Elizabeth Carling

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Elizabeth Carling
Born (1967-10-20) 20 October 1967 (age 56)
Occupation Actress
Years active1987–present

Elizabeth Carling (born 20 October 1967) is an English actress and singer best known for her performances in Boon , Goodnight Sweetheart , Barbara , and Casualty . In 1991 Carling was briefly engaged to Neil Morrissey, [1] whom she met while working on the ITV drama Boon and with whom she also appeared in an episode of BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly .

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As of February 2010, she starred in the theatre production of I Ought to Be in Pictures . In 2016, she narrated the second series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive on ITV. Carling also appeared on "Our Girl" on BBC1 on 7 September 2016. [ citation needed ]

Film and television roles

Radio roles

She starred as Lucy in Radio 4's Double Income, No Kids Yet , which was written by David Spicer and also stars David Tennant, Meera Syal and Tony Gardner. The series was originally broadcast in 2001.

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References

  1. McCaffrey, Julie (2007-08-03). "Liz Carling's Casualty exit". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 2016-09-13.