When Linda was away in Watford caring for her ill mother, Mick kisses Whitney carter. The storyline aired over the autumn. As Linda is rushed to the hospital her fate is currently unknown as Mick Carter states: "She should die". 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, Rainie Highway is determined to tell Max after she has suspicions. John Peacock Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. BIGGEST Moments: Mick and Linda Carter | EastEnders EastEnders 355K subscribers Subscribe 102K views 8 months ago #EastEnders Take a look back at some of the highs and lows from Mick and. Mick tells Linda that nothing will make him stop wanting her as she is his girl and he'll always want her. 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. Later, Shirley heads to Phil and Sharon's with a gun, which originally belonged to Ronnie Mitchell and Shirley accidentally shoots Phil. 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. She gives birth to a healthy son, Ollie Carter (Jack Tilley). Upstairs, Dean tells Linda how he can's trust women after Shirley abandoned him again and Lauren dumped him and how discovering Kevin Wicks wasn't his biological father sometimes makes him feel that he doesn't want to be around. Birth When Linda is seemingly about to tell Mick about her secret, Mick admits to her that he is in love with someone else. 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. Lindas grandfather, Pat Peacock, was a pro Boxer named Prancing Pat Peacock. When Johnny reveals to Mick he is gay, Linda overhears and is devastated by the news. 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. She has also voiced several video game characters, including the Hero of Brightwall in the game Fable III in 2010. She is released the next day and attacks Stuart. 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. [4], Linda first appeared in an episode that aired on BBC One on 19 December 2013, visited partner Mick's sisters Shirley and Tina when they needed money. In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. Bright announced her third pregnancy on 22 March 2021 and departed on 21 September 2021 for maternity leave. They decide to take the offer just as Max leaves Albert Square. 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 chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. Linda rejected them. 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. 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. Aidan Maguire, a crime organiser, suggests Mick gets involved in one of his jobs. 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's decision sends shockwaves across Albert Square, Kim faces the music in court, and Lola's deteriorating health forces her hand at work. [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. Later, when the family eat Mick's birthday cake, Nancy tells her parents that she can't pretend everything is OK when it isn't and she tells Linda that she points out that the mum she knows wouldn't have let Dean run his mouth off and she would've told him something about himself. Former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley has announced the name of her third child, after a 'shock' pregnancy. 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. 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. 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. 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 (19901996), Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls (2002) and Joan Trotter in Rock & Chips (20102011). Carol Jackson / . While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. She first appeared on 19 December 2013 and her casting was announced alongside her on-screen partner, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer). Linda refuses to have a son who is gay and she doesn't have a son who is gay. 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. She spent some time with the Old Vic Youth Theatre and went to drama. Linda begins working in the laundrette. Shirley urges Linda to realize that she still loves Mick and that she should try to save her marriage. As this is happening, Mick walks into The Queen Vic and tells Max to stay away from Linda. 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. 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. 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 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 later marries Janine after taking Linda's advice. Mick asks Linda to renew their wedding vows and she accepts, though has doubts after seeing Mick comforting Whitney. The next morning, Linda gives Johnny toast with jam for breakfast, but Mick says Johnny doesn't eat jam and never has. After being dumped by Linda, Max begins drinking and thinking of ways to win her back. 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. 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. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. Mick points out that she flinched when he touched her and Linda reassures Mick it's got nothing to do with him and Mick begs Linda for her to tell him whatever is bothering her. While getting a coffee she runs into Sharon and offers to help her care for her newborn son. Distraught over the upset that Mick's actions have brought her family, Linda leaves Walford to stay with Elaine in Watford. When Linda spots Mick asking Dean, she tells Nancy she's going to get fish and chips and she heads to Stacey's flat. Mick, along with Shirley and Tina, visit their estranged father Stan Carter (Timothy West) for money, and reunite with him in the process. Max uses this to blackmail Phil into convincing Sharon to sign The Queen Vic back to Mick. 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. Kellie Bright's casting was announced alongside Danny Dyer's on 1 October 2013, a week after Bradshaw-White's casting was revealed. Linda returns at Tina's funeral where she finds out that Mick and Janine are in a relationship. 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. 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. Kellie Bright's character had a short lived romance with Max (Jake Wood) last. Linda palms Mick off with another lie, which is that she's been feeling upset about hitting Dexter, but Mick isn't convinced and he tells Linda that he is going to book her an appointment at the doctor's. EastEnders fans will know Kellie Bright for playing Linda Carter since all the way back in 2013. Later, when Mick comes knocking, Linda hides in the living room. Stacey notices an upset Linda and asks what's happened, Linda says nothings and thanks Stacey for listening and she's going to tell Mick and Dean notices Linda and Stacey talking. Shirley screams that Dean is Mick's brother in desperation. Linda continues to clash with Shirley, who moves in with them, and she befriends Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) over their mutual dislike of Shirley. 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. 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. Stacey asks if something happened between her and Dean and as Linda is about to explain, Dean arrives and Linda heads back home. She successfully resuscitates him, only for him to suffer a seizure. 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. Linda became landlady of The Queen Victoria public house and moved there with her family from her mother's pub in Watford. When Phil is kicking everyone out, Phil is confused to how Mick knows Shirley and Shirley reveals to Mick that Phil is her brother. 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. PC Jenkins asks if Linda still has the message and her phone will be needed to be used as evidence and Linda feels as if it will be her word against Dean's and PC Jenkins explain that in a case with no witnesses, it comes down to the issue of consent. 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. 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. Elaine and Sharon enter and see that Linda and Mick have reconciled and Elaine wonders what everything has been about. [11] Along with Dyer, Bright was nominated for "Best On-screen Partnership" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for the relationship between Mick and Linda. 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Linda quickly flees the chip shop soon after and Stacey goes after her, asking what she meant and she can't just leave it. 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. 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. [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. Shirley tells Dean that Mick has a lot on and she informs Dean that Linda is pregnant. 7pm - 10pm, Remember 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. 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. This conversation is overheard by Dean, who agrees to keep quiet. Elaine Peacock BBC By Lewis Knight Published: Thursday, 29th December 2022 at 7:58 pm Save Shirley Carter. Linda and Nancy decide to play Mick and Johnny at their own game by pretending Linda is ill, however, they soon realise that Linda knows and Linda is delighted to have Lee home. Sharon invites Mick and Linda to The Albert for a couple free drinks later that day and meanwhile, they babysit Bert and Ernie Moon for Kat and Alfie. On Christmas Eve, Linda gets drunk and insults Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) and Mick, mocking him about his panic attacks, which Ollie witnesses. Mick is concerned for Linda and he is determined to find out what is troubling her. "[6] He said that the characters would laugh, cry, argue and make up, which would embarrass their children, but would delight their neighbours. Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) returns to Walford for Tina's funeral, surprising Mick. 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. 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. 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. 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). In August 2017. 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. She told OK! She initially pulls away but then kisses him back. 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. He is grieving for a comrade he has lost, and Linda is a comfort and support to him. They go on holiday to rekindle their marriage and when they return, Linda is delighted that Whitney and Woody are emigrating, but Woody leaves without Whitney, so Linda is annoyed. [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]. BBC 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. Linda later drinks alcohol after being manipulated by Janine. The next day, Nancy confesses to her that Mick choked Dean unconscious in the cellar and is being secretive about what happened. Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. On Christmas Day, Nancy and Lee give Linda an original, signed programme for 'Gypsy'. 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. 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. Back at Sharon's, Linda explains to Sharon how she and Mick had a pretend ceremony as kids and they were meant to do it properly one day. Linda questions why he didn't call the police considering it was in self-defence. First Appearance When Linda's birthday surprise arrives, Mick asks Nancy to keep Linda distracted but Linda notices what her birthday surprise is when she looks out of the window, which is Lee, who has returned from Afghanistan. [17] The argument eventually reached breaking point in June 2014, when Linda failed to support Johnny's plans to go to gay pride and caused him embarrassment by revealing his cowardice during the attack on Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean). [23] When Dean returns to the pub after a short absence, Bright stated that Linda is horrified despite trying to move on. She tells Linda that it's natural to want something different, but Dean is too close to home and Linda tells her mum to stop talking about Dean. Sharon tells Linda that she and Mick have the strongest marriage, but Linda drops the bombshell that she and Mick aren't even married. When Nancy lays the kitchen table, Linda says they will eat in the lounge and later, when Linda is in the kitchen on her own, she causes the table to collapse and she, Mick, Linda and Dexter eat in the lounge. 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). Kellie Bright Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. But how old is Linda Carter? Elaine asks if things between her and Mick are alright as she was concerned when Linda last stayed with her and tells her that every marriage has problems. 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. Tina persuades Shirley to stay for a drink and Shirley asks Linda how the kids are and Linda says they are great before asking Shirley how hers are. They are rescued by Stuart and Rainie who are on a life boat, and Linda regains consciousness. 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. She first appeared on 7 December 2006, during episodes set in Dorset. Linda becomes emotional as she says she always thought she would fight back, but she froze and all she could think of in her head were the lyrics to Pretty Flamingo, her's and Mick's song, which was playing downstairs. The 45 year old actress, who has . Luckily, Kellie had success with the final embryo, and the couple will welcome their baby in August 2021. The character Linda Henry plays in Walford is ranked 36th in the 100 greatest EastEnders characters of all time. Address The Carter family were created by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins who planned to completely revamp the show. 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. Mick and Linda arrive at Walford Police Station and they make their way inside together. 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. 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. 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 warned him to back off. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. 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. 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. He survives and they follow Linda's plan of staging Keanu's murder, with Martin disposing of the evidence and both of them keeping quiet. Stepdaughters Linda later rekindles her relationship with Mick and they agree to try again following the revelation that Janine manipulated Mick and that she was responsible for the crash. Jack tells this to Max, who now believes Linda only dumped him out of pity to Mick. 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 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 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 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. The Carters are later devastated when a pregnant Whitney suffers a miscarriage but are delighted when Lee and Whitney get married. Linda rejects this offer, calling it unrealistic and telling her that her family will get their comeuppance. Bright won the 2014 Digital Spy's Readers Award for Best Female Soap Actress. 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. Linda says she doesn't even want it and gives it to Mick. The storyline began in November 2019 playing a central part of the year's Christmas and New Year episodes. However, he realises what she is doing and in the ensuing argument he leaves home. Max doesn't listen which leads to Mick punching him. 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 returns the following day with Elaine. Mick attacks Dean forcing Shirley's revelationDean is his brother. Shirley Carter is now ranked 36th in all-time 'EastEnders' characters. Linda tells PC Jenkins that Dean was drunk and tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away before slapping him. 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.