Linda Armstrong (actress)
Appearance
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Linda Armstrong is an English actress, known for her role as Sister Brigid in The Royal.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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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
[edit]Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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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
[edit]- ^ "This is why Emmerdale fans recognise newcomer DI Dent". Digital Spy. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
External links
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