After the party, Linda and Mick have a heart to heart, and he asks her to marry him properly, but she declines, determined to keep up the pretence to their children that they are already married. Published: Tuesday, 27th December 2022 at 7:58 pm. While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. The character Linda Henry plays in Walford is ranked 36th in the 100 greatest EastEnders characters of all time. [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]. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. Shirley urges Linda to realize that she still loves Mick and that she should try to save her marriage. 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. Picking up two days after Mick Carter's shock exit on Christmas . Sharon tells Linda that she and Mick have the strongest marriage, but Linda drops the bombshell that she and Mick aren't even married. [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. Linda Carter was born on 1st July 1977, making her 43-years-old. Later that day, Phil visits the Carters and offers them The Queen Vic back. In March 2021, Bright announced her third pregnancy and departed six months later on 21 September 2021. Tina reveals that he abused her and another person Dylan Box (Ricci Harnett) when they were teenagers, and she attacks him. She says, "I didn't have any acting work, so I got a job waiting on tables to pay the mortgage, but it was while The Upper Hand was still on air. 2013-2016: Rape ordeal, marrying Mick and giving birth to Ollie, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Mick purchases the pub from Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), who is at first unaware of his identity, and Mick, Linda, their son Johnny Carter (Sam Strike) and their bulldog, Lady Di (Hot Lips), move in and start trading. Linda reveals to Mick that she wants another baby. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. EastEnders Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. 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. [20] Dean also stumbled upon the family secret that Mick and Linda were not married, and later drunkenly kissed Linda when she was struggling with issues surrounding Mick falsely pleading guilty to soliciting prostitutes. [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. Later, Mick tells Linda that they need to talk and Linda says it's about time and she heard him and Johnny, but she refuses to talk about it as she thinks she knows her children and Johnny isn't gay. Johnny announces he is leaving Walford to travel with Gianluca, although initially upset, Linda decides to support him. Dean tells Mick and Linda that it was Shirley and later, Dean is about to tell the police it was Shirley and he tells Mick that Shirley has gone. 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 spends the next day in hospital but discharges herself, in the need of a drink. 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. The storyline aired over the autumn. 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. 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. 19 December 2013 Episode 6695 (10 May 2023) | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom Linda Henry things you didn't know EastEnders Shirley Carter | What to [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". Since she was a teenager, Linda has been dating Mick Carter. 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 tells Stacey that she knows what she is doing and everyone carries on as if nothing happened, but Stacey is unsure whether she can and Linda says it happened to her, not Stacey, so it makes it her problem. He proclaims that there has been an accident, as the police and Keegan Baker walk in. He moves into the pub when he breaks his ankle and becomes immobile, and, despite initially clashing with him, Linda warms to having him around. [20] Her second son was conceived through IVF, and following his birth, the couple froze three embryos. Classification Linda returned for two episodes, broadcast on 28 and 31 December 2021. 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. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. 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. At the age of seventeen, Linda modelled topless for the Sun's page 3 feature Tuesday 7 March 1995) - which some Albert Square residents discovered, upon her arrival. 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. She went to the hospital and it was confirmed the cancer hadnt returned, and Linda was okay. 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. Shirley screams that Dean is Mick's brother in desperation. The following week, Linda has a party for her birthday, and Lee returns permanently from Afghanistan in time for the celebrations. 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. 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. She is disturbed when Dean finds out, and tries to hang onto the belief that the baby is Mick's. Mick also says that Dean has been bad mouthing Linda to people and he wouldn't let it go, which resulted in Mick loosing things and Linda promises the whole thing is in Dean's head. 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'. 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. BBC By Lewis Knight Published: Thursday, 29th December 2022 at 7:58 pm Save Shirley Carter. 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. Linda Carter In the pharmacy, Linda awkwardly picks up a pregnancy testing kit with other items and when she leaves, fear grips her as she notices Dean. 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. Although uneasy, Mick tells Linda he will raise the baby as his own. [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. She first appeared on 19 December 2013 and her casting was announced alongside her on-screen partner, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer). [34] Neither nomination made the viewer-voted shortlist. Linda is devastated to learn that Elaine has had a stroke in Spain on Christmas Eve, and she flies out there with Johnny to support her mother. However, Mick is determined to find the money to keep the pub and signs up to participate in a robbery with Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin) and his gang on New Year's Day 2018. The day after the boat crash Mick tells Linda about Whitney calling him for help after her accidental murder of Leo as he is worried now that Whitney has confessed. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. She did make a. 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. He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. Tina can be seen in the stairwell laughing as Mick walks in. 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. 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. As they enter downstairs, they are congratulated by the family and Nancy asks to see the ring and Mick passes it to Linda. 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. [26] Linda's on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016. Linda chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. [13] She has been nominated for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance at The British Soap Awards 2015; Bright won both. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. After Janine scams Nancy and Zack out of 50,000 to give to Linda in an attempt for her to leave Walford, Linda invests the money in the 'Fox and Hair' salon, unaware that the money that Janine gave her was from scammed from Nancy and Zack who wanted to buy a restaurant. Later that day, after Lauren and Abi Branning fell from the roof of the Queen Victoria, Karen, Sharon, Linda, Shirley and Linda Henry was born on 1 January 1963 in Peckham, South London, making her 57 years old. 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. Heres what we know. 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. Linda, feeling increasingly threatened by Dean, turns down Mick's Christmas Day proposal before stunning Mick by revealing the rape. She made her first appearance on 19 December 2013. As Sharon passes, Linda tells her what she's doing and after getting off on the wrong foot, Sharon tells Linda that she has Wi-Fi. 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. Linda asks Shirley what she is doing here and Tina says it was her fault and they don't want any trouble. Linda is distraught when Mick is shot by Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay), an army friend of Lee's during the robbery. 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. 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. One evening, Dean kisses Linda but she slaps him. Linda realises it is Whitney and throws her out, while Mick begs her not to give up on their marriage. But how old is Linda Carter? 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. "He's in his thirties, so he's still running around after the kids, which is great. [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. [8], In October 2013, Bright was cast as Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her ankle gets stuck and she gets knocked out, and later when water begins to pour in Mick arrives and hears her cries for help. Linda walks out and passes out in the gardens, being awoken by Lee, who has returned for Christmas. When Linda and Ollie (now played by Harry Farr) return, she is surprised when she discovers the amount of changes that have happened. Mick feels that he is loosing Linda, but Linda reassures Mick that he isn't loosing her and to prove it, Linda kisses Mick and she lets Mick undress her and they have sex. Bright appears as Linda though dressed up as Sandy Olsen. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on, he calls Linda's mother, Elaine, asking her to visit The Vic to help him understand her behaviour. Linda is heartbroken and distraught as Mick becomes lost at sea and is presumed dead. Months later, Linda develops a stress-induced drinking disorder. Present; regular 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". 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. Her roles include Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for which she won the 2015 British Soap Award for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance, Julie in Ali G Indahouse, Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand (1990-1996), Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls (2002) and Joan Trotter in Rock & Chips (2010-2011). The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. Linda questions why he didn't call the police considering it was in self-defence. When Nancy and Mick plan a fireworks party, Linda says she wished they'd asked and she could do without it. Mick tells Linda that nothing will make him stop wanting her as she is his girl and he'll always want her. Inside EastEnders star Kellie Bright's life away from Linda Carter 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. 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. Mick asks Linda to renew their wedding vows and she accepts, though has doubts after seeing Mick comforting Whitney. EastEnders spoilers: Linda's fresh agony over the loss of Mick Linda Henry age, partner, children and how long was she in EastEnders In December 2017, Linda Carter talks to Sharon after she flees her and Mick's pub, The Queen Victoria, after she witnesses Mick hugging Whitney Carter, a girl he formerly cheated with her on, after he fiancee jilted her at the railway station before they were due to leave for Spain. 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. 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. [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". However, EastEnders viewers think Janine will be caught out as the driver of the car after spotting a huge blunder in her plan - Linda's injuries will be consistent with a passenger as the seat belt would have left bruises on her body that . 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 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. She is released the next day and attacks Stuart. 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. Later on in the bathroom, Linda opens the pregnancy test, which has a positive result. Mick tells Shirley that Linda is pregnant and Dean isn't happy with Mick after phoning the police on Buster Briggs, who turned out to be his real father, to inform them where Buster was. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic. Linda returns to the Queen Vic where she argues and fights with Janine. She gives birth to a healthy son, Ollie Carter (Jack Tilley). Later that day he confronts Dean who lies, saying that he and Linda were having an affair. Mick asks how many weeks pregnant she is and Linda admits to being around 7 weeks and Mick learns that Linda was planning to have an abortion. She made one-off appearances on 28 and 31 December 2021. Inside, they see the state of The Vic and are stunned that Mick did it. [10] On Christmas Eve, Linda gets drunk and insults Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) and Mick, mocking him about his panic attacks, which Ollie witnesses. Shirley's estranged son Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) comes to Walford, and although he continues to share a troubled relationship with his mother, he is welcomed by Mick and Linda into the family. 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. 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She also adds that her and Mick wanted 4 children, however something happened and she shouldn't be pregnant. 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. Buster Briggs (2016-2022) EastEnders' Kellie Shirley reveals baby's name after 'shock - Metro Mick tells them that he better make an announcement. Now Read: EastEnders confirm Harry Redknapp will make a special appearance later this year, EastEnders actor Nitin Ganatra working in family's shop after quitting soap role of 12, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change: When are the soaps on this, recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. 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. 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. 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? Annie Carter (2021), daughter of Linda and Max Branning, adopted by Mick Jade Green aka Roya Masood (2008), daughter of Dean Wick and Shabnam Masood Jimmy Wicks (2012), son of Carly Wicks Bright interrupted her maternity leave for two episodes in March 2017, a voiceover on 14 March 2017 and on 23 May 2017 and a physical appearance on 16 March 2017.[27]. Babe then arrives with a lasagne and she notices Linda looks done in, so she offers to open the bar whilst Linda rests. When Mick accompanies her to the police station, Linda reports Dean for rape. 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. 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