1. Kellie Denise Bright was born on 1 July 1976 and is an English actress.
20 Facts About Kellie Bright
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In 1990, at the age of 13, Kellie Bright was cast as Joanna Burrows in TV series The Upper Hand alongside William Puttock, Joe McGann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman which ran for six years.
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Kellie Bright has had main roles in Bad Girls and has guest starred in Da Ali G Show and made an appearance in the film Ali G Indahouse.
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Kellie Bright has made several guest appearances on British television programmes, her credits include Holby City, Casualty, The Catherine Tate Show and Vera.
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Kellie Bright appeared as Joan Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, Rock and Chips, from 2010 until 2011.
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In October 2013, Kellie Bright was cast as Linda Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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On filming this particular storyline, Kellie Bright stated that "It is a challenging storyline, but it is an important storyline and I feel honoured to have been given it".
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Kellie Bright won the 2014 Digital Spy's Readers Award for Best Female Soap Actress.
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Kellie Bright has been nominated for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance at The British Soap Awards 2015; Bright won both.
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In 1992, Kellie Bright voiced the character of Beauty in the Bevanfield Films production of Beauty and the Beast.
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Kellie Bright has voiced several video game characters, including the Hero of Brightwall in the game Fable III in 2010.
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In 2011, Kellie Bright did voicework for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles as the medic Sharla.
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Kellie 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".
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Kellie Bright appears as Linda though dressed up as Sandy Olsen.
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Kellie Bright performed in "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together".
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In September 2015, Kellie Bright joined the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One.
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Kellie Bright chose to continue playing Linda Carter on EastEnders while competing on Strictly Come Dancing, working all day at EastEnders and rehearsing for Strictly in the evening.
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In December 2011, Kellie Bright gave birth to her first son.
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Kellie Bright married her long-term partner and father of her children, Paul Stocker, in Trelill, Cornwall on 5 July 2014.
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Kellie Bright gave birth to her second son on 21 November 2016.