He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. Linda warned him to back off. 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. They decide to take the offer just as Max leaves Albert Square. ", "EastEnders: Linda and Mick aren't married! 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 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. You're something else. Lady Di 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. Linda returns at Tina's funeral where she finds out that Mick and Janine are in a relationship. Shirley then urges her to attend therapy for her alcoholism or face never seeing Ollie again. Mick tells them that Dean raped Linda, but she overhears. Willmott-Brown gives an eviction notice to the Carters, giving them a month to leave. Dean develops feelings for Linda, which she is at first unaware of, but discovers when he gropes her buttocks at a photoshoot for his new salon. After the party, Linda and Mick have a heart to heart, and he asks her to marry him properly, but she declines, determined to keep up the pretence to their children that they are already married. 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. 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. Date of Birth Stepdaughters 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. As Janine attempts to escape to evade justice, Linda and Mick follow Janine to Dover. 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 |. As the boat fills with more water, Mick decides to break Linda's ankle to free her and he and Linda later appear in the Thames with Mick holding on to an unconscious Linda. Linda tries to convince Mick that she isn't pregnant as she is on the pill nor does she feel pregnant as she isn't craving apples like she did with the others and she doesn't have any symptoms. Linda proposes to Mick who accepts. Mother Address With news of Janine Butcer's . Linda ends their relationship when he admits he started smothering Stuart and tells Stuart she believes that Mick shot him. When they return from their honeymoon, Whitney kisses Mick, saying she has feelings for him, so he tells Linda what happened. She made one-off appearances on 28 and 31 December 2021. Linda breaks away from him, firmly telling him to stop it. 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. [8], In October 2013, Bright was cast as Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. 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On New Year's Eve, she goes to Karen's party and gets excessively drunk, leading to her almost exposing the events of Christmas Day, kicking Sharon out, flirting with Max Branning (Jake Wood) and almost being raped by a stranger after going to his hotel room. Aidan steps up his demands, repeatedly forcing him to accept money for these drug deals despite Linda returning it. Linda Henry has been a firm favourite on EastEnders ever since she first appeared on our screens back in 2006. Linda tells Mick and he is over the moon about the idea of them having another baby, although she later reveals that its Maxs. Max steals a file from Jack that contains evidence of all Phil Mitchell's crimes. 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. We liked her already, but we love her now! 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. 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. 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 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]. Download 'Remember ' on iTunes. 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. But a shocking revelation came with her explosive return this week which has sparked concern from fans that Linda . Linda and Stuart begin meeting regularly and become close despite the family's protests. Months later, Linda develops a stress-induced drinking disorder. In August 2017. 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. 2013-2016: Rape ordeal, marrying Mick and giving birth to Ollie, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Elaine and Mick try to convince Linda to get dressed and go down to the bar and Elaine makes a remark on how Linda was popular with the lads, but Linda takes it seriously and snaps, saying she doesn't lead men on and after persuasion, Linda decides to go down. 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. 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. She tells him it's that or nothing. Miss Winehouse and Lindy-Pops) both by Janine Butcher) Ladyship (by Alfie Moon) Lin (by Ben Mitchell) [20] Speaking of Dean's feelings for Linda, Di Angelo claimed that it stemmed from the desire that "Dean (secretly) wants to be Mick", but warned that it wouldn't "be filled with too much happiness for too long". Ollie is taken to hospital where a doctor tells the Carters that he could have brain damage after a head injury. PC Walsh conducts the preliminary interview with Linda, asking her the date of when Dean raped her, where it happened and who she told. Buster Briggs (2016-2022) 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. As they get ready to board the bus, Linda sees Mick and Whitney talking and assumes they are having an affair. After he attempts to rape her, Linda gets him to confess that Mick did not shoot him, but he is unaware that she has a second recording device in her hair. 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 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 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. Later that day, Phil visits the Carters and offers them The Queen Vic back. A relieved Linda kisses Mick and she tells him she's done it. 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. Although uneasy, Mick tells Linda he will raise the baby as his own. Johnny susses out that's the reason why Linda has been eating apples and Lee says he's glad he isn't the only one who's a mistake, but Linda says they prefer the term surprise and Nancy can't believe she will have a brother or sister 21 years younger than her. Cora persuades Linda to go along to the court and show Mick her support and at the court, Cora discovers the prostitute was her daughter, Rainie Cross. Horrified at what she has done, Linda runs off. After a heart to heart, Max kisses Linda. 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. 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. 