Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as Anoushka Flynn in '' Doctors'', Martha Kane in ''

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'' and taking over the role of Belinda Peacock in ''

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''.

Career

In June 1997, just before officially graduating from RADA, she was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in '' Pygmalion'' at the

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, directed by

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and produced by Marc Sinden for Bill Kenwright. 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

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and Dinsdale Landen. On television, she first appeared as Alice McMahon in ''

''; the title character in Catherine Cookson's '' Tilly Trotter'' (1999); central characters in ''In Deep''; ''

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''; '' Roger Roger'' and '' The Mrs Bradley Mysteries'' as Prunella 'Plum' Fisher (2000). She was then cast in the

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soap opera '' Doctors'' as Anoushka Flynn. She appeared in the soap for two months. After making her final appearance on 19 May 2000, Anoushka became the first original character to leave ''Doctors''. She then appeared in ''The Last Detective'';

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's '' Shane''; ''The House that Jack Built''; '' Sam's Game''; Phoebe in ''

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'' and as Verity in ''Slammertimes 2010 episode of '' My Family''. She played the regular role of Martha Kane in ''

'', from January 2012 until November 2013. In 2014, she appeared in the TV Series ''Agatha Raisin “''The Quiche of Death” as Ella Cartwright. Norris also portrayed the role of Fran Reynolds in the BBC medical drama ''

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'' and went on to portray Belinda Peacock in ''

''.

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Carli 1974 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of Epping Forest College Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses Living people People from Barking, London