Elizabeth Carling

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Elizabeth Carling with co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst in Goodnight Sweetheart

Elizabeth Carling (born 20 October 1967 in Middlesbrough) is an English actress best known for her performances in Goodnight Sweetheart, Casualty and Barbara. Elizabeth is also a trained singer, her roles in Goodnight Sweetheart and Border Café being developed to show her talent in many musical genres. In the 1990s, Elizabeth was engaged to Neil Morrissey, whom she met while filming ITV drama Boon and with whom she also appeared in an episode of BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly.

[edit] Television Roles

Casualty

Elizabeth is currently in BBC medical drama Casualty playing the role of Selena Donovan. Her character had originally made a brief appearance as a consultant neurologist in April 2003. She retuned to the show as a Forensic Doctor in 2004 and has been a regular cast member ever since. Selena's storylines have included being kidnapped and stabbed by drug traffickers, contracting MRSA, and having romances with colleagues Harry, Will and Nathan. In the episode "Nobody's Perfect" [Air Date: 4 March 2006] she decided to leave her position of police surgeon due to an almost fatal mistake. At the end of Series 20, she gained the position of Associate Specialist at the cost of Maggie's (Susan Cookson) Consultancy.

Goodnight Sweetheart

Elizabeth took over the role of 'Phoebe Sparrow' in the last three series of the time travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst. The part was originally played by Dervla Kirwan.After the series she released an album of Wartime covers also titled Goodnight Sweetheart

Barbara

Elizabeth played Linda, the daughter of the eponymous matriarch in the ITV sitcom Barbara. She appeared in 24 of the series' 29 episodes, from 1999-2003, playing opposite her on-screen husband, Martin Pond, (Mark Benton).