After being dumped by Linda, Max begins drinking and thinking of ways to win her back. When Sharon suggests that Dean's advances towards Linda were encouraged, both drunk, they have a bitter row in the pub. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. Dean then asks how many weeks Linda is again, but she again tells him that the baby isn't his. Linda is horrified that Mick is going to take the blame for Ian. We met when I was 31 and I didn't want to jump straight into having kids. 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. Linda departed the series on 25 December 2016 but made two separate guest appearances in March and June 2017. The character appeared in her 1,000th episode on 12 October 2022. 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. Later, Johnny returns to Walford while Linda relocates with Elaine to Watford to aid her mother's recovery. Menu. After, Linda apologises to Sharon for how she was as Shirley turned up and they have major history and she tells Sharon that she wouldn't believe the stuff Shirley's done in the past before advising her to stay well clear. Mick and Linda became the landlord and landlady of their pub. Classification Her on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016, before she returned to filming full-time in April 2017. Mick later marries Janine after taking Linda's advice. Max steals a file from Jack that contains evidence of all Phil Mitchell's crimes. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013. Mick fights with Dean in the lake and he is knocked unconscious. After she became pregnant with Lee Carter, it stopped. Linda finds Mick by the war memorial and he tells Linda that the only thing he is worried about at the moment is what Dean did to her, but Linda says she can live with what Dean did to her, however she could never live with everyone knowing and if he is unable to control his temper, then their children will find out. Linda quickly flees the chip shop soon after and Stacey goes after her, asking what she meant and she can't just leave it. The Carters decide to flee Walford to escape Aidan, who shows up and beats Mick up for not giving into his demands. 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. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. 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. [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]. 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. 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 says she told Dean that she cared about him, but in a maternal way as he isn't much older than her kids and he was talking about suicide and she tried to comfort him. Stacey visits Linda the following morning and Linda asks if it was about what she said last night and she shouldn't have said anything. Linda Varilis (ne Henry; born 24 August 1959) is an English actress.She is known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV drama Bad Girls and Shirley Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she has played since 2006.She had previously appeared in EastEnders as the original Lorraine Salter, the mother of Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton) from 1991 to 1992. Grandfathers 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. Save. When Lee comes in, Dean says that Linda has been lying to him and the others and Linda thinks he will reveal the attack, making it out to be an affair and pleads with him not to, but he reveals that Linda and Mick are not married. After explaining she would have finished having babies at the end of her thirties if it were possible, she added: "But who gets to pick their life like that? Born and raised in Watford, Linda Carter is no stranger to life as a landlady. She continued, "I was getting rejected from one job after another and no matter how much I tried not to take it personally, a part of me couldn't help but think: 'I was too ugly to get that part'. Linda breaks away from him, firmly telling him to stop it. Aunts Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. [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]. After Linda's father (John Peacock) died, she became bulimic but did not tell Mick or her mother, although they knew and didn't tell her in fear of making it worse. This conversation is overheard by Dean, who agrees to keep quiet. When Linda spots Mick asking Dean, she tells Nancy she's going to get fish and chips and she heads to Stacey's flat. Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. [7] Hello called them "childhood sweethearts". Through this, Dean developed feelings for her. Next thing I know, a customer had called a newspaper saying I was there and some photographers appeared out of the blue snapping away. Occupation Linda is distraught when Mick is shot by Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay), an army friend of Lee's during 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. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Linda tells Max she can't leave with him because she knows something is wrong with Mick. Ian however reveals the truth to Denise, who accuses Linda of attention seeking. Elaine makes some progress before leaving again. Elaine asks if things between her and Mick are alright as she was concerned when Linda last stayed with her and tells her that every marriage has problems. Mick then tears a shred off Linda and shames her for putting Ollie in danger, leading Linda to run off and stay at Max's, however Linda and Mick later make up. 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 then walks in and also confronts Max for using Mick's trauma to his advantage.
