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Linda Armstrong (actress)

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

Career

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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

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Film

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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

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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

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