Carrie Nicholls
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| Emmerdale character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Linda Lusardi | ||||
| Duration | 2007–2008 | ||||
| First appearance | 20 February 2007 | ||||
| Last appearance | 5 February 2008 | ||||
| Introduced by | Kathleen Beedles | ||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
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| Occupation | Nurse | ||||
| Home | Canada | ||||
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| Husband | Nick Baine (2008–) |
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| Daughters |
Lexi King Scarlett Nicholls |
Caroline "Carrie" Nicholls-Baine (also Nicholls) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. Her first episode was broadcast on 20 February 2007. She was introduced as the former nurse of Tom King's wife Mary. It was subsequently revealed that she was the mother of his illegitimate daughter. She was portrayed by the former Page 3 model Linda Lusardi.
It was announced on 28 September 2007 on ITV's This Morning that Lusardi had quit the role, and would leave in early 2008.
The character is initially introduced in a motherly role. Linda Lusardi believes that she is a mother looking out for her daughter, "I don't think she's greedy or money-grabbing, but he has left Scarlett something and felt she deserved it but the boys obviously don't and they don't want her near Home Farm interfering, especially Matthew. I'm behaving as a mother really, as me, I'm not standing for it".
It has been suggested though that the character will be gradually transformed into that of the village bitch - a role the soap is famous for among viewers. "That's where we are at the moment but how it progresses, I don't know. I mean they've sort of put me down as the Emmerdale bitch, she hasn't done anything bitchy yet, but maybe in the future there'll be something that brings that side out of her". This more controversial part is one which Lusardi has made it clear she would be willing to play.
Carrie is introduced as the nurse who looked after Mary King when she was dying and mother of Tom's secret teenage daughter, Scarlett. It was revealed that Tom wrote to Scarlett on an annual basis, but Carrie returned the letters, disappointed that Tom wasn't not prepared to be a full-time father. She did, however, allow Tom to pay for Scarlett to attend a private school. After Tom's death, Carrie went to the funeral and the will reading where the Kings learned about their secret sister. He left Scarlett a quarter share of Home Farm and 10 percent share of King and Sons. The King brothers all reacted differently, although they were united in their disgust at their father for cheating on their mother whilst she was dying.
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