In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. 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. Nancy comes in and accuses Linda of being a racist as she got the impression that she hated both Wayne and Dexter. 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. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. Frank|Freddie Mercury|Freida|Genghis|Gilbert|Gloria|Gumbo|Heathcliff|Hercules|Joey|Joey|Lady Di|Lionel|Lovebirds|Mandoo|Marge|Marge (II)|Marilyn|Musty|Neville| [19] She gave birth to her second son on 21 November 2016. Linda's early stories included her struggle with son Johnny's (Sam Strike) sexuality, which was revealed a week after the Carters moved into The Queen Vic. 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. Subscribe to EastEnders for more: http://bit.ly/EastEndersYTViewers in t. Linda Henry was born on 1 January 1963 in Peckham, South London, making her 57 years old. Their score including two maximum scores of 40 for their tango to "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks and their showdance to "The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Linda then goes home and Mick tells her that Frankie is his daughter. Linda is delighted by Johnny's (now played by Ted Reilly) return but saddened by Nancy's departure. I'm a firm believer in doing what makes you happy. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. The character appeared in her 1,000th episode on 12 October 2022. 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. 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. Duration After having some doubts, Linda encourages Mick to marry Janine for the sake of his and Janine's unborn baby. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Ms Linda Peacock and Mr Michael Carter request the pleasure of your company tonight from 6:30pm on @BBCOne. Mick and Linda became the landlord and landlady of their pub. Episode Count However, Aidan becomes suspicious of this and attempts to blackmail Mick into letting him use the pub for drug dealing. 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. An upset Linda goes downstairs to the kitchen to get some food for Johnny when Mick starts singing their song, Pretty Flamingo and after, Mick and Linda kiss. 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. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. Mick gets hold of Dean and he pushes him into the table, causing it to collapse and he starts punching Dean whilst Linda pleads for Mick to stop. Stacey asks if something happened between her and Dean and as Linda is about to explain, Dean arrives and Linda heads back home. When Mick accompanies her to the police station, Linda reports Dean for rape. Linda Carter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kellie Bright. Spin-off Appearances 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. A seething Linda orders Shirley to collect her things and to be gone before she gets back. 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. She notices Jay Brown and Dennis Rickman Jr and she asks if Sharon is at home, but Jay says because of the shooting, they are staying with Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell and Linda says she will wait for Sharon there. Since she was a teenager, Linda has been dating Mick Carter. She made one-off appearances on 28 and 31 December 2021. Without saying anything, Linda leaves the pub. He then heads home to tell Linda everything but he can't find her and assumes she has left with Max. 46 Albert Square Linda returns to Walford to help with Sharon's wedding dress and she tells Mick she's just stopping by to see how they all are. 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. Who are the EastEnders' Carter family? All you need to know about Danny Stuart Highway (2018) Max Branning (2020-2021; affair) Mick Carter (2022) 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. "We had fertility struggles we didn't expect and had to just deal with it.". 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? Alfie helps the Carter's get hold of more stock in time for their opening after Mick and Shirley persuaded him and Kat. She warns him that it is inappropriate but does not tell Mick out of fear of angering him. While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. Linda Peacock 996 episodes, 1993-2015 Rita Simons . She returned full-time on 7 August 2017. 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. 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. Stan's girlfriend, Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell) overhears the conversation and accompanies Linda to Mick's hearing, and Linda is devastated when he pleads guilty to protect Ian, who is going through a tough time following the death of his daughter, Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater). [11] She said, "they're kind of tearing each other's heads off or tearing each other's clothes off. At the Christmas raffle, Mick announces that he and Linda are expecting another baby and when Linda gives out the first prize to Stacey, a bottle of Whiskey and Dean enters The Vic and shocks Linda, which Stacey picks up on. When Linda and Nancy return from holiday, Linda learns that Lee has been suffering from depression, and she encourages him to take his medication. Linda tells Max she can't leave with him because she knows something is wrong with Mick. 