Chelsea Halfpenny is an English actress, best known for her role in the Independent Television soap opera Emmerdale, as Amy Wyatt and as Alicia Munroe in British Broadcasting Corporation medical drama Casualty.
Education
Halfpenny attended Street Augustine"s Primary School in Leam Lane, Gateshead and then went on to attend Street Edmund Campion School in Wrekenton, both of which her aunt, actress Jill Halfpenny, attended. She also attended Saturday fame school classes at the Reavley Theatre School, Gateshead.
Career
Halfpenny also lived on the Leam Lane Estate, Gateshead. television & Film 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. 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.
She remained with the show until 2006. 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 Population Halfpenny featured in 2010 in a short film directed by Andy McVicar, called Compulsion.
Halfpenny played the female lead Kelly, in a story of young adolescent love.
"The film tells the story of Ian (Danial Hall) and his first romantic encounter with Kelly (Chelsea Halfpenny). When Ian’s trust in Kelly is thrown into doubt, his vulnerability is laid bare and he must confront lieutenant" The film was funded by Northern Film and Media"s Digital Nation initiative fund. On 8 October 2010, Halfpenny made her first appearance on Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale as runaway teenager Amy Wyatt.
On 11 October 2013, Halfpenny confirmed that she was to leave Emmerdale and she departed on 14 November 2013.
In 2013, Halfpenny portrayed Sarah, in a short film called Lilium, a production by students at Teesside University. Halfpenny joined the cast of British Broadcasting Corporation medical drama, Casualty in early 2015.
She plays Alicia Munroe, a new year 1 foundation officer doctor. Halfpenny"s first episode aired on 19 September 2015.
Halfpenny had signed for eight episodes and departed on 14 November 2015, but show bosses have said that Alicia could return to the show.
Stage In 2012 Halfpenny also took part in Sunday for Sammy a biannual charity concert held in aid of the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund, which benefits young performers in the Newcastle area. Starring alongside Angela Lonsdale and Denise Welch, Halfpenny played Lambrini a young Newcastle woman on community service.