Kellie Bright
Biography
Kellie Bright, born Kelly Denise Bright on July 1, 1976, in Brentwood, Essex, England, is an English actress known for her television roles. She played Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, earning the 2015 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance. Her other television credits include Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand from 1990 to 1996, Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls in 2002, and Joan Trotter in Rock and Chips from 2010 to 2011. Additionally, she was the runner-up in the thirteenth series of the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.
Career overview
Kellie Bright is an English actress born on July 1, 1976, in Brentwood, Essex, England. Her acting career includes numerous television roles. She is known for playing Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role for which she won the 2015 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance.
Her other television roles include playing Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand from 1990 to 1996, Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls in 2002, and Joan Trotter in Rock and Chips from 2010 to 2011. Additionally, in 2015, she was the runner-up in the thirteenth series of the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing.
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Full Filmography
34 titles- The Weakest Link (2021) as Self - Participant
- One Night (2012) as Dawn
- Ashes (2012) as Lisa
- Junkyard (2012)
- Vera (2011) as Vanessa Barnes
- Rock & Chips (2010) as Joan Trotter
- Rock & Chips (2010) as Joan Trotter
- Come Rain Come Shine (2010) as Joanne Mitchell
- Horne & Corden (2009)
- The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol (2009) as Kelly
- Celebrity Juice (2008) as Self
- T-Bag: The Reunion Documentary (2007) as Self
- Imagine Me & You (2006) as Terri
- Vital Signs (2006) as Yvonne
- Jericho (2005) as WPC Penny Collins
- Kinky Boots (2005) as Jeannie
- New Tricks (2004)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002) as Julie
- The House That Jack Built (2002) as Lisa Squire
- Nature Boy (2000) as Katy
- The Thing about Vince (2000) as Sally
- Cor, Blimey! (2000) as Viola
- Bad Girls (1999)
- Bad Girls (1999) as Cassie Tyler
- Blackrock (1997) as Leesha
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Beauty and the Beast (1992) as Beauty (voice)
- Pebble Mill (1991) as Self
- The Upper Hand (1990) as Joanna Burrows
- Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989) as Child
- EastEnders (1985) as Linda Carter
- T-Bag (1985)
- The Bill (1984)
- Panorama (1953) as Self
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Kellie Bright is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Vera (2011), Celebrity Juice (2008), Imagine Me & You (2006), Kinky Boots (2005).
When and where was Kellie Bright born?
Kellie Bright was born on July 1, 1976 in Brentwood, Essex, England.
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Kellie Bright has accumulated over 34 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1953 to 2021.
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Kellie Bright, born Kelly Denise Bright on July 1, 1976, in Brentwood, Essex, England, is an English actress known for her television roles. She played Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, earning the 2015 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance. Her other television credits include...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Imagine Me & You (2006) as Terri — aged about 30
- Bad Girls (1999) — aged about 23
- Bad Girls (1999) as Cassie Tyler — aged about 23
- Silent Witness (1996) — aged about 20
- Vera (2011) as Vanessa Barnes — aged about 35
- New Tricks (2004) — aged about 28
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