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. This results in Linda leaving Walford to meet up with her children to tell them what happened to Mick. On New Year's Day 2016, Dean goes to the wedding venue and attempts to drown Shirley, jumping into the lake with her. Although they were not officially married at this time, Linda and Mick lied to their family for years that they actually were. Heres what we know. The renewal commences, and Linda fluffs her lines, however they eventually get through their vows and a party commences in the pub. Landlady/Barmaid Laundrette worker Waitress Businesswoman She returns, reconciling with Mick, before Sharon and Phil's wedding. When Linda is seemingly about to tell Mick about her secret, Mick admits to her that he is in love with someone else. Later that day, after Lauren and Abi Branning fell from the roof of the Queen Victoria, Karen, Sharon, Linda, Shirley and 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 is horrified that Mick is going to take the blame for Ian. When Linda goes to make Dean a hot chocolate, her and Mick's song starts to play and Dean follows her into the kitchen and he kisses Linda. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Mick, Linda and Ollie later leave to live in Elaines pub as they fear Max will return, however a few weeks later, Mick and Ollie return to Walford alone without Linda. 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. EastEnders fans will know Kellie Bright for playing Linda Carter since all the way back in 2013. Aidan is fuming. 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. Tina reveals that he abused her and another person Dylan Box (Ricci Harnett) when they were teenagers, and she attacks him. After a heart to heart, Max kisses Linda. She tells him to leave Walford and Jack agrees. Nancy gives her an ultimatum; alcohol or a family. [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". Shirley Carter, played by Linda Henry, walked out of Walford after a hellish week for her family. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. Linda agrees to keep quiet, but Cora has a change of heart about supporting Linda and reveals Mick's offence to the whole pub, running his name through the mud. He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. Later, Mick tells Linda he will get Johnny to get rid of the moped and changes the subject onto the baby and he offers to listen whilst Linda talks. 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. 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. 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. 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. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. 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. At Sharon and Phil's wedding reception, Shirley reveals to everyone that she and Phil slept together the previous Friday. 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. 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She attempts to befriend two women who are mothers of children that go to Ollie's school, Shelley and Mieko Yoshi. Shirley arrives at Phil's and notices 4 mugs and bursts into the living room to find Linda, Mick and Elaine and she demands to know from Linda why she is still lying about Dean and Sharon and Elaine tell Phil to get her out. However, Phil stops Aidan at the last minute and pressures him into leaving Walford or he'll reveal to the police that he killed Fi's brother Luke Browning (Adam Astill). L (By Mick Carter Mrs C (by Callum Highway) Elaine moves in temporarily, which initially causes consternation when she interferes with running the pub. She has also voiced several video game characters, including the Hero of Brightwall in the game Fable III in 2010. Linda initially thinks Mick shot Stuart so she dumps the gun in the canal after she finds it in the bar but she is seen by Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters). 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. At the end of the party, Mick tells Linda that with the kids cleaning up down in the bar, they have a good half an hour to themselves and he asks Linda if she enjoyed her night and whether he can do anything else. . Aliases 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. She's been part of some huge storylines over the years, including her relationship with husband . Linda tells Whitney to keep away from Mick and not to give up on Lee. [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. At Christmas time, Linda is visited by Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), under the name of Judith, who unknown to her, has moved into The Queen Vic and is trying to take advantage of Mick. Linda Bernadette Carter (ne Peacock) is the daughter of John and Elaine Peacock, ex-wife of Mick Carter and mother of Lee, Nancy, Johnny, Ollie and Annie Carter. 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. Inside, they see the state of The Vic and are stunned that Mick did it. When Johnny reveals to Mick he is gay, Linda overhears and is devastated by the news. Linda Carter was born on 1st July 1977, making her 43-years-old. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013 . Linda is devastated when Dean is acquitted but tells Mick she has become a strong person and that their relationship has become stronger. She did make a. [31] Kate White from Inside Soap was pleased to see Linda's backstory explored, saying "Now we know a bit about Linda's past and what made her a control freak, she's finally a sympathetic character. Mick agrees that he feels the same and she asks him to stop proposing as she will start to doubt what they have together since they were kids. Johnny tells Linda that she's strong and holds the family together and the baby is lucky. 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. [26] Linda's on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016. Through this, Dean developed feelings for her. She was involved in a brief scandal where Dexter Hartman (Khali Best), Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) discovered pictures of her during her time as a Page 3 model. They are about to return to the pub when Mick has second thoughts and he decides to take Linda away for a break. 