59 