By Roxanne "Flashbulb" Starr
For 13 years, Kellie Bright pulled pints behind the bar of the Queen Vic as Linda Carter, one of EastEnders' most enduring faces. Now, according to the BBC, she's leaving Walford for good.
Bright's Linda Carter became a cornerstone of the long-running soap, weathering the show's usual gauntlet of scandal, heartbreak and drama across more than a decade on screen. The BBC's report confirms the exit but does not yet detail how or when Linda's storyline will end, or what's next for Bright professionally.
Soap departures of this scale are rarely simple goodbyes — long-tenured characters like Linda Carter tend to get send-off arcs written specifically to mark the occasion, though the BBC has not published specifics on how producers plan to close out her time on the show.
Bright's run places her among the show's longer-serving cast members, and her exit will leave a real gap in a series built on familiar faces returning week after week. The American Times will follow up once EastEnders confirms transmission details for Linda Carter's final scenes.
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— Compiled from reporting by the BBC.
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