Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant passages that can help answer the question.
Query: How old was actress Chelsea Halfpenny when she joined the caste of Casualty?
Halfpenny's professional acting career began in 2004 when she appeared in Casualty episode "What Parents Do", playing an eleven-year-old girl called Karine.
Ashleigh May Brewer (born 9 December 1990) is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role in "The Sleepover Club", before she joined the cast of "". Brewer played the role of Kate Ramsay in the long-running Australian soap opera "Neighbours" from 2009 until 2014. She portrayed Ivy Forrester on the CBS Daytime soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" from 2014 to 2018. Later that same year, she joined the cast of "Home and Away" as Chelsea Campbell for six months.
After leaving Byker Grove in 2006, Halfpenny continued to work in the North East. She featured in a small independent project for Sham Films, called Cherry Pop.[4]
Alicia will depart during the thirty-third series on 19 January 2019. Connie informs Alicia that she has been put forward for a paediatric job away from Holby. Halfpenny described the offer as "an amazing opportunity" for Alicia. After accepting the job, Alicia then receives a marriage proposal from Ethan, which leads her to question whether she wants to stay for "the comfort of Ethan and doing the job she knows and loves". Halfpenny explained that she told the show's producer Lucy Raffety about her decision to leave "Casualty" as she was due to film Alicia's rape storyline. They decided that Alicia would not leave straight after that story had concluded, as they did not want it to look like she was running away. Instead, viewers saw Alicia becoming happy again and returning to her old self. Halfpenny said filming her last episode was very emotional and she had to stop filming at one point as it was "too traumatic."
Chelsea Halfpenny (born 26 September 1991) is an English actress, best known for her role in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, as Amy Wyatt and as Alicia Munroe in BBC medical drama Casualty.
She is the daughter of Newcastle DJ Paula Halfpenny and the niece of actress Jill Halfpenny.[17]
From spring 2006, Halfpenny appeared in the BBC One series "Waterloo Road" as teacher Izzie Redpath, a role for which she won the "TV Quick" Award for Best Actress. The character was killed off at the end of the second series. In 2007 Halfpenny appeared as the narrator of "Freaky Eaters" for BBC Three and "Fat Man's Warning" for Channel 4. She narrated a short film advertising how the National Lottery helps the North East, created by students at the Lord Lawson of Beamish School as part of a competition. The film they created won the competition.
Halfpenny had two auditions for the character and believed that because producers had an idea about the character, she did not have to attend several auditions. She auditioned for the show's casting director in her first audition. Halfpenny described her second audition as "overwhelming" and "so stressful". In her section audition, she screen-tested with Crystal Yu (who portrays Lily) and performed an operation on a mannequin which she said was hard. Halfpenny struggled with the 'operation' and was "squeamish" so the medical advisor and Yu assisted her. Halfpenny struggled to pronounce the medical terminology and was nervous when she had a single line in a scene in case she forgot it. Halfpenny also had to learn how to stitch for the role.
In 2011 Halfpenny also featured on a DVD release by MWM Records, called Big River Big Songs. Halfpenny sang a solo of "I Still Love Him" and sang a duet, "The Shoe Makker" with fellow Emmerdale cast member Charlie Hardwick.[11][12]
Halfpenny had previously appeared on the show as a patient, Karine, in the series eighteen episode "What Parents Do". Derek Thompson, who plays Charlie Fairhead, remembered Halfpenny from her guest appearance because of her "unusual" surname. Halfpenny recalled her guest appearance and praised the cast then and upon her return. She added that she found it easy to make friends within the cast. The character was introduced during the series thirty episode "Cradle to Grave", broadcast on 19 September 2015.
Alicia was previewed to viewers through a show trailer released on the show's official website on 15 July 2015. It featured a clip of Halfpenny wearing doctor's scrubs. Halfpenny confirmed her casting in August 2015 via "Twitter", expressing her delight at joining the series. She revealed her first episode would air on 19 September 2015.
On 20 June 2013 it was announced that Black would be joining the cast of "Emmerdale" as Joanie Wright, the adoptive grandmother of Amy Wyatt's (Chelsea Halfpenny) son Kyle whom she gave away shortly after he was born. Black made her first appearance in the soap on 12 August 2013, before departing on 14 November 2013. She reprised the role on 17 June 2015 as a regular cast member, before Black departed again permanently on 30 January 2017, when her character was killed off from a cardiac arrest after being released from a short-stint in prison.
On Bea's first day in the ED, the department faces a crisis, which Alicia and other staff struggle to control. Alicia is assigned to be Bea's mentor. Reilly ("What's on TV") revealed that Alicia would face the consequences of Bea's actions after her behaviour becomes unacceptable. During the day, Alicia treats Kam Kainth (Gary Wood) in an ambulance due to a lack of space in the ED. Not being treated in the ED results in Kam being admitted to the Intensive Treatment Unit. On Alicia's feelings towards this, Halfpenny said, "That was the straw that broke the camel's back because Alicia knew it was avoidable." She told Sarah Ellis of "Inside Soap" that she liked that "Casualty" could display what happens in British hospitals. When Halfpenny read the episode's script, she noticed something different about it in comparison to other episodes. She found this was more prominent when filming the episode. For the ED to appear busier, Fiona Walton, the episode's director, included more background artists in the scene. Halfpenny felt that the set was smaller with additional people on-set, but found the experience "fun" and commented, "It keeps you on your toes!" Walton wanted to accurately portray the NHS, which Halfpenny thought was "really important".
Disillusioned with the NHS, Alicia creates an anonymous blog called "Rage in Resus", which outlines the struggles that the emergency department are facing. Halfpenny explained that Alicia finds the blog "important" and believes it is about more than the ED; it is about the NHS. The blog receives a lot of attention from hospital staff and the public, while also upsetting some people. Halfpenny stated that this was never Alicia's goal when she created the blog. As the acting clinical lead of the ED, Ethan is pressurised from his superiors to find out the bloggers' identity. The pressure becomes too much for Ethan and he confides in Alicia about the situation, making Alicia feel guilty about her role in the situation. While comforting him, Alicia and Ethan kiss. Halfpenny said that Alicia believes that Ethan will never know that she is the creator of the blog. The actress hoped that fans of the couple would be pleased by their reconciliation, although she admitted that the weather was cold and windy when they filmed the scenes, which she disliked. After Alicia and Ethan have sex, she hopes that he will share details about the management of the ED with her. Alicia is "fuming" when Ethan warns her that at work, he is her boss and she is under his instruction.
The thirty-third series of the British medical drama television series "Casualty" began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2018, one week after the end of the previous series. The series will consist of 47 episodes. Lucy Raffety continues her role as series producer, while Simon Harper continues his role as the show's executive producer. Sixteen regular cast members reprised their roles from the previous series. The series, which is billed as "The Year of the Paramedic", began with a motorway collision stunt sequence. Charlotte Salt and Chelsea Halfpenny departed their roles as Sam Nicholls and Alicia Munroe during the series, while actors Gabriella Leon and Shaheen Jafargholi joined the cast as student nurses Jade Lovell and Marty Kirkby in episode 12 and 13 respectively.
Halfpenny joined the cast of BBC One medical drama, Casualty in early 2015. She plays Alicia Munroe, a year 1 foundation officer doctor. Halfpenny's first episode aired on 19 September 2015. Halfpenny had signed for eight episodes and departed the show on 14 November 2015. In May 2016, it was announced that Halfpenny would return to Casualty, with her return episode airing on 30 July 2016.[9] On 15 January 2019, it was confirmed that Halfpenny would be leaving Casualty after four years.[10]
Tracey has also made appearances in the TV Show 'Outlander' that is shown on Starz. She portrays the Reverend Wakefield's housekeeper. In September 2016, Wilkinson appeared on "Casualty" as Jackie Munroe (married to Howard Munroe, portrayed by former on-screen husband James Gaddas who played Neil Grayling in Bad Girls), the mother of regular character Alicia Munroe (Chelsea Halfpenny).
