Carli Norris

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

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 Belinda Peacock in EastEnders.

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; central characters in In Deep; Grafters; Roger Roger; The Mrs Bradley Mysteries; 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,^[3] from January 2012 until November 2013. Norris also portrayed the role of Fran Reynolds in the BBC medical drama Holby City, and went on to portray Belinda Peacock in EastEnders.

Year	Award	Category	Production	Result
2016	Inside Soap Awards	Funniest Female^[4]	EastEnders	Nominated

^ British Theatre Guide (1997)
^ "Theatre Record – The chronicle of the British Stage". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
^ Hollyoaks – All 4
^ "Inside Soap Awards 2016". Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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