As hard as nails, Shirley always seems at war with the world and she's no wallflower when it comes to a fight.
I'm still 'ere - large as life and twice as 'ammered!'
2006 Tracks son Deano Wicks and daughter Carly Wicks after being estranged from them for many years.
2007 Turns up in Walford. Deano and Carly are stunned to discover she’s their mum but eventually reconcile.
Linda was born in 1963 and brought up in Peckham, south London. She was a successful stage actress in her younger years and has worked with the Royal National Theatre.
TV roles have included stints in dramas Born To Run, Trial And Retribution and Touching Evil, as well as starring in feature film Beautiful Thing. She also appeared in EastEnders in 1992 as the prostitute mother of teen tearaway Mandy Salter.
Shirley is not Linda's first hard nut role as she starred as convict Yvonne Atkins in ITV prison drama Bad Girls.
Linda has one daughter, Ellie, born in 1993.
