| Carli Norris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 Woodford, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Carli Norris (b. 1973, Woodford, Essex) is an English stage, film and television actress.[1]
On TV, 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, Frank Skinner's Shane, The House that Jack Built, Sam's Game, as Phoebe in Fanny Hill and as Verity in Slammertime's 2010 episode of My Family.
Norris was born in Barking in 1974, moved to Harlow in 1976 and attended Milwards Primary School and Stewards Comprehensive School. She moved with her family to Woodford in Essex in 1991 and took a Performing Arts Course at Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex. She won a scholarship to RADA and also to LAMDA but chose RADA. She was signed up to Gavin Barker Associates and just before officially graduating, was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion at the Albery Theatre, directed by Ray Cooney and produced by Bill Kenwright. Roy Marsden and Michael Elphick also starred.
She has appeared in numerous theatre productions, several produced by Bill Kenwright and often in Ray Cooney productions.
She married Emmerdale's Gary Turner in 2005, and lives in the Essex countryside with their two daughters.