangering Ollie with her behaviour, Shirley tries to drown Linda, who breaks down. Linda formed a connection with Dean as she counselled him through his long standing issues with his mother, having a fair perspective on the situation due to her own battles with Shirley in the past. It's not just us who have a soft spot for Shirley Carter. Bright announced her third pregnancy on 22 March 2021 and departed on 21 September 2021 for maternity leave. Two months later, Mick phones Linda, telling her to come back home or else there will be nothing to come back to. Linda tells PC Jenkins that Dean was drunk and tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away before slapping him.