Has Shirley Carter left EastEnders for good after Mick's exit? Linda Carter - Wikipedia She also puts up a chart marking the days of being sober and gets rid of all her hidden bottles of alcohol throughout the house. Elaine then confesses to Linda that she had an affair with another man when Linda was 6 or 7, which lasted about 3 months and she ended up telling Linda's dad and still thinking that Linda is in the same position, she advises Linda not to tell Mick, even if he forgives her. Kellie Bright's casting was announced alongside Danny Dyer's on 1 October 2013, a week after Bradshaw-White's casting was revealed. However, Linda continues her drinking and thinks that the family are all against her. Pat Peacock Linda first appears when her partner Mick Carter's (Danny Dyer) sisters, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), visit her mother Elaine Peacock's (Maria Friedman) pub in Watford, where Linda and her family are living. Linda and Mick's eldest son, Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard), returns from Afghanistan, where he has been serving in the army. After she phones him, Martin, turning up outside The Queen Vic, forcefully warns her in the nearby alleyway against revealing the events of Christmas Day or they are "both dead". 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. 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. 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. Linda then goes home and Mick tells her that Frankie is his daughter. Later that day, after Lauren and Abi Branning fell from the roof of the Queen Victoria, Karen, Sharon, Linda, Shirley and [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. Linda is in the middle of a raffle and Linda and Shirley don't seem to be too pleased to see each other. Mick, along with Shirley and Tina, visit their estranged father Stan Carter (Timothy West) for money, and reunite with him in the process. Shirley screams that Dean is Mick's brother in desperation. 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. Months later, Linda begins feeling sick and discovers she is pregnant. Mick then asks Linda if she will marry him, but she tearfully admits she can't as it's Dean and she confesses that he raped her.
Linda Henry age, partner, children and how long was she in EastEnders 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. 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. Linda organises a romantic picnic as a fresh start for her and Mick. Upon Linda's return, Mick confesses and Linda throws Whitney out. 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. After making herself sick one day, she tells Mick she cannot get married.
Your guide to EastEnders' Carter family tree from Mick to Tina Dean, still convincing himself that Linda cheated on Mick with him, says it doesn't give her the right to ruin things for him and Linda orders him to get out. Mick arranges for Linda to go to a wedding fair in Birmingham, and when she returns, she discovers that Mick and Shirley have been seeing each other in secret, which upsets Linda. 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. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". Linda then signs the DVD and hands over her mobile before returning to Mick. [34] Neither nomination made the viewer-voted shortlist. [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. As Mick struggles from his depression, he tells Linda to stay away from him. 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. Dev Griffin Max doesn't listen which leads to Mick punching him. On her return home with Mick and Ollie, Linda snubs an apologetic Dean's attempt to shake her hand. 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. The 45 year old actress, who has . Spin-off Appearances Linda's decision sends shockwaves across Albert Square, Kim faces the music in court, and Lola's deteriorating health forces her hand at work. She performed in "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together".[16]. (First line to a punter who had won a competition), Albert|Albert (II)|Baby|Bella|Betty| Sally explained: "As soon as I don't enjoy my role any more, I'll leave. What Links Here She successfully resuscitates him, only for him to suffer a seizure. Mick conquers his fears and swims and on his way home, Mick is arrested for kerb crawling and Linda discovers this after receiving a phone call from Mick's lawyer to say that Mick is in court the following day at 2pm. 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. Father-in-law Linda ends their relationship when he admits he started smothering Stuart and tells Stuart she believes that Mick shot him. Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera. Mick talks to Linda about the other week when they thought she was pregnant and it keeps nagging away at him and he reveals to Linda that they should have a baby. There is a big revelation about a past character that leaves Linda Carter shaken in . Jack sees Mick at the police station and overhears him talking about being sexually abused as a child. 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. Sons Date of Birth 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. Address 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. After almost setting fire to the kitchen and potentially endangering Ollie with her behaviour, Shirley tries to drown Linda, who breaks down. He rings her phone, and discovers her in the next room. Stunned, Linda tells Mick, while Dean goes into hiding, where he sees one of Mick and Linda's wedding invites. Downstairs in the bar, Dean tells Linda that she may think the previous night was a mistake, but it wasn't to him and he appreciates Linda being there for him when he was so alone and he'll never forget it before thanking her. Nancy, without realising, puts her head round the door, but shuts it quickly and she turns the music up in the kitchen, telling Johnny it's not normal how much their parents see of each other and to think of their mental scars. 