Dean visits with a birthday card for Linda, but Johnny and Nancy explain the awkward situation by saying their mum is having a lie-in and Dean says he'll give her card to her later. She lies to Mick about the result and plans to have an abortion, but Mick finds out and she agrees to keep the baby. 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. 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. At The Vic, Linda tells Mick that they shouldn't say anything until she has seen the GP and had the scan and Mick believes it was the right decision and he tells Linda the next 18 years are going to be brilliant. 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. After the attack, Linda is shaken and in shock, she makes her way to the shower and covers a towel in bleach before applying it to herself. Without saying anything, Linda leaves the pub. 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. 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. 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 Carter joined EastEnders in 2013. 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. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. Linda asks if Dean will be arrested and PC Jenkins says in due course after Stacey has given a statement. 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. Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976)[2] is an English actress. Linda returns to the Queen Vic where she argues and fights with Janine. EastEnders senior executive producer Kate Oates explained that Linda's downward spiral was a combination of a lot of traumatic experiences in her life. BIGGEST Moments: Mick and Linda Carter | EastEnders - YouTube 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. 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. 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. 13 Sep 2021. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. What age is Linda Carter and how old is actress Kellie Bright? 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. Inside, they see the state of The Vic and are stunned that Mick did it. Mick is concerned for Linda and he is determined to find out what is troubling her. The character Linda Henry plays in Walford is ranked 36th in the 100 greatest EastEnders characters of all time. When Mick accompanies her to the police station, Linda reports Dean for rape. Linda warned him to back off. Mick tells Sharon everything and how much he loves Linda whilst she is listening from next door. When Johnny reveals to Mick he is gay, Linda overhears and is devastated by the news. Shirley then urges her to attend therapy for her alcoholism or face never seeing Ollie again. 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. EastEnders spoilers: Linda's fresh agony over the loss of Mick Linda then walks in and also confronts Max for using Mick's trauma to his advantage. Mick apologises to Linda for blurting out what happened, but he was just so angry for her and Linda explains that she thought she could get by without telling anyone and get back to being herself. She returns, reconciling with Mick, before Sharon and Phil's wedding. In October 2014, Linda was involved in a controversial storyline where she was raped by Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo). A few days later, Mick tells Nancy and Johnny that Linda is still unwell. She returned full-time on 4 April 2022. Nancy and Lee have an argument, which causes Ollie (now Charlie Harrington) to fall off his highchair. She is released the next day and attacks Stuart. Linda then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. Heres what we know. Save. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. 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. Mick demands to know what Dean did to her, but Linda doesn't want to and Mick threatens to get Dean to before ironing him out. How old is Linda Henry? Linda tells Mick that she slept with Max but Mick can't bring himself to do anything about it which makes Linda think he doesn't care. Linda is adamant that Mick shouldn't know any of it and he doesn't deserve it and she can cope by eventually putting it behind her with no one else getting hurt. Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. The couple then had to use the three embryos they had left trying for their third baby, with the first two not working out. Tina encourages Johnny to embrace his sexuality, inviting him to gay pride in London. Nicknames Picking up two days after Mick Carter's shock exit on Christmas . Linda returns to Walford for her birthday and meets Fi Browning (Lisa Faulkner), The Queen Vic's business consultant sent by the freeholder, Grafton Hill, and with the changes, she feels that The Queen Vic is not her home. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. John Peacock Linda then learns that Fi nearly kissed Mick. Babe then arrives with a lasagne and she notices Linda looks done in, so she offers to open the bar whilst Linda rests. On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. Linda visits Stacey and Linda hasn't told Mick and Stacey urges her too as she can't let Dean get away with it, but Linda fears Dean will hurt her family and Stacey susses out that Dean has been threatening her, which is more reason to tell Mick but Linda doesn't want to as Mick would kill Dean. As for actress Kellie Bright, she was born on 1st July 1976, making her one year older than her character at 44-years-old. 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 raise the money but Fi's father, James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde), reveals he now owns the business and Fi denies reducing the debt. 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. Elaine Peacock The next day when Linda catches Shirley throwing away the pies, Shirley says the pies are off and the meat is dodgy and Linda samples a pie. 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. When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. Max doesn't listen which leads to Mick punching him. [17] Bright chose to continue playing Linda Carter on EastEnders while competing on Strictly Come Dancing, working all day at EastEnders and rehearsing for Strictly in the evening. 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. Linda Henry things you didn't know EastEnders Shirley Carter | What to In the kitchen when Mick touches Linda, she flinches away from Mick and this prompts Mick to confront Linda on how she hasn't been herself, but Linda sticks with the excuse that she just has a migraine. 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. 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. 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. After The Upper Hand had finished, Bright has said that she struggled to make ends meet. She tells him to leave Walford and Jack agrees. Linda then goes to Stacey's to see if Mick had gone round to hers to look for Dean as Mick knows what Dean did to her. The Carters decide to flee Walford to escape Aidan, who shows up and beats Mick up for not giving into his demands. 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. In the living room, Linda explains to Mick what happened to her and Mick feels as if it was his fault after he told her to look after Dean and Mick feels guilty for not noticing what happened to Linda, but Linda says the reason he didn't notice is because she didn't want him to know and she didn't want him to think of her with Dean. Her on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016, before she returned to filming full-time in April 2017. [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. Linda Peacock 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. 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. Later, Linda tells Mick that she wants Shirley out and she tells Shirley that she is sacked as she runs The Vic, so she decides who does and doesn't work as the pub is the family's, which is her, Mick and the kids. Linda 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. 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. Alfie helps the Carter's get hold of more stock in time for their opening after Mick and Shirley persuaded him and Kat. Mick Carter (2016-2022) Queen Vic - Lockdown Pub Quiz (2020) Linda pretends that it was the way Lee went off at Dexter at Nancy's party and it got her thinking whether Dexter is right for Nancy. Willmott-Brown gives an eviction notice to the Carters, giving them a month to leave. Linda is hurt by this and then she decides to stay with Max and they have sex. Linda says the reason she didn't tell him is because once he knew, she'd be having the baby whether she wanted it or not and Mick angrily asks Linda when he has ever made her do something she didn't want to do. 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. Stacey asks if something happened between her and Dean and as Linda is about to explain, Dean arrives and Linda heads back home. Eventually, she tells him she hates herself and, because of Dean, she feels the same way she did when she suffered from bulimia after her father died, and has been making herself sick again.