Linda Armstrong (actress)

Linda Armstrong is an English actress, known for her role as Sister Brigid in The Royal.

Career

Armstrong played Sister Brigid in ITV's The Royal throughout the series. Her television debut was in an episode of Peak Practice. She has since played guest roles and semi-regular roles in various television series, including A Touch of Frost (ITV Series); Bugs (BBC Series); Dangerfield (BBC series); Casualty (BBC); The Bill (ITV); Brookside (Channel 4) and Doctors (BBC). In 2020, she portrayed the role of DI Dent in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	The Mill on the Floss	Kezia	TV film
1998	Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Car Darch	TV film
2000	Rough Treatment	DC Walker	TV film

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Bugs	Prison Guard	Recurring role
	Peak Practice	Mary Ingham	Episode: "Whipping Boy"
1997	Casualty	Lisa Jensen	3 episodes
1998	The Vanishing Man	Waitress	Episode: "Not Fade Away"
	Dangerfield	Jill Redford	Episode: "The Long Weekend"
1999	Brookside	F.S.O. Diane Nichols	1 episode
	A Touch of Frost	D.I. Alice Beale	Episode: "One Man's Meat"
	The Bill	D.S. Melville	Episode: "Crash Landing"
2003		Ruth	Episode: "Rose-Coloured Glasses"
	Heartbeat	Sister Brigid	Episode: "Out of the Blue"
2003-2011	The Royal		Series regular
2004	Doctors	Sheila Sefton	Episode: "When Love Hurts"
2008	Casualty	Jo Linden	Episode: "They May Not Mean to But They Do"
2009	Doctors	Alice Blunt	Episode: "Litmus"
2012		Sharon Montague	Episode: "Indian Smith"
2014		Sian	Recurring role
2015	Casualty	Amy Hills	Episode: "Excess Baggage"
	EastEnders	Katie McCoy	1 episode
2017	Doctors	Erin Keywood	Episode: "Cool Mom"
2018	Coronation Street	Prosecution Barrister	4 episodes
2019	Casualty	Ceri Kaplan	1 episode
	Doctors	Sally Tennant	Episode: "Exposure"
2020	Emmerdale	DI Dent	Recurring role

References

1. "This is why Emmerdale fans recognise newcomer DI Dent". Digital Spy. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

External links

• Linda Armstrong at IMDb