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 . Linda gets Mick to promise to keep his temper under control and Mick reassures her that she doesn't have to worry. Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976)[2] is an English actress. Later, Linda and Nancy have a heart to heart and Linda notices Nancy's bulldog necklace, which was a birthday gift from Dean and Linda warns Dean to stay away from her family, but Dean tells her Nancy invited him to musical bingo and if she's feeling guilty about the other night, then she needs to get over it. Mick apologises for bringing up the subject of having a baby at the wrong time, but Linda says that she overreacted and it's fine. 7pm - 10pm, Remember [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. Mick tells Linda that they don't need a baby as they have each other. 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. EastEnders revealed that it was working with Drinkaware for the story. ", EastEnders' Danny Dyer hopes Mick and Linda Carter will repair their marriage. 2013-2016: Rape ordeal, marrying Mick and giving birth to Ollie, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. When Linda and Ollie (now played by Harry Farr) return, she is surprised when she discovers the amount of changes that have happened. She told OK! Mick later decides that it is better for them to leave the pub and they sell it to Ian Beale and Sharon. The next day, Mick heads over to Max's to tell Linda the truth but Max refuses to let him speak to her. Mick rages that Dean raped Linda, which is overheard by a distraught Linda and she goes to the bedroom. Linda and Mick are both delighted with Johnny when he has averaged a first in his grades and Mick gives him money to treat himself but they aren't happy when Johnny shows them a moped he bought. Mick explains to Linda that his sisters are important to him and Linda says the deal is that the minute things go wrong, he needs to step up. As they get ready to board the bus, Linda sees Mick and Whitney talking and assumes they are having an affair. 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. Linda Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. 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. Kellie Bright Linda Carter The 41-year-old revealed in November 2022 that she was stunned to discover she was . It is a gun, so Mick can be prepared for the big job.The following day, after Linda finds the gun, Mick returns the gun to Aidan and tells him he is out of the job. 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 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. Episode 6695 (10 May 2023) | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom 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. In the kitchen, Lee, Nancy and Johnny are making a guy and Linda picks up an apple without thinking and she bumps into Mick, both knowing the possible reason. Her on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016, before she returned to filming full-time in April 2017. In the sketch, cartoon cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry visit several animated versions of BBC stars, tasked by Terry Wogan to raise cash. 13 Sep 2021. 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. Mick reminds her that they were always going to make it proper one day and Linda questions whether he means if the last 25 years between them haven't been proper. Linda is not voiced in the sketch. Whilst in bed, Johnny brings in the flowers from the kitchen, which were on the kitchen table the previous night and Linda throws them away, At lunch, Dean arrives, acting as nothing happened and Linda flees the pub. EastEnders bosses worked with charity Rape Crisis to develop the storyline. In the living room, Linda notices the photo albums open and Mick tells her he couldn't resist looking at photos to remind him of how cute their children were when they were younger. Mother Linda isn't pleased with Shirley and she tells Mick to step up. Months later, Linda develops a stress-induced drinking disorder. 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. 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. Grandfathers 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. The Carter family were created by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins who planned to completely revamp the show. Mick runs Linda a bath, telling her he was proud of her and Mick then tells Linda that he has booked her a doctor's appointment and whatever the problem is, they will deal with it together. Linda apologises to Mick as she knew he had built his hopes up and Mick says he was just thinking what it would be like to have another boy or another girl, but Linda says they will make do with the children they have before telling him they have a fireworks night to put on. Linda Carter RETURNS To The Square! | Walford REEvisited | EastEnders Linda's decision sends shockwaves across Albert Square, Kim faces the music in court, and Lola's deteriorating health forces her hand at work. Status In April 2014, Matt Di Angelo was reintroduced as Shirley's estranged son Dean Wicks. Linda says that things between her and Mick use to be amazing, but ever since the attack, she tries and pretends, but Mick knows something is up and he puts it down to the pregnancy affecting 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. Alive EastEnders senior executive producer Kate Oates explained that Linda's downward spiral was a combination of a lot of traumatic experiences in her life. In The Vic, Mick asks Nancy if she'd go to her grandmother's to give Linda a break and whilst Mick arranges it with Elaine, Mick learns that Linda's mum is okay now. Linda realises it is Whitney and throws her out, while Mick begs her not to give up on their marriage. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic.