Background
Wheatley grew up in Teddington, Middlesex, where she went to Street Catherine"s convent school, before gaining her Bachelor in English literature from the University of Wales, Lampeter.
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Rebecca Wheatley
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University of Wales.
Career
She is best known as Amy Howard, the receptionist in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Casualty drama, a role which she played for four years from September 1997 until March 2001. She was a regular panellist on Loose Women in 2002. Although Wheatley originally trained as a classical singer, she has become well known for various types of popular music
She has sung in many of the cabaret venues in the West End of London, including The Café Royal, The Ritz and The Savoy.
She has also sung at the Grand Opera House in Belfast in televised performances for British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland, and at the Royal Albert Hall for The television Times "Christmas Carols with the Stars" event. While in Casualty, she recorded two Top 10 singles.
"Everlasting Love" with the Casualty cast, and "Stay With Maine (Baby)" solo, as well as a solo album, Time Stands Still. On 4 December 2007, she was a guest on The Paul O"Grady Show where she talked about her 12.5 stone (175 lb) weight loss after following the Slimming World plan, to coincide with the release of her weight-loss Digital Video Disc. She is an avowed supporter of international gay rights and a supporter of The Kaleidoscope Trust.