Norton on 16 February 2013, also joined forces with a number of local campaigners opposing cuts to front-line services as a consequence of the funding cuts made by the coalition government. She was again joined by Chelsea Halfpenny, Charlie Hardwick and North East playwright Fiona Evans.
Halfpenny attended St Augustine's Primary School in Leam Lane, Gateshead and then went on to attend St Edmund Campion School in Wrekenton,[1] both of which her aunt, actress Jill Halfpenny, attended. She also attended Saturday fame school classes at the Reavley Theatre School, Gateshead.[2] Halfpenny also lived on the Leam Lane Estate, Gateshead.[3]
In the same year she booked a role as Lucy Summerbee in popular children's television series Byker Grove. Halfpenny secured the role after answering an advertisement in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.[3] She remained with the show until 2006.
On 30 September 2011, the BBC announced actress Charlotte Salt had joined the cast of "Casualty" as "ambitious army medic" Sam Nicholls. Her casting was announced alongside that of Oliver Coleman, who joined as paediatric doctor Tom Kent. Series producer at the time, Nikki Wilson, commented that the character would be exciting and intriguing when she made her debut in October. Salt was initially contracted for a year, and she admitted that joining a long-running drama felt "quite scary" to her. To prepare for the role, she spoke with some army medics, including one who had worked on helicopters in Afghanistan. Salt also had to train for the various stunts that Sam was a part of, but she found the medical jargon to be the toughest aspect of the role. She stated, "It wasn't easy getting my head around it all at the beginning but it does get easier with practise!"
On 8 October 2010, Halfpenny made her first appearance on Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale as runaway teenager Amy Wyatt, who became a regular character.[7] On 11 October 2013, Halfpenny confirmed that she was to leave Emmerdale. Her last episode was shown on 14 November 2013.
All the interior scenes of the ambulance flipping and being hit were filmed on a gimbal that was fitted to the ambulance. Halfpenny and Hill were involved in these scenes, with Halfpenny strapped to a bed in the ambulance. When the ambulance was on its side, Halfpenny hung from the bed, which she and Hill found amusing. The show's crew had to regularly check that the actresses were fine and that neither had whiplash.
Following Halfpenny's departure from "Casualty" in January 2019, speculation began that she would reprise her role as Amy. However, Halfpenny stated that she would not be returning to "Emmerdale", as she wanted to do other things with her career. On 21 January, Jess Less of "Digital Spy" confirmed the character of Amy would be returning to the show, but with Natalie Ann Jamieson in the role. Of her casting, Jamieson said "I feel very lucky to be joining the cast of such a loved and respected show. I'm very grateful for this opportunity, and can't wait to find out what the future holds for Amy!" Halfpenny later gave her approval to Jamieson taking over her role.
She was born to Maureen (née Mitchelson) and Colin Halfpenny, and has two elder sisters, Nicola and Paula; the latter is the mother of actress Chelsea Halfpenny, Jill's niece. Colin Halfpenny died in 1979, when Halfpenny was only four.
Casting announcements began in January 2011. First to be cast was Laura Prepon, who plays the lead Chelsea Newman (originally named Chelsea Hanson in the early stages of production). Next to join the series was Angel Laketa Moore, who was cast as Shoniqua, the assistant manager of the sports bar where Chelsea works. Lauren Lapkus and Natalie Morales followed, with Lauren Lapkus playing Dee Dee, the bubbly woman whom Chelsea and Ivory live with, and Morales playing Ivory, Chelsea's long-time Filipino-American friend. Jo Koy later joined the series as Mark, a bartender where Chelsea works. Mark Povinelli then joined the show as Todd, a bar back at the sports bar where Chelsea works. Lenny Clarke was the last actor to be cast in the series, he plays Melvin, Chelsea's father, who is a big man with a big personality.