How old is Linda Carter in EastEnders? - Heart Frankie Lewis (2016-2022) 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. Linda tells Mick and he is over the moon about the idea of them having another baby, although she later reveals that its Maxs. She told OK! When Linda and Ollie (now played by Harry Farr) return, she is surprised when she discovers the amount of changes that have happened. 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. Linda Carter | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom 2013- [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. Although uneasy, Mick tells Linda he will raise the baby as his own. 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. 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. 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. Mick turns up at Sharon's and he tells Linda that he spoke with her mum, who told him she'd been off crutches for a week and they should talk instead of avoiding it. [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. EastEnders ' Linda Carter could be faced with a shock discovery this week following her affair with Max Branning. 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. Mick Carter (2016-2022) 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. The following morning, the day when Mick and Linda are suppose to open for the first time, Linda looks out of the window and sees Tina and Shirley at the door with their belongings and Mick tells her they're moving in and Linda has objections to Shirley moving in, but is fine with Tina. They are about to return to the pub when Mick has second thoughts and he decides to take Linda away for a break. She spends the next day in hospital but discharges herself, in the need of a drink. [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. 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. What age is Linda Carter and how old is actress Kellie Bright? Willmott-Brown gives an eviction notice to the Carters, giving them a month to leave. 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. Upstairs, Linda spots Nancy and Dexter kissing and she hits Dexter and Mick asks what is going on with her. [15], Bright took part in the BBC's Children in Need appeal in 2014 along with Danny Dyer and the rest of the EastEnders cast who performed a Grease medley titled "Grease Enders". On 12 March 2015, Bright revealed that she had received "personal letters" from rape victims who had been affected by Linda's story, leaving her feeling "humbled" by the audience's response. 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. Other storylines included Linda's turmoilous friendship with Sharon, which turned into a rivalry when she opened a rival bar, The Albert, in Walford; her plans to breed her dog, Lady Di, being scuppered when her daughter Nancy (Maddy Hill) lost control of her and she was impregnated by Abi Branning's (Lorna Fitzgerald) dog Tramp; and her turmoil over her eldest son, Lee (Danny Hatchard) being in the army, and her supporting him through the grief for a lost comrade on his return to England. She leaves again in the middle of the night, saying Elaine has fallen, but she is fine and Linda tells Elaine that she could not talk to Mick. 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. EastEnders' Linda Carter departs Walford after tragic news about Mick Linda tells him that they will get through this as the alternative is not an option. Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. But how old is Linda Carter? [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. Buster Briggs (2016-2022) EastEnders landlady Linda Carter ( Kellie Bright) recently took some time away from Walford to grieve the loss of her long-time love Mick Carter ( Danny Dyer ), who is presumed dead after tragically drowning at sea over Christmas. Later, Johnny returns to Walford while Linda relocates with Elaine to Watford to aid her mother's recovery. When Stan says that Mick now has a brother, Mick rages tells him Dean is nothing to him as Linda comes up the stairs. 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. However, the truth is revealed when the prostitute, who is revealed to be Cora's estranged daughter Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), bumps into Ian's partner Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and reveals the truth. EastEnders ' Linda Carter has revealed the truth about her pregnancy to Jack Branning as she gave birth to her baby in tonight's dramatic scenes. 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. When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. 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. On 19 December the pair reached the final three and topped the leaderboard with a score of 119. 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 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, Mick recovers with the help of Linda, Shirley, Mariam Ahmed (Indira Joshi) and a remorseful Halfway, who offers to help out at the pub. 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. Alive However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. Linda is hurt by this and then she decides to stay with Max and they have sex. He points out to Linda that she was the one who initially wanted a baby, but Linda says he didn't and he said they were too old and they have a life and Mick says he came round to the idea. Nancy gives her an ultimatum; alcohol or a family. 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. Ollie is taken to hospital where a doctor tells the Carters that he could have brain damage after a head injury. Mick promises Nancy that he's going to fix the problem with Linda once and for all and later in the kitchen, Mick asks Linda to sit down. She leaves and heads to Sharon's, much to Phil's annoyance and Mick and Elaine head over to Sharon's when Sharon texts Mick. 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. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. In the following argument, Nancy reveals that Johnny is gay, and has been hiding his sexuality in fear of how his parents will react. Although they were not officially married at this time, Linda and Mick lied to their family for years that they actually were. At Sharon and Phil's wedding reception, Shirley reveals to everyone that she and Phil slept together the previous Friday. Elaine moves in temporarily, which initially causes consternation when she interferes with running the pub. Upstairs, Stacey explains how Linda must be feeling, such as scared, ashamed and that she must have led him on before telling Linda that she was raped. Mick attacks Dean forcing Shirley's revelationDean is his brother. 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. [13] She has been nominated for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance at The British Soap Awards 2015; Bright won both. 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. How old is Linda Henry? She told Jack Branning first, and she then only told Mick when she was concerned the cancer had returned. Linda's decision sends shockwaves across Albert Square, Kim faces the music in court, and Lola's deteriorating health forces her hand at work. Nancy later visits her to find her drunk. 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. In October 2014, Linda was involved in a controversial storyline where she was raped by Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo). Linda tells Sharon that she missed Mick when she was at her mum's, but seeing him again brought it all back and the fact he didn't think about what it would to do to them. She kisses Max again and provides him with an alibi after Ian is attacked by an unknown assailant and left for dead. Linda Henry age, partner, children and how long was she in EastEnders Halfway's brother and Mick's longtime friend, Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ), arrives. Shirley Carter is now ranked 36th in all-time 'EastEnders' characters. Nancy Carter Annie Carter Phil and Sharon agree to it and Max is happy that his plan is working. [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". The storyline began in November 2019 playing a central part of the year's Christmas and New Year episodes. We liked her already, but we love her now! Linda also learns that Lee battered Ben Mitchell from Nancy and Nancy tells Linda that Lee had a weird look in his eyes and that she'd never seen him like that before. [7] Hello called them "childhood sweethearts". She tells Mick she is sorry for sleeping with Max and almost taking Ollie away from him. Linda is heartbroken and distraught as Mick becomes lost at sea and is presumed dead. ", EastEnders' Danny Dyer hopes Mick and Linda Carter will repair their marriage. 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 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. Kellie and Paul are already parents to two sons, 9-year-old Freddie and 4-year-old Gene. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. As they enter downstairs, they are congratulated by the family and Nancy asks to see the ring and Mick passes it to Linda. When Linda arrives back at The Vic, Johnny announces to his family that he is taking a gap year from University to go travelling with Luca. Mick is in a state of shock and Linda pleads with him to say he believes her and Mick assures her that he does believe her. 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. 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. [10] 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. Linda says she told him no before trying to push him off and she told him to stop, but he didn't listen and he grabbed her and pushed her face down onto the table and all she could see were a vase of Lavender flowers and she use to love the smell. 1st July 1977 Stepdaughters Linda became landlady of The Queen Victoria public house and moved there with her family from her mother's pub in Watford. After Linda gives a drunken speech in front of everyone at The Queen Vic one night, humiliating Mick, he tells her he will see her in court. Linda is the wife of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and mum of Lee, Nancy, Johnny and Ollie Carter and has been part of some huge moments. Heres what we know. EastEnders (TV Series 1985- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The 41-year-old revealed in November 2022 that she was stunned to discover she was . She lies to Mick about the result and plans to have an abortion, but Mick finds out and she agrees to keep the baby. 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. Mick asks where it is all coming from and Linda fears for when the kids leave and who she will be if she isn't their mother. 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. Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. 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. Shelley insults Ollie which leads to Shirley punching her. 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. Upstairs, Linda admits to Mick that she can't have the baby. Kellie Bright 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. Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. Back in May 2016, Kellie took a six month break from EastEnders to have her second child. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. Mick fights with Dean in the lake and he is knocked unconscious. 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, feeling increasingly threatened by Dean, turns down Mick's Christmas Day proposal before stunning Mick by revealing the rape. Whilst signing the forms, the consultant asks Linda if she is sure about her decision and Linda says having an abortion is one thing she never thought she would be doing as a baby was all she wanted a few months ago. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. 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. 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. She initially pulls away but then kisses him back. 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. The following week, Linda has a party for her birthday, and Lee returns permanently from Afghanistan in time for the celebrations. 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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. Aidan calls off the drug deals, giving the Carters back control of The Queen Vic. She also adds that her and Mick wanted 4 children, however something happened and she shouldn't be pregnant. Page Links: When Mick accompanies her to the police station, Linda reports Dean for rape. Occupation 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. Kellie Bright's character had a short lived romance with Max (Jake Wood) last. In March 2021, Bright announced her third pregnancy and departed six months later on 21 September 2021. 85 Linda confronts a delusional Dean when he insists on meeting the baby, believing that Ollie is his son. 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. 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. Linda also says that she is 16 weeks pregnant and she and Mick are unsure of who the father is and PC Jenkins asks when she next saw Dean and Linda says Dean sent her a text the following day, saying that no one needs to know. [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]. 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. Mick knew that the way she was acting wasn't just because she was pregnant and he realises that she wanted an abortion because the baby is Dean's, but Linda isn't sure, however it could be their baby and she is praying and hoping. She made one-off appearances on 28 and 31 December 2021. Mick, along with Shirley and Tina, visit their estranged father Stan Carter (Timothy West) for money, and reunite with him in the process. Picture: BBC As for actress Kellie. 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. 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 later turns up at The Vic and she tells Mick that Sharon asked her what she wanted and Linda wants them to get back to being a happy family and Linda apologises for running away and she and Mick reconcile. 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 Female The Carters are later devastated when a pregnant Whitney suffers a miscarriage but are delighted when Lee and Whitney get married. He tells Linda that the police are making a mistake as it was in fact his friend Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), that was speaking with the prostitute; he pulled over merely to see what was going on. Dean congratulates Linda and Linda asks him who told him, but Dean says the matter is whether it's his or not, but Linda says it isn't. Johnny announces he is leaving Walford to travel with Gianluca, although initially upset, Linda decides to support him. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. Date of Birth Elaine and Sharon enter and see that Linda and Mick have reconciled and Elaine wonders what everything has been about. "Don't forget my husband is much younger than me. [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. 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 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.
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