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Carli Norris’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Author

James Bradley

Published Feb 17, 2026

IntroEnglish actress
IsActor 
Film actor 
FromUnited Kingdom 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Genderfemale
Birth16 November 1973, London, UK
Age:46 years
Star signScorpio
Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art1997

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. 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.

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, 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.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryProductionResult
2016Inside Soap AwardsFunniest FemaleEastEndersNominated