Carli Norris
| Carli Norris | |
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Norris in 2016
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| Born |
Carli Jo Norris 23 June 1974 Barking, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable work | Pygmalion |
| Television |
Doctors (2000) Hollyoaks (2012–13) Holby City (2015, 2017) EastEnders (2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Turner (m. 2005-2014) |
| Children | 2 |
Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her role as Anoushka Flynn in the BBC soap opera Doctors, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Belinda Peacock (nee Slater), as Martha Kane in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and Fran Reynolds in Holby City. She also made a return to EastEnders in 2016, playing the role of Belinda Peacock, taking over from Leanne Lakey. Norris returned to Holby City for a guest stint as Fran on 16th May 2017.
Norris was born in Barking, Essex and moved to Harlow in 1976 where she attended Milwards Primary School and Stewards Comprehensive School. She moved with her family to Woodford in East London in 1991 and took a Performing Arts Course at Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex. She won a scholarship to RADA and also to LAMDA but chose RADA. In 2005 she married actor Gary Turner (who had appeared as Carlos Diaz in the TV soap-opera Emmerdale). They separated in 2014 and Carli now lives in the Essex countryside with their two daughters. She is in a relationship with radio presenter Dominic Atkins.
In June 1997, just before officially graduating from RADA, she was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (replacing Emily Lloyd who had been asked to leave the production prior to the opening) alongside Roy Marsden and Michael Elphick at the Albery Theatre, directed by Ray Cooney and produced by Marc Sinden for Bill Kenwright. They also produced her next show, which was for the Peter Hall Company, when she appeared in the premier and tour of Simon Grays Just The Three Of Us with Prunella Scales and Dinsdale Landen.
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