Chelsee Healey

Healey was born in Salford, Greater Manchester. Her father was mixed-race, and her mother is white British. Healey's father died when she was five years old.Healey's television debut was in the recurring role of Katie Moore in BBC Three drama Burn It in 2003. Between 2006 and 2009, Healey starred as pupil Janeece Bryant in four series of the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, before departing the role in May 2009. Following an extended break from the show, Healey returned to the role during the sixth series in September 2010 as the new school secretary, and continued to appear throughout the entirety of the seventh series. Following the shows relocation to Greenock in Scotland for the eighth series, Healey announced she would be moving north to continue portraying the role. Healey played the role until series eight in August 2012. Healey has also made guest appearances in the crime drama Conviction; the sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps; daytime medical soap opera Doctors—all for the BBC—and Channel 4's teen soap opera Hollyoaks. She appeared in Two Pints… as a member of the 'Chavettes', which Louise had to monitor for her community service; in Hollyoaks she played the guest role of Michelle. She has played two different characters in Doctors: Ilsa Marsh in the episode "Overdue" (2004) and Louise Calvert in "Next Door to Alice" (2007). She also had an appearance in Young Dracula as a vampire reporter in 2011. On 19 May 2014, it was announced that Healey would join the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty in the regular role of Honey Wright, the emergency department's new tea lady. Honey is billed as a woman with "big hair and a big personality", and regularly gives tarot readings and aura interpretations to staff and patients. The character first appeared in the sixth episode of series 29, on 11 October. Honey left on 14 February 2015, but returned on 25 July. She made a final exit on 19 September 2015. In 2015, she participated in the talent show Get Your Act Together and in 2016, she took part in Bear Grylls: Mission Survive. Also in 2016, she was cast as Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks again in a regular role and was spotted reading her script for her first scenes. She went on maternity leave in July 2017 and returned in January 2018. In 2019, Healey appeared in the sixth series of E4 reality dating series Celebs Go Dating. In 2022, it was revealed Healey was in talks to return to Waterloo Road. The BBC had announced the series would be returning in 2022.