After two failed attempts at conceiving in 2020, Bright announced in March 2021 that she was pregnant with the couple's third son, who was born on 22 July. He proclaims that there has been an accident, as the police and Keegan Baker walk in. Linda signs the paperwork and Shirley forges Mick's signature. 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. Aidan then gives Mick a Christmas present and tells him to open it in private. 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. 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. Linda pleads with Dean to admit he raped her but just as she seems to be making leeway, Mick interrupts. When Nancy tells Linda she's going to Dexter's for dinner, Linda suggests Dexter comes to them and it will give her a chance to clear the air and she'll get Babe to help. Linda reveals to Mick that she wants another baby. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. Linda is horrified that Mick is going to take the blame for Ian. Upstairs when Linda is in the kitchen, Dean enters and tells Linda she is sick and asks if she was jealous as he and Stacey were genuinely happy and Linda felt she had to protect Stacey. Father-in-law [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. Johnny finds a dog tag whilst grinding meat in the meat grinder and he and Shirley believe it is dog meat instead of lamb. She has been compared to original landlady Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) and Bright has said that she had based her portrayal of Linda on Angie.[2]. Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. The next day when Linda catches Shirley throwing away the pies, Shirley says the pies are off and the meat is dodgy and Linda samples a pie. magazine: "First of all, if I was a man having my third child at 44, no one would bat an eyelid. Linda returns the following day and Mick informs her of Lee's departure and the debts he left. Lady Di Linda was introduced as the wife of Mick Carter, played by Danny Dyer, the brother of established character Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), who has appeared in EastEnders since 2006. Linda returns at Tina's funeral where she finds out that Mick and Janine are in a relationship. Later, when the family eat Mick's birthday cake, Nancy tells her parents that she can't pretend everything is OK when it isn't and she tells Linda that she points out that the mum she knows wouldn't have let Dean run his mouth off and she would've told him something about himself. 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. Linda continues to be uncomfortable with this, and attempts to sabotage his plans by making him work. Status Husband Babe then arrives with a lasagne and she notices Linda looks done in, so she offers to open the bar whilst Linda rests. Linda visits Stacey and Linda hasn't told Mick and Stacey urges her too as she can't let Dean get away with it, but Linda fears Dean will hurt her family and Stacey susses out that Dean has been threatening her, which is more reason to tell Mick but Linda doesn't want to as Mick would kill Dean. About 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. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". Date of Birth Annie was born on 13 September 2021 to Linda and Mick Carter but is actually the biological daughter of Max Branning. The Carters attempt to raise money after Grafton Hill tell them they need to pay 60,000 in repair costs or face eviction, though Fi tells them she has reduced it to 50,000. In September 2015, Bright joined the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One. With Lady Di needing an expensive operation and mounting debts, Shirley convinces Linda to sell the freehold of The Queen Vic, and they agree not to tell Mick. It eventually comes out that Linda was away from Walford for such a long period of time because she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. Then Sharon tells Nancy about the kiss, so Nancy accuses Dean and Linda of having an affair. Max uses this to blackmail Phil into convincing Sharon to sign The Queen Vic back to Mick. 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. 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. PC Jenkins leads Linda to the interview room and introduces her to DC Stephan Franklin, the detective in charge of her case and he'll be listening to her interview in the room next door. PC Jenkins then tells Linda the next stage is to take a statement, which can either be handwritten or a video statement that could be used further down the line if the case goes to court so she wouldn't have to stand in a witness box and Linda opts to do a video statement. 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. 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. Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. [24] Bright also added that Linda does not want to know who the baby's father is as she thinks that Linda is "scared and terrified". [17] The argument eventually reached breaking point in June 2014, when Linda failed to support Johnny's plans to go to gay pride and caused him embarrassment by revealing his cowardice during the attack on Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean). Linda notices the photo of her with Dean, Lauren and Whitney on the wall and she smashes the picture before rushing to the toilet and throws up. 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. 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 and Linda hug and it is implied that they are now back together. Linda hides this from Mick and confides in Chantelle Atkins for support however Mick discovers Linda's secret and angrily barges in the middle of her trial to which Linda pleads guilty. When Mick asks if Linda would want to have another child running around and to hold their baby again, Linda says no as she doesn't need a baby if he is never going to leave her as he is enough. [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. Later, Linda tells Mick that she wants Shirley out and she tells Shirley that she is sacked as she runs The Vic, so she decides who does and doesn't work as the pub is the family's, which is her, Mick and the kids. 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. 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. Other names 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. Linda later is busy making a variety of sandwiches and Mick tells Nancy that if they'll have a quiet family tea that night and then the following day, she can be landlady of The Vic and Nancy asks if she can do musical bingo. Pets Next thing I know, a customer had called a newspaper saying I was there and some photographers appeared out of the blue snapping away. 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. Aliases 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. 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. As Mick struggles from his depression, he tells Linda to stay away from him. Linda and Mick go for the scan, where they are informed that the baby has a strong heartbeat and around 11 weeks size and both Linda and Mick are overjoyed. Post coital, Linda agrees with Mick when he says he missed it, but inside, she's numb. The 44 year old. Halfway gives the ring to the Carters, who then give the ring to Fi in exchange for the freehold for the pub. As for actress Kellie Bright, she was born on 1st July 1976, making her one year older than her character at 44-years-old. Linda tells her mum that she has never looked at another man and she's never been with anyone but Mick and she says that Dean has just annoyed her, but Elaine doesn't believe her and Linda furiously tells her to believe what she wants and Mick shouldn't have called her. This is Henry's second role in EastEnders, as she previously played prostitute Lorraine Salter(1991-1992). Stacey says that she was going to tell her something and Linda says that Dean is young, good looking and a bit of a player and she's a bit over protective. 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. 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. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. When Sharon suggests that Dean's advances towards Linda were encouraged, both drunk, they have a bitter row in the pub. 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. 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. Portrayed by Aidan is fuming. She tells Mick she is sorry for sleeping with Max and almost taking Ollie away from him. 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 58-year-old, who plays iconic character Sally Metcalfe, admitted she couldn't commit to staying on the soap forever and would leave when the time was right. Mick rages that Dean raped Linda, which is overheard by a distraught Linda and she goes to the bedroom. She made her full arrival on 26 December 2013, the Boxing Day episode for EastEnders, moving into her new home on Albert Square, The Queen Victoria. 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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. Shirley later informs Linda of Shelley's actions however Linda refuses to confront Shelley or stop their 'friendship' as she wants to impress Shelley and Mieko much to the disgust of Shirley. 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. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. Ongoing Mick later marries Janine after taking Linda's advice. She performed in "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together".[16]. 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. When Dean attempts to rape his fiance Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Linda encourages her to report this to the police. 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. Linda's mum, Elaine, owns a pub in which Linda grew up in. [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]. [26] Linda's on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016. 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. Stepdaughters 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. On a night out, she becomes tired of Mick constantly watching what she drinks and takes a drink which is seen by Max. 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. 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. When Stan says that Mick now has a brother, Mick rages tells him Dean is nothing to him as Linda comes up the stairs. 13 Sep 2021. 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. Birth The next morning, Linda gives Johnny toast with jam for breakfast, but Mick says Johnny doesn't eat jam and never has. They intend to ask Mick for a loan but Linda rejects them as Mick is not around. [11] She said, "they're kind of tearing each other's heads off or tearing each other's clothes off. 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. 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. "[6] He said that the characters would laugh, cry, argue and make up, which would embarrass their children, but would delight their neighbours. The following week, Linda has a party for her birthday, and Lee returns permanently from Afghanistan in time for the celebrations. 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. Linda palms Mick off with another lie, which is that she's been feeling upset about hitting Dexter, but Mick isn't convinced and he tells Linda that he is going to book her an appointment at the doctor's. 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. Linda then signs the DVD and hands over her mobile before returning to Mick. Linda Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. ", EastEnders' Danny Dyer hopes Mick and Linda Carter will repair their marriage. 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. [7] Hello called them "childhood sweethearts". Kellie and Paul are already parents to two sons, 9-year-old Freddie and 4-year-old Gene. 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. 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. 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. She made one-off appearances on 28 and 31 December 2021. Mick tells Sharon everything and how much he loves Linda whilst she is listening from next door. As Mick heads off upstairs, Dean emerges and asks Linda if it's true that she and Mick aren't married and he agrees not to tell anyone. This caused many arguments between mother and son. EastEnders fans will know Kellie Bright for playing Linda Carter since all the way back in 2013. Kellie Bright Shirley Carteris a fictional character from the BBCsoap opera EastEnders, played by Linda Henry. Mick rescues him and resuscitates him, and he is arrested for the attempted rape of Roxy. RSVP", "EastEnders' Linda hands Mick divorce papers in Den and Angie throwback", "EastEnders' Kellie Bright made her Albert Square debut more than 25 years ago", "EastEnders: Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright to become new Queen Vic landlord and landlady", "Danny Dyer joins EastEnders as the new landlord of Queen Vic", "Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright to join EastEnders and run the Queen Vic pub", "EastEnders gossip from Danny Dyer and Carter family full Q&A", "Tuesday soaps: EastEnders has a rare happy couple but for how long? 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 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. Two months later, Mick phones Linda, telling her to come back home or else there will be nothing to come back to. How old is Linda Carter in EastEnders? She tells Linda that it's natural to want something different, but Dean is too close to home and Linda tells her mum to stop talking about Dean. Linda falls into a coma for the next few days and once she awakens, is disowned by her family who are unaware of Janine's actions. Linda asks if he has a spare 20,000 because if she would have to tell the kids they aren't actually married, she'll have the wedding of all weddings, but she doesn't need it as her feelings towards him haven't changed since she was 12. Lee admits that he is scared that one day no one will be there to stop him and Linda feels it's the army that have caused Lee to be how he is, but Lee says it's due to anger building up inside and wanting to tell someone and being scared that they won't understand, so he keeps it buried. [18] In December 2011, she gave birth to her first son. In the park, Stacey says she chucked Dean out and Linda asks Stacey how long it will take before things get better and Stacey says that it will get easier, but she is unsure to whether things will get back to being completely the same. [30] However, they lost out to David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh, who play Roy and Hayley Cropper respectively in Coronation Street. 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. 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. EastEnders bosses worked with charity Rape Crisis to develop the storyline. Callum Highway's brother and Mick's longtime friend, Stuart Highway, arrives. Frank|Freddie Mercury|Freida|Genghis|Gilbert|Gloria|Gumbo|Heathcliff|Hercules|Joey|Joey|Lady Di|Lionel|Lovebirds|Mandoo|Marge|Marge (II)|Marilyn|Musty|Neville| The 41-year-old revealed in November 2022 that she was stunned to discover she was . Linda then brings up the fire Shirley caused accidentally on Christmas and how they lost so much before telling Shirley she did her kids a favour by walking out on them and she asks Shirley if she has any idea how much she hurt Mick. [3] As a child actress, she appeared in several different series' on British television in the late 1980s and the 1990s, including T-Bag and Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. Daughters This conversation is overheard by Dean, who agrees to keep quiet. However, Aidan becomes suspicious of this and attempts to blackmail Mick into letting him use the pub for drug dealing. "[32] Bright won the awards for "Best Actress" and "Best Dramatic Performance" at The British Soap Awards 2015. The soap actress, who has been playing her fiery character Shirley Carter for more than a decade, has been in more than a handful of explosive storylines over the years. Linda Carter Whilst Mick and Shirley sort out the problem, Linda tries to get Wi-Fi to talk to her eldest son Lee in Afghanistan. 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. Dean ignores Linda and says that everyone is downstairs and as Dean pushes Linda on to the table, Linda tells him no and pleads for him to stop, but he ignores what she says and rapes Linda. EastEnders fans have come to know and love Linda Carter after she joined the cast all the way back in 2013. But a shocking revelation came with her explosive return this week which has sparked concern from fans that Linda . Upstairs, Dean tells Linda how he can's trust women after Shirley abandoned him again and Lauren dumped him and how discovering Kevin Wicks wasn't his biological father sometimes makes him feel that he doesn't want to be around. BBC Mick then goes on to say that maybe she would stop worrying if they made it official and he asks Linda to marry him, but Linda says no. Linda tells PC Jenkins that Dean was drunk and tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away before slapping him. In a poll held by Digital Spy a month after the introduction of the Carters, Linda was the least popular, with 5.65% of the vote. Linda begins working in the laundrette. Linda returns to The Vic and speaks to the clinic on the phone and Mick wonders who it was, thinking it's his Christmas surprise and whilst Linda goes to the kitchen, Mick rings the number on Linda's phone and he confronts Linda to why she is ringing the clinic. Shirley Carter (2016-2022) Linda proposes to Mick who accepts. Later, Johnny reveals to Linda that the meat is dog and not lamb and they have a visit from the Environmental Health, who inform them that if the meat isn't suitable for human consumption, they could face a hefty fine and a possible custodial sentence. Months later, Linda develops a stress-induced drinking disorder. 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. 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 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. 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. Linda sits with Johnny, upset and in disbelief after she overheard him coming out to Mick. Linda assumes Mick has cheated on her but he tells her that Frankie is nearly 31 years old which means Mick would have been 12 when she was conceived.
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