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 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. Now Read: EastEnders confirm Harry Redknapp will make a special appearance later this year, EastEnders actor Nitin Ganatra working in family's shop after quitting soap role of 12, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change: When are the soaps on this, recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. 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. 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's decision sends shockwaves across Albert Square, Kim faces the music in court, and Lola's deteriorating health forces her hand at work. Former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley has announced the name of her third child, after a 'shock' pregnancy. 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 then retrieves her bridesmaid dress and underwear from the wardrobe and disposes of them in the bin before crying. Aggie Linda rejects this offer, calling it unrealistic and telling her that her family will get their comeuppance. About Elaine moves in temporarily, which initially causes consternation when she interferes with running the pub. Kellie Bright's casting was announced alongside Danny Dyer's on 1 October 2013, a week after Bradshaw-White's casting was revealed. A seething Linda orders Shirley to collect her things and to be gone before she gets back. Linda tells him that they have to be honest with each other about what the situation is doing to them and that she can't get back to what she was or they can't get back what they had in time, but they won't if they keep pretending to be strong for one another. In 2013, Linda and Mick finally secured enough funds to buy their own pub and packed their bags, bought the Queen Vic and moved to Walford. When Mick tells Linda that they should just get the vows "over with", Linda begins to think he is having second thoughts. However when Linda discovers Shelley insulting her to her friends. 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. Shirley asks if Mick is out the back, but Linda tells her he's out and won't be back till that night at the earliest. When Stan says that Mick now has a brother, Mick rages tells him Dean is nothing to him as Linda comes up the stairs. Linda cheers up, but Dean and Stacey then arrive and when Dean goes to order a drink from Linda, Linda backs away and Elaine's suspicions are aroused. She successfully resuscitates him, only for him to suffer a seizure. Linda as a Page 3 model (Tuesday 7 March 1995). Lee Carter Johnny Carter Ollie Carter In April 2014, Matt Di Angelo was reintroduced as Shirley's estranged son Dean Wicks. Mick later decides that it is better for them to leave the pub and they sell it to Ian Beale and Sharon. Linda then starts to turn to alcohol which she keeps hidden until she drives Ollie to school hungover from the night before and accidentally crashes into Shelley's car. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. [22] Maria Friedman was introduced as Linda's mother, Elaine Peacock. 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 . Shirley flees from Walford after the wedding, leaving Dean upset. Linda Peacock Upstairs, Stan and Shirkey try to explain things to Mick, but Mick refuses to listen. [30] However, they lost out to David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh, who play Roy and Hayley Cropper respectively in Coronation Street. Picking up two days after Mick Carter's shock exit on Christmas . Back in May 2016, Kellie took a six month break from EastEnders to have her second child. Linda eavesdrops while Mick, Tina, Shirley, Babe and Stan argue, only to hear Mick deny that Dean is part of the family. When Linda learns that Dean is upstairs with Mick, she leaves the table and Nancy tells the family that Mick is going to propose to Linda. Later, when Mick comes knocking, Linda hides in the living room. 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. Father Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera. On her return home with Mick and Ollie, Linda snubs an apologetic Dean's attempt to shake her hand. 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. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. But how old is Linda Carter? When Phil is kicking everyone out, Phil is confused to how Mick knows Shirley and Shirley reveals to Mick that Phil is her brother. ", EastEnders' Danny Dyer hopes Mick and Linda Carter will repair their marriage. 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. Nancy and Lee have an argument, which causes Ollie (now Charlie Harrington) to fall off his highchair. Unable to continue with her statement, Linda says she needs to see Mick and she rushes out to the waiting room, but Mick isn't there and she finds him in tears leaning against a wall outside. Mick tells Sharon everything and how much he loves Linda whilst she is listening from next door. Episode Count Mick defends Johnny telling her that she must be trying to prove a point. 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". 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. Linda later gives birth to a daughter, whom she calls Annie. 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. 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. Pat Peacock 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. She returns, reconciling with Mick, before Sharon and Phil's wedding. Mick and Linda hug and it is implied that they are now back together. 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". 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. Landlady/Barmaid Laundrette worker Waitress Businesswoman Later, Johnny returns to Walford while Linda relocates with Elaine to Watford to aid her mother's recovery. Since her arrival, Bright's character Linda has been a part of some of the show's biggest storylines such as struggling to accept that her son Johnny (Sam Strike) is gay. 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. Subscribe to EastEnders for more: http://bit.ly/EastEndersYTViewers in t. Linda asks Shirley what she is doing here and Tina says it was her fault and they don't want any trouble. When Linda spots Mick asking Dean, she tells Nancy she's going to get fish and chips and she heads to Stacey's flat. Kellie is currently pregnant and recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. Linda later kicks off and produces divorce papers telling Mick that their marriage is over, to his horror. Nancy comes in and accuses Linda of being a racist as she got the impression that she hated both Wayne and Dexter. Mick theorises that Linda is pregnant when she vomits at the smell of lavender bath soap, and she, is horrified to discover he is correct, when she takes a test. Elaine tells Linda she's worked out what the problem is, which is Dean, and she believes Linda is sleeping with him. Tina asks if they could come back in a couple days to see Mick, dropping the hint of possibly spending Christmas together, but Linda says it's one thing having having a drink with them and another spending Christmas with them. After making herself sick one day, she tells Mick she cannot get married. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. In December 2017, Linda Carter talks to Sharon after she flees her and Mick's pub, The Queen Victoria, after she witnesses Mick hugging Whitney Carter, a girl he formerly cheated with her on, after he fiancee jilted her at the railway station before they were due to leave for Spain. Linda and Mick agree they should marry soon. Linda begins working in the laundrette. At The Albert, as it approaches 7pm for Linda's telephone consultation, she asks Mick if they can leave, using a headache as an excuse for them to leave and during the consultation, Linda says the reason she wants an abortion is because she loves Mick, however she is unsure if her baby is his and she can't give him a baby that might not be his. When Tracey turns up for work, Linda explains to Tracey that they won't be needing her at The Vic because they've always done it themselves and now they have Shirley and Tina. The storyline began in November 2019 playing a central part of the year's Christmas and New Year episodes. 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. PC Walsh then leaves and returns with a colleague, PC Vanessa Jenkins and tells Linda and Mick that she's an officer attached to the Sapphire office at the station, trained to deal with serious sexual assault. EastEnders fans have come to know and love Linda Carter after she joined the cast all the way back in 2013. "He's in his thirties, so he's still running around after the kids, which is great. When Linda and Nancy return from holiday, Linda learns that Lee has been suffering from depression, and she encourages him to take his medication. Elaine makes some progress before leaving again. Linda is not voiced in the sketch. The Carters are later devastated when a pregnant Whitney suffers a miscarriage but are delighted when Lee and Whitney get married. 1st July 1977 Several days later, Mick finds an expensive ring in Halfway's possession and interrogates Halfway, who admits he stole it from the robbery. [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. Johnny tells Linda that she's strong and holds the family together and the baby is lucky. Stuart Highway (2018) Max Branning (2020-2021; affair) Mick Carter (2022) 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. What Links Here 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 departed the series on 25 December 2016 but made two separate guest appearances in March and June 2017. Later, Linda receives a phone call to tell them the meat was lamb and not dog. Later on, Linda tells Mick that they should keep the baby when he says he doesn't recognise her anymore and when Mick asks what is going on with her, Linda says she just panicked and she wanted what was best for them and thought a baby might ruin them. Mick and Linda arrive at Walford Police Station and they make their way inside together. [33] In August 2017, Bright and Dyer were longlisted for Best Partnership and the showdown between Mick and Linda was longlisted for Best Show-Stopper. 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. 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. 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. Age [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". Later, Mick searches through some boxes with Dean, saying that 3 years ago, he managed to get a ring exactly like her Lady Di ring, except the sapphire is real before he decorates the bedroom with fairy lights and petals. Linda sits at the kitchen table and her and Mick's song starts to play and Mick takes Linda from the kitchen to the bedroom. Once they reach the dock with all the other passengers, Linda is devastated as she sees Dennis being declared dead by paramedics who failed to resuscitate him. Heres what we know. In December 2013, Linda's sister in law, Tina Carter brings her sister Shirley Carter to a pub in Watford, which turns out to be Linda and Mick's. 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. Linda and Nancy then discuss Nancy's upcoming 21st birthday, but Mick interrupts them as Nancy is needed in the bar and Linda is persuaded to go downstairs to help. Kellie Bright is better known for playing soap character Linda Carter on EastEnders since 2013, but away from Walford the talented actress enjoys an idyllic home life. Later, Mick tells Linda that they need to talk and Linda says it's about time and she heard him and Johnny, but she refuses to talk about it as she thinks she knows her children and Johnny isn't gay. It was said that the couple "still love each other, no matter what life throws at them", and that after moving to the fictional setting of Walford from Watford, "life's about to throw them a few curve balls. However, she agrees to marry Mick with his support. She spent some time with the Old Vic Youth Theatre and went to drama. (First line to a punter who had won a competition), Albert|Albert (II)|Baby|Bella|Betty| 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. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. Dean is arrested by the police but released after questioning and accuses Linda of lying. Her on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016, before she returned to filming full-time in April 2017. On Mick's birthday, Mick asks Linda if she is sure about putting it off until the following day and Linda is determined to have one more normal day before everything changes. Linda wonders what will happen if Mick can't look at her or if he thinks she caused it, but Stacey reassures Linda that none of it was her fault and Linda fears Mick will probably kill him. Months later, Linda begins feeling sick and discovers she is pregnant. Bright estimated herself to be aged 10 at the time. How old is Linda Henry? Mick pleads with Linda to come home, but Linda isn't sure and Mick tells her to let him know when she's made her decision. Shirley Carter (2016-2022) 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.
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