Chelsea "Chelsee" Jade Healey is an English actress. She is known for playing Janeece Bryant in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2006 to 2012, Honey Wright in the BBC medical drama series Casualty from 2014 until 2015 and Goldie McQueen in the Channel 4soap operaHollyoaks from 2016 onwards.
Early life
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.
Career
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 in series eight in August 2012 and left the role once again, on 27 September 2012. Healey has also made guest appearances in the crime dramaConviction; 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 Michelle, Danny Valentine's ex-girlfriend/fiancée. She has played two different characters in Doctors: Ilsa Marsh in the episode "Overdue" and Louise Calvert in "Next Door to Alice". 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 . Also in 2016, she was cast as Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks and was spotted reading her script for her first scenes. She went on maternity leave in July 2017. In 2019, Healey appeared in the sixth series of E4 reality dating series Celebs Go Dating.
''Strictly Come Dancing''
Healey took part in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with dancer and newcomer to the series Pasha Kovalev. Healey became the first contestant in Series 9 to earn a perfect 40 out of 40 for her Paso Doble, in Week 11 of the competition. She finished the series as runner-up.
In 2012, she appeared as a panellist on the ITV2 comedy show Celebrity Juice, BBC Three show Britain Unzipped, Channel 4 show Vic and Bob's Lucky Sexy Winners and Pointless Celebrities, and Channel 4 show . Healey currently holds the record for being the least able contestant to appear on Pointless, giving incorrect answers to all four of her questions, including thinking that the Olympic host city that is an anagram of "Gin Jibe" was Belgium. In 2013, Healey joined Jack Dee, Dara Ó Briain, Greg James, Melanie C and Philips Idowu in Through Hell and High Water, a Comic Relief challenge that involved British celebrities canoeing the most difficult rapids of the Zambezi River. They raised more than £1million for the charity. In August 2013, she appeared on the comedy panel showI Love My Country hosted by Gabby Logan. In September 2016, Healey appeared on The Chase: Celebrity Special, opposite "The Beast" Mark Labbett and alongside actor Colin Baker, paralympian David Weir, and comedian Alex Horne.
