Unbeknownst to her, Whitney has asked Mick for help after her accidental murder of Leo King. On Christmas Day, Nancy and Lee give Linda an original, signed programme for 'Gypsy'. Linda tells Whitney to keep away from Mick and not to give up on Lee. 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". Linda Henry age, partner, children and how long was she in EastEnders Halfway gives the ring to the Carters, who then give the ring to Fi in exchange for the freehold for the pub. With news of Janine Butcer's . 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. EastEnders' Linda Carter departs Walford after tragic news about Mick Is Linda Carter pregnant in EastEnders? - Heart Linda is inspired to make Christmas great as a result, and is overjoyed when Ollie takes his first steps. 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. "[6] Inside Soap said that Mick and Linda have a passionate relationship and adore each other. Linda is distraught when Mick is shot by Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay), an army friend of Lee's during the robbery. Inside at the front desk, Linda and Mick tell PC Julian Walsh that they would like to report a crime that happened a while ago, a rape. After a heart to heart, Max kisses Linda. They are rescued by Stuart and Rainie who are on a life boat, and Linda regains consciousness. In a panic, Linda drives away but Mieko saw what had happened and informs Shelley who calls the police. 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. She went to the hospital and it was confirmed the cancer hadnt returned, and Linda was okay. She spends the next day in hospital but discharges herself, in the need of a drink. 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. In 2019, after her son Ollie is diagnosed with autism, Linda becomes disruptive. Linda passes out in the back of a van and when she wakes up hungover, she finds herself at an abandoned warehouse where Martin Fowler (James Bye) has been ordered by Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) to kill Keanu, in revenge for Keanu having an affair with and impregnating his stepmother, Sharon. 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. 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. Bright was praised for her performance during this storyline. Roxy Mitchell . Shirley Carter, played by Linda Henry, walked out of Walford after a hellish week for her family. Buster Briggs (2016-2022) 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. Dean then asks Linda to be honest with him and he asks her would she be kind to him if she wasn't Mick's nephew and Linda says she would, but Dean breaks down, saying he wants to know if he's not wanted and Linda tries to reassure Dean that he is wanted. 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. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". Mick asks Linda to comfort him, but, misunderstanding her reassurance and very drunk, Dean rapes her. 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. EastEnders spoilers - Linda admits baby secret to Jack Branning He rings her phone, and discovers her in the next room. Linda then goes to the E20 with Shelley and Mieko and the rest of their group of friends. Frank|Freddie Mercury|Freida|Genghis|Gilbert|Gloria|Gumbo|Heathcliff|Hercules|Joey|Joey|Lady Di|Lionel|Lovebirds|Mandoo|Marge|Marge (II)|Marilyn|Musty|Neville| 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. Linda warned him to back off. 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. List of appearances In 2011, Bright did voicework for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles as the medic Sharla. [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. But a shocking revelation came with her explosive return this week which has sparked concern from fans that Linda . Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. In March 2021, Bright announced her third pregnancy and departed six months later on 21 September 2021. They intend to ask Mick for a loan but Linda rejects them as Mick is not around. Linda returns at Tina's funeral where she finds out that Mick and Janine are in a relationship. 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. Dean tells Linda if she wants him to fight dirty, then he will and he threatens to tell Mick that the baby might actually be his and Linda gives in, saying she will talk to Stacey on the condition that he stays away from the pub on Christmas and every other day as well as staying away from her and her family. [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. Kellie Bright - Wikipedia Kellie Bright Linda Carter - Wikipedia 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. 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. [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". However, Aidan becomes suspicious of this and attempts to blackmail Mick into letting him use the pub for drug dealing. When Mick heads upstairs to the bedroom, where he finds Linda gone and her engagement ring on the dressing table. Linda tells PC Jenkins that Dean was drunk and tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away before slapping him. Linda then sends Woody Woodward (Lee Ryan) to work in The Queen Vic as a bar manager. 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. Through this, Dean developed feelings for her. Mick cannot get Linda's foot out and Linda tells him to leave her and to think of their kids, but Mick says he is staying with her. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. 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. What age is Linda Carter and how old is actress Kellie Bright? Linda finally tells her mum the truth that Dean raped her. Bright estimated herself to be aged 10 at the time. Mother Husband This kicks off a back and forth series of arguments between the pair, which dies down in November 2017. 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. Linda begins working in the laundrette. The couple then had to use the three embryos they had left trying for their third baby, with the first two not working out. Johnny finds a dog tag whilst grinding meat in the meat grinder and he and Shirley believe it is dog meat instead of lamb. Bright married her long-term partner, Paul Stocker, at Trelill, Cornwall on 5 July 2014. Linda begins to give a statement, starting with how she knows Dean and her hands shake with nerves as she pours herself a glass of water and Linda says Dean turned up on the square last year and he soon settled down to become part of the family and that's when things started. 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. 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. Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) returns to Walford for Tina's funeral, surprising 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. Nancy, Lee and Tina overhear Johnny explaining to Linda that with the baby on the way, it seems like the right time and he can't be her baby forever. [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". To get some space from Mick and the situation, Linda goes to her mum's in Watford, who has hurt her ankle. Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. 85 Linda chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. Linda and Mick agree they should marry soon. Mick tells Linda that she is not sleeping, he can't remember when he saw her smile and all he does is hear her cry. Gender 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 breaks away from him, firmly telling him to stop it. The 44 year old. 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. EastEnders bosses worked with charity Rape Crisis to develop the storyline. Janine moves an unconscious Linda into the driver seat to make it look like Linda was driving under the influence. 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. Stacey then explains her encounter of being raped and then she tells Linda she knows how it feels because Dean raped her and Linda nods her head. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. In 1990, at the age of 13, Bright was cast as Joanna Burrows in TV series The Upper Hand alongside William Puttock, Joe McGann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman which ran for six years. magazine: "First of all, if I was a man having my third child at 44, no one would bat an eyelid. 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. 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. 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. 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. The next day, Nancy confesses to her that Mick choked Dean unconscious in the cellar and is being secretive about what happened. 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. [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". Linda agrees to reconcile but is furious when Mick admits he paid Whitney off, so she slaps him. Linda and Mick return to Walford a few weeks later to find Shirley behind the bar and Dean in the pub and Mick declares the party is over. 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 May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. EastEnders fans have come to know and love Linda Carter after she joined the cast all the way back in 2013. 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. Stacey says that she said exactly the same thing to herself, but the truth has a way of getting out and she ended up killing Archie Mitchell and Linda says Mick would do the same to Dean. Shirley Carter - Wikipedia On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. Stuart Highway (2018) Max Branning (2020-2021; affair) Mick Carter (2022) 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. 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. However, when Stuart regains consciousness, he tells the police that Mick shot him, and Mick is arrested and remanded. 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. Bright announced her third pregnancy on 22 March 2021 and departed on 21 September 2021 for maternity leave. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013 . 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. After almost setting fire to the kitchen and potentially endangering Ollie with her behaviour, Shirley tries to drown Linda, who breaks down. Linda became landlady of The Queen Victoria public house and moved there with her family from her mother's pub in Watford. The 41-year-old revealed in November 2022 that she was stunned to discover she was . Mick leaves messages on her voicemail to ask her to come home and Elaine returns her to the pub. 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. Phil and Sharon agree to it and Max is happy that his plan is working. Linda organises a romantic picnic as a fresh start for her and Mick. 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 then attempts to seduce Stuart to record a confession from him, but he finds the recording device. PC Jenkins says it's not an option for Mick to be in the room as they don't allow anyone in the room as it can influence the person's statement without realising and Linda tells Mick she will do it by herself. 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. Shirley Carter is now ranked 36th in all-time 'EastEnders' characters. Linda and Mick initially don't let their guard down, but Elaine knows it's to do with Dean and she was wrong to think that it was an affair. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. Betty (II)|Blue|Boots|Bronson|Chips|Chops|Corky|Craig|Crush|Crystal|Dalgliesh|Dave|Eric| The following morning, Linda is about to tell Mick about Dean raping her the night before, but Mick believes she is just hungover and Linda keeps it to herself. Max uses this to blackmail Phil into convincing Sharon to sign The Queen Vic back to Mick. On Nancy's birthday, Linda says they are going to have a nice family tea and Nancy thought she was joking and Linda asks Mick to back her up on it. Babe then arrives with a lasagne and she notices Linda looks done in, so she offers to open the bar whilst Linda rests. 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. Later, Johnny reveals to Linda that the meat is dog and not lamb and they have a visit from the Environmental Health, who inform them that if the meat isn't suitable for human consumption, they could face a hefty fine and a possible custodial sentence. Linda is forced to take a Breathalyzer test which confirms she was over the limit; Linda is arrested. As they get ready to board the bus, Linda sees Mick and Whitney talking and assumes they are having an affair. Download 'Remember ' on iTunes. 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. Luisa Bradshaw-White joined the cast as Shirley's sister Tina Carter in early November, and Linda was the second new Carter to appear after her. Later, when Linda is cleaning up the bar from the previous night, she panics when she receives a text from Dean, saying he won't say about last night. Inside EastEnders star Kellie Bright's life away from Linda Carter 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. 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. Mick volunteers to swim to help Janet Mitchell's school raise money for a bus, but Mick cannot swim and Linda asks what he is going to do when they find out. Shirley then urges her to attend therapy for her alcoholism or face never seeing Ollie again. Occupation During a heated exchange with Linda where Shirley is present, Dean admits that he raped Linda. 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. 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. 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. She kisses Max again and provides him with an alibi after Ian is attacked by an unknown assailant and left for dead. [9] Linda made her first on screen appearance on 19 December 2013, but officially arrived on Albert Square with her husband, Mick (played by Danny Dyer) and her children on 26 December 2013. Elaine is shocked and upset what Dean has done and Sharon tells Linda she must go to the police to get Dean arrested. 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 says Shirley is too scared to admit who Dean really is, but Shirley claims she knows her son and Linda asks if she does. Shirley urges Linda to realize that she still loves Mick and that she should try to save her marriage. One evening, Dean kisses Linda but she slaps him. Nancy and Lee have an argument, which causes Ollie (now Charlie Harrington) to fall off his highchair. [19] Linda remained unaware of the crush for several weeks until Dean fondled her buttocks during a photoshoot for the salon. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013. When Linda was away in Watford caring for her ill mother, Mick kisses Whitney carter. On New Year's Day 2016, Dean goes to the wedding venue and attempts to drown Shirley, jumping into the lake with her. Sharon tells Linda that she and Mick have the strongest marriage, but Linda drops the bombshell that she and Mick aren't even married.