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. Aggie Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. Mick asks Linda to comfort him, but, misunderstanding her reassurance and very drunk, Dean rapes her. Mick tells them that Dean raped Linda, but she overhears. [3] Bright previously appeared as a bridesmaid in 1986 at the wedding of Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt), and starred in scenes opposite her current co-star Letitia Dean, who continues to appear as Sharon Watts. Pets 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. Mick discovers that he, Linda and Ollie share the same blood type, but Dean does not, meaning Dean cannot be the father. Kellie and Paul are already parents to two sons, 9-year-old Freddie and 4-year-old Gene. Aidan Maguire, a crime organiser, suggests Mick gets involved in one of his jobs. 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. Linda is hurt by this and then she decides to stay with Max and they have sex. 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. PC Walsh conducts the preliminary interview with Linda, asking her the date of when Dean raped her, where it happened and who she told. 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. Later, Shirley heads to Phil and Sharon's with a gun, which originally belonged to Ronnie Mitchell and Shirley accidentally shoots Phil. She did make a. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. 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. [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. Mick tells them that he better make an announcement. 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. Age 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. Linda is devastated when Dean is acquitted but tells Mick she has become a strong person and that their relationship has become stronger. 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. Elaine and Sharon enter and see that Linda and Mick have reconciled and Elaine wonders what everything has been about. 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. How old is Linda Carter in EastEnders? Page Links: Jack Branning finds this out as Linda gives birth but sees how happy Linda and Mick are with the baby and promises not to tell Max or anyone. 46 Albert Square "[32] Bright won the awards for "Best Actress" and "Best Dramatic Performance" at The British Soap Awards 2015. She is arrested after crashing into a parent's car during the school run and, failing a breathalyser test, faces a court summons, also a driving ban which she keeps secret from Mick, unfortunately she reverts to drinking alcohol, anxious about telling him. They serve the Carters with an eviction notice for the Queen Victoria pub. EastEnders bosses worked with charity Rape Crisis to develop the storyline. Linda isn't pleased with Shirley and she tells Mick to step up. Linda, in denial about the severity of Ollie's condition, argues with Mick, especially when he blames Nancy for the incident, however, she soon realises that Mick is right about Ollie having changed when he does not respond to her in the usual way. 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. Credits [18] In December 2011, she gave birth to her first son.
When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. Linda appears in animated form in a Children in Need sketch called Tom and Jerry: A Fundraising Adventure, broadcast during the 2014 telethon on 14 November 2014, along with Mick in The Queen Vic. 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]. [14], In 1992, Bright voiced the character of Beauty in the Bevanfield Films production of Beauty and the Beast. Mick leads Linda to the car, telling her they can go wherever she wants and they go to Elaine's in Watford. 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. 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. Mick is stunned by the revelation and assumes Linda is joking about it, but he realises she is serious and he apologises to Linda, telling her no. She initially pulls away but then kisses him back. This caused many arguments between mother and son. Mick is concerned for Linda and he is determined to find out what is troubling her. Mick tells Linda he has apologised and doesn't know how to make things right and Mick says that sooner or later, she will have to make a decision unless she plans to marry someone else and the sight of seeing her in a wedding dress kills him as he didn't think the first time he would see her in one is when they split up. Former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley has announced the name of her third child, after a 'shock' pregnancy. [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. L (By Mick Carter Mrs C (by Callum Highway) 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 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. [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". 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. Elaine Peacock Elaine is shocked and upset what Dean has done and Sharon tells Linda she must go to the police to get Dean arrested. 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". Alfie helps the Carter's get hold of more stock in time for their opening after Mick and Shirley persuaded him and Kat. EastEnders (TV Series 1985- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Contents 1 Backstory 2 Storylines 2.1 2013-2016: Rape ordeal, marrying Mick and giving birth to Ollie 2.2 2017 to present 3 Quotes Mick proved to be the most popular, with nearly 50% of the vote.
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