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Linda HenryLinda Henry (born 1 January 1962 in London) is an English actress, best known for her role as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV television drama Bad Girls and now for her role as Shirley Carter in the BBC's EastEnders.Henry was brought up in Peckham, London. She spent some time with the 'Old Vic Youth Theatre', and at sixteen was in the same acting group as Rowan Atkinson at Edinburgh. At seventeen she went to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Linda Henry later set up a production company, Buster, which still exists although she is no longer involved with it. As well as her role in Bad Girls she is also remembered for her role as Sandra in the film Beautiful Thing, and has appeared in the British television programmes The Bill, Birds of a Feather, Touching Evil, Cracker, A Touch of Frost and EastEnders, where she played Lorraine Salter, the prostitute mother of the teenage tearaway Mandy (Nicola Stapleton). (Henry and Stapleton both appeared in Bad Girls, although not in the same time, as Henry's character had been killed off by the time Stapleton arrived.) She had a minor role in British film The Business, which also starred Danny Dyer as the main character. On 8 September 2006 it was announced Linda would be returning to EastEnders in a different role, this time playing Shirley Carter, mother to Carly and Deano and ex-wife of Kevin. Shirley arrived in Walford in December 2006. Linda took part in the 2007 Children in Need appeal where she sang alongside other Eastenders cast members. She also took part in a 2008 Eastenders edition of The Weakest Link She is also a diabetic. Linda Henry - what members say
Linda Henry - filmography
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Linda Henry facts5 most recent filmsBad Girls - Series 4 - 3.5 starsBad Girls - Series 3 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 2 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 5 - 3.5 stars Beautiful Thing - 4.0 stars 5 highest-rated filmsBeautiful Thing - 4.0 starsBad Girls - Series 2 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 5 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 4 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 3 - 3.5 stars 5 lowest-rated filmsBad Girls - Series 3 - 3.5 starsBad Girls - Series 4 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 5 - 3.5 stars Bad Girls - Series 2 - 3.5 stars Beautiful Thing - 4.0 stars Most frequent co-starsClaire King - 8 times - show filmsAlicya Eyo - 8 times - show films Helen Fraser - 8 times - show films Jack Ellis - 8 times - show films Kika Mirylees - 8 times - show films Most frequent directorsnone - 7 times - show filmsHettie Macdonald - 1 times - show films Jim O'Hanlon - 1 times - show films |
The boys are OK 20 December 2004
...Berry) and Ste (Scott Neal) share a bed 'top and tail' when Jamie's mum Sandra (Linda Henry) takes him in after another beating from his elder brother. At such close quart...
(atkins) 9 December 2004
