Carli Norris

Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as Anoushka Flynn in Doctors, Martha Kane in Hollyoaks and taking over the role of Belinda Peacock in EastEnders.

Carli Norris
Norris in 2019
Born	Carli Jo Norris (1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 50) Barking, Essex, England
Nationality	British
Education	RADA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Notable work	Pygmalion
Television	Tilly Trotter (1998) Doctors (2000) Hollyoaks (2012–2013) Holby City (2015, 2017) EastEnders (2016)
Spouses	Gary Turner ​ (m. 2005⁠–⁠2014)​ Dom Atkins ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2
Signature

Career

In June 1997, just before officially graduating from RADA, she was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion at the Albery Theatre, directed by Ray Cooney and produced by Marc Sinden for Bill Kenwright.^[1] They also produced her next show, which was for the Peter Hall Company, when she appeared in the premiere and tour of Simon Gray's Just The Three of Us with Prunella Scales and Dinsdale Landen.^[2]

On television, she first appeared as Alice McMahon in EastEnders; the title character in Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter (1999); central characters in In Deep; Grafters; Roger Roger and The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Prunella 'Plum' Fisher (2000). She was then cast in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Anoushka Flynn. She appeared in the soap for two months.^[3] After making her final appearance on 19 May 2000, Anoushka became the first original character to leave Doctors.^[3] She then appeared in The Last Detective; Frank Skinner's Shane; The House that Jack Built; Sam's Game; Phoebe in Fanny Hill and as Verity in Slammertime's 2010 episode of My Family. She played the regular role of Martha Kane in Hollyoaks,^[4] from January 2012 until November 2013. In 2014, she appeared in the TV Series Agatha Raisin “The Quiche of Death” as Ella Cartwright. Norris also portrayed the role of Fran Reynolds in the BBC medical drama Holby City and went on to portray Belinda Peacock in EastEnders.^[5]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2016	Inside Soap Awards	Funniest Female[6]	EastEnders	Nominated

References

1. British Theatre Guide (1997)
2. "Theatre Record – The chronicle of the British Stage". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
3. "Anoushka Flynn". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
4. Hollyoaks – All 4
5. "EastEnders star Carli Norris reacts to Belinda's exit: 'I hope to be back one day'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
6. "Inside Soap Awards 2016". Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

• Carli Norris at IMDb