HEAVILY pregnant EastEnders star Kellie Bright tried to keep cool in the summer heat as she counts down the days to giving birth.
The 44-year-old - who plays Mick Carter's wife Linda on the BBC soap - stepped out in a flowing black dress. She was walking her dog in Hertfordshire with her husband Paul Stocker close to where EastEnders is filmed at Elstree Studios.
Kellie has been an EastEnders star since 2013, when she joined Albert Square as landlady of the Queen Vic. She's taking maternity leave ahead of having her "miracle" third child through IVF.
Kellie sufffered criticism after falling pregnant at the age of 44 - and hit back saying "nobody would bat an eyelid" if she was a man.
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