Linda Armstrong is an English actress, known for her role as Sister Brigid in The Royal.
Armstrong played Sister Brigid in ITV's The Royal throughout the series. Her television debut was in an episode of Peak Practice. She has since played guest roles and semi-regular roles in various television series, including A Touch of Frost (ITV Series); Bugs (BBC Series); Dangerfield (BBC series); Casualty (BBC); The Bill (ITV); Brookside (Channel 4) and Doctors (BBC). In 2020, she portrayed the role of DI Dent in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[1]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Mill on the Floss | Kezia | TV film |
| 1998 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Car Darch | TV film |
| 2000 | Rough Treatment | DC Walker | TV film |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Bugs | Prison Guard | Recurring role | |
| Peak Practice | Mary Ingham | Episode: "Whipping Boy" | ||
| 1997 | Casualty | Lisa Jensen | 3 episodes | |
| 1998 | The Vanishing Man | Waitress | Episode: "Not Fade Away" | |
| Dangerfield | Jill Redford | Episode: "The Long Weekend" | ||
| 1999 | Brookside | F.S.O. Diane Nichols | 1 episode | |
| A Touch of Frost | D.I. Alice Beale | Episode: "One Man's Meat" | ||
| The Bill | D.S. Melville | Episode: "Crash Landing" | ||
| 2003 | Ruth | Episode: "Rose-Coloured Glasses" | ||
| Heartbeat | Sister Brigid | Episode: "Out of the Blue" | ||
| 2003-2011 | The Royal | Series regular | ||
| 2004 | Doctors | Sheila Sefton | Episode: "When Love Hurts" | |
| 2008 | Casualty | Jo Linden | Episode: "They May Not Mean to But They Do" | |
| 2009 | Doctors | Alice Blunt | Episode: "Litmus" | |
| 2012 | Sharon Montague | Episode: "Indian Smith" | ||
| 2014 | Sian | Recurring role | ||
| 2015 | Casualty | Amy Hills | Episode: "Excess Baggage" | |
| EastEnders | Katie McCoy | 1 episode | ||
| 2017 | Doctors | Erin Keywood | Episode: "Cool Mom" | |
| 2018 | Coronation Street | Prosecution Barrister | 4 episodes | |
| 2019 | Casualty | Ceri Kaplan | 1 episode | |
| Doctors | Sally Tennant | Episode: "Exposure" | ||
| 2020 | Emmerdale | DI Dent | Recurring role |