Kellie Bright




English actress































Kellie Bright

Kellie Bright 2016.jpg
Bright in 2016

Born
Kellie Denise Bright[1]


(1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 42)

Brentwood, Essex, England

Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present
Notable work

The Upper Hand (1990–96)
Bad Girls (2002)
Rock & Chips (2010–11)
EastEnders (2013–)
Strictly Come Dancing (2015)
Spouse(s)
Paul Stocker (m. 2014)
Children 2

Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976) is an English actress. Her roles include Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for which she won the 2015 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance, Julie in Ali G Indahouse, Joanna Burrows in The Upper Hand (1990–96), Cassie Tyler in Bad Girls (2002) and Joan Trotter in Rock & Chips (2010–11). In 2015, she was the runner-up in the 13th series of the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Early years


    • 1.2 Recent work


      • 1.2.1 2013–present: EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing and mainstream success




    • 1.3 Voice work


    • 1.4 Other work




  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Filmography


    • 3.1 Film


    • 3.2 Television


    • 3.3 Radio


    • 3.4 As herself


    • 3.5 Video games


    • 3.6 Web




  • 4 Selected theatre performances


  • 5 Awards and nominations


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Career



Early years


Bright has been acting since she was 11, appearing on stage in shows such as Annie and Les Misérables, before landing a place at The Sylvia Young Theatre School.[2] As a child actress, she appeared in several different series' on British television in the late 1980s and the 1990s, including T-Bag and Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. In 1990, at the age of 13, Bright was cast as Joanna Burrows in TV series The Upper Hand alongside Joe McGann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman which ran for six years.


After The Upper Hand had finished, Bright has said that she struggled to make ends meet. 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. Next thing I know, a customer had called a newspaper saying I was there and some photographers appeared out of the blue snapping away."[3] She also worked as a receptionist at a nightclub in London. 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'." [3] Bright played Kate Madikane (née Aldridge) in Radio 4's The Archers, and was with the series from 1995 until 2004.[4]



Recent work


Bright has also had main roles in Bad Girls[5] and BBC radio programme The Archers.[4] She has also guest starred in Da Ali G Show and made an appearance in the film Ali G Indahouse. Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera.[6]


Bright appeared as Joan Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, Rock and Chips, from 2010 until 2011.[7]



2013–present: EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing and mainstream success



In October 2013, Bright was cast as Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[8] 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. The Carter family were created by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins who planned to completely revamp the show. 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. In October 2014, Linda was involved in a controversial storyline where she was raped by Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo). 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".[9]
Bright was praised for her performance during this storyline. Bright won the 2014 Digital Spy's Readers Award for Best Female Soap Actress.[10] Along with Dyer, Bright was nominated for "Best On-screen Partnership" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for the relationship between Mick and Linda. In 2015, she was nominated for the "Serial Drama Performance" award at the National Television Awards,[11] however the award was won by Dyer.[12] She has been nominated for "Best Actress" and "Best Dramatic Performance" at The British Soap Awards 2015. Bright won both.


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.[13]


In September 2015, Bright joined the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One.[14] Bright chose to continue playing Linda Carter on EastEnders while competing on Strictly Come Dancing, working all day at EastEnders and rehearses for Strictly in the evening. Paired with professional dancer Kevin Clifton, she was described by head judge Len Goodman as a "great all round dancer". On 19 December the pair reached the final three and topped the leaderboard with a score of 119. 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. Their final dance, a Charleston to "Cantina Band" from Star Wars, scored 39, but the public voted Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani as the competition winners.

















































































































































































Voice work


In 1992, Bright voiced the character of Beauty in the Bevanfield Films production of Beauty and the Beast. She has also voiced several video game characters, including the Hero of Brightwall in the game Fable III in 2010. In 2011, Bright did voicework for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles as the medic Sharla.[15]



Other work


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". Bright appears as Linda though dressed up as Sandy Olsen. She performed in "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together".[citation needed]



Personal life


Bright married her long-term partner, Paul Stocker, at Trelill, Cornwall on 5 July 2014.[16] On 4 December 2011 she gave birth to her first son, Freddie.[citation needed] On 19 May 2016, Bright announced via Twitter that she was expecting her second child.[17] She gave birth to her second son, Gene, on 21 November 2016.



Filmography



Film







































Year
Title
Role
Notes
2002

Ali G Indahouse
Julie
Main role
2003

How (Not) to Make a Short Film
Stefania
Short film
2005

Imagine Me and You
Terri

2005

Kinky Boots
Jeannie

2012

Ashes
Lisa



Television







































































































































































































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
1986

EastEnders
Bridesmaid
1 episode (Uncredited)
1989

T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set
Sally Simpkins/Anastasia
TV series
1989

The Bill
Mr. Carmody's daughter
Uncredited
1989

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Little girl
Main Cast
1989

T-Bag's Christmas Carol
Sally Simpkins
TV movie
1990

T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom
Sally Simpkins
TV series
1990

Brush Strokes
Child

1990–1996

The Upper Hand
Joanna Burrows
TV series
1991

The Grove Family
Daphne Grove
One-off re-make to celebrate closure of Lime Grove Studios
1992

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty

1996

Scenes
Clare
One episode: Alison
1997

Blackrock
Leesha

1998

The Bill
Lianne Clark
1 episode
2000

Nature Boy
Katy
1 episode
2000

Cor, Blimey!
Viola
TV Movie
2000

The Thing About Vince
Sally

2001

Outriders
Julia's Mother
2 episodes
2002

Bad Girls

Cassie Tyler
12 episodes
2002

The House That Jack Built
Lisa Squire
6 episodes
2002

Silent Witness
DC Mona Westlake

2005

Jericho
WPC Penny Collins

2005

The Alice
Lynette
1 episode
2006

Vital Signs
Yvonne
1 episode
2006

Two Women
Woman
1 episode
2007

The Catherine Tate Show
Kelly

Christmas Special
2008

New Tricks
Sarah Madeley
1 episode
2008

Horne & Corden
Various roles
5 episodes
2009

Hotel Babylon
Meredith Sutton
1 episode
2009

Holby City
Joy Miller
2 episodes
2010

Come Rain, Come Shine
Joanne Mitchell
TV movie
2010–2011

Rock & Chips
Joan Trotter
Main cast
2012

One Night
Dawn
2 episodes
2013

Great Night Out
Shona
1 episode
2013

Casualty
Tina Caffola
1 episode
2013–present

EastEnders

Linda Carter
Series regular
2014

Vera
Vanessa Barnes
1 episode
2014

Children in Need 2014

Linda Carter
Grease Enders – EastEnders cast do Grease


Radio















Year
Title
Role
Notes
1995-2004

The Archers
Kate Madikane
Main role


As herself




























Year
Title
Notes
1991

Family Fortunes
Participant[18]
2013
Pointless Celebrities
Participant
2015

Strictly Come Dancing
Participant
2015

Strictly – It Takes Two
Weekly guest


Video games



























Year
Title
Role
Notes
2010

Fable III
Hero of Brightwall

2011

Dragon Age II
Grace/Idunna/Guardsman Brennan/Ella/Ginnis

2011

Xenoblade Chronicles
Sharla



Web



























Year
Title
Role
Notes
2014

On Set With...Kellie Bright[19]
Herself
EastEnders web series
2015

Ramsay Square[20]
Linda Carter
Neighbours 30th Birthday Tribute
2016

EastEnders: Back To Ours
Herself
Web series


Selected theatre performances



  • Caddie in Snake in Fridge by Brad Fraser. World premiere directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2000)

  • Masha in The Seagull by Anton Chekov. Directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003)

  • Amanda in Cold Meat Party by Brad Fraser. World premiere directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003)

  • The title role in Mary Barton adapted by Rona Munroe. Directed by Sarah Frankcom at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2006)



Awards and nominations
































































Year
Award
Category
Work
Result
2014

The British Soap Awards
Best On-Screen Partnership (with Danny Dyer)
EastEnders
Nominated
Digital Spy Reader's Award
Best Female Soap Actor
Won
2015

National Television Awards
Outstanding Serial Drama Performance
Nominated

The British Soap Awards
Best Actress
Won
Best Dramatic Performance
Won

Inside Soap Awards
Best Actress
Nominated
2018
Inside Soap Awards
Best Partnership (with Danny Dyer)
Won
National Television Awards
Serial Drama Performance
Nominated
I Talk Telly Awards
Best Soap Partnership (with Danny Dyer)
Nominated
2019
TRIC Awards
Best Soap Actor
Pending


References





  1. ^ "England & Wales births 1837–2006; transcription of Kelly Denise Bright, Brentwood, Essex, 1976; volume 9; page 2162". Retrieved 3 December 2015 – via Find My Past. (Subscription required (help))..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ 5 things you didn't know about EastEnders' Kellie Bright – Showbiz News – Best Daily Archived 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine


  3. ^ ab "I thought that I was too ugly to work again; From the acting scrapheap to being able to pick and choose parts, Kellie Bright has come back from the brink, says TIM RANDALL". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.


  4. ^ ab "BBC Radio 4 – The Archers – Kate Madikane". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2016.


  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  6. ^ "Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn stars in police drama Vera, written by Ann Cleeves – Western Morning News". Western Morning News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.


  7. ^ "BBC – Press Office – Rock & Chips press pack: Q&A with Kellie Bright".


  8. ^ "BBC – Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright to join EastEnders – Media centre".


  9. ^ "EastEnders' Kellie Bright: 'Linda Carter rape storyline is a challenge'". Digital Spy. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 25 October 2015.


  10. ^ Daniel Kilkelly (2014-12-24). "EastEnders sweeps the board in 2014 Digital Spy Reader Awards". Digital Spy.


  11. ^ "National Television Awards 2015: Nominations in full as Mary Berry battles Simon Cowell". The Independent. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


  12. ^ Westbrook, Caroline (21 January 2015). "National Television Awards 2015: Danny Dyer pays tribute to EastEnders co-star Kellie Bright as he beats her to acting prize". Metro. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


  13. ^ "poet". Write Out Loud. Retrieved 12 December 2015.


  14. ^ Ellie Walker-Arnott. "Strictly Come Dancing 2015: Craig Revel Horwood reveals who he thinks will win series 13". RadioTimes. Retrieved 17 April 2016.


  15. ^ "Behind The Voice Actors – Kellie Bright". Behind The Voice Actors.


  16. ^ "EastEnders star Kellie Bright marries longterm partner". Digital Spy. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 25 October 2015.


  17. ^ "EastEnders star Kellie Bright is pregnant". 19 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


  18. ^ "Episode dated 27 December 1991". Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via www.imdb.com.


  19. ^ "BBC One – EastEnders, On set with... Kellie Bright". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2016.


  20. ^ Ramsay Square – EastEnders: Neighbours 30th Anniversary tribute – BBC One. YouTube. 17 March 2015.




External links








  • Kellie Bright on IMDb


  • Kellie Bright on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata






Preceded by
Frankie Bridge & Kevin Clifton
Simon Webbe & Kristina Rihanoff


Strictly Come Dancing runner-up
(with partner Kevin Clifton)

Series 13 (2015)
Succeeded by
Incumbent



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