Amanda Jane Mealing was born on 22 April 1967 and is an English actress, director and producer, known for portraying the role of Connie Beauchamp in the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty.
34 Facts About Amanda Mealing
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The only adopted member of her family, Mealing was the youngest of four children, with two sisters and an elder brother.
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Amanda Mealing grew up in Dulwich, South London, with her adoption being a secret.
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When she was 15 years old, Amanda Mealing's brother died after using heroin.
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Amanda Mealing then started Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy, before enrolling full-time at the age of nine.
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Amanda Mealing appeared in The Darling Buds of May, Four Weddings and a Funeral, In Deep, Capital City, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, and Delise in the 1990 mini series The Gravy Train.
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Amanda Mealing appeared in the TV miniseries, Jake's Progress, as Robert Lindsay's love interest, in 1995.
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Amanda Mealing played Ruth Manning in the first series of Russell T Davies' 1920s period drama series The Grand in 1997, and JoJo in Jimmy McGovern's The Lakes in 1999.
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Alan Bleasdale wrote the part of Katie in "Jake's Progress" for Amanda Mealing after working with her on GBH.
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Amanda Mealing appeared as cardiothoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp in BBC One's medical drama series Holby City from 1 June 2004 to 28 December 2010, announcing her decision to quit Holby City in October 2010.
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On 16 July 2010, Amanda Mealing appeared on ITV's The Five O'Clock Show with Jason Donovan and Corrine Bailey Rae.
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In 2011, Amanda Mealing appeared in the Sky1 series Strike Back: Project Dawn as Colonel Eleanor Grant.
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In 2013, Amanda Mealing appeared in an episode of the BBC series Death in Paradise.
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Amanda Mealing appeared in the latest series of ITV's Law and Order: UK playing a solicitor.
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On 29 March 2014, Amanda Mealing reprised her role as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City's sister show Casualty.
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On 26 February 2016, when being interviewed on This Morning, Amanda Mealing was asked about directing, and about her directing three episodes of Casualty.
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Amanda Mealing directed a short film titled Another Man's Shoes.
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In 2019, Amanda Mealing directed an episode of the CBBC series The Dumping Ground.
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In 2021, while on her extended break from Casualty, Amanda Mealing joined the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as a director.
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On 20 April 2022, Amanda Mealing announced via Instagram she has joined Waterloo Road as a director.
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Amanda Mealing has been married to screenwriter Richard Sainsbury since 1998, they have two sons, Otis and Milo.
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Paul O'Grady and Charlie Condou are close friends of Amanda Mealing and are godfathers to her sons.
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Amanda Mealing has appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show on several occasions, sometimes with her sons.
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Amanda Mealing discovered that her biological father was a half-Ghanaian poet and activist.
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Amanda Mealing gets on well with her mother and takes the children to visit her in New York but her father died some years earlier.
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Amanda Mealing found out that she has a sister, a year younger, adopted in Britain.
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Amanda Mealing's sister did not know of the relationship until she was 16, but had watched Mealing in Grange Hill, with people saying 'you look like that girl on TV'.
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The day after giving birth to her second son, Amanda Mealing was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2002.
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Amanda Mealing was asked to be an ambassador for Breast Cancer Care in early 2010.
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Amanda Mealing has developed a close bond with the charity.
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Amanda Mealing ran the 2012 London Marathon on her 45th birthday for Breast Cancer Care.
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Amanda Mealing was involved in a three-vehicle collision on the A1175 near Hop Pole, Lincolnshire, on 26 January 2024.
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Amanda Mealing pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.
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Since 2015, Amanda Mealing has been a Patron to the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes.