Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as

Anoushka Flynn ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British Medical drama, medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands (region), West Midlands town of Leth ...

in '' Doctors'', Martha Kane in ''

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'' and taking over the role of

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in ''

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''.

Career

In June 1997, just before officially graduating from

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, she was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in '' Pygmalion'' at the Albery Theatre, directed by Ray Cooney and produced by

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for

Bill Kenwright William Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945) is an English West End theatre producer and film producer. He has also been the chairman of Everton Football Club since 2004. Kenwright was born in Liverpool and attended Booker Avenue County Pri ...

. 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 ''

''; 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 BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as

. 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'';

Frank Skinner Christopher Graham Collins (born 28 January 1957), professionally known as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His televisio ...

's ''

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''; ''The House that Jack Built''; '' Sam's Game''; Phoebe in '' Fanny Hill'' and as Verity in ''Slammertimes 2010 episode of ''

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''. 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

in ''

''.

Awards and nominations

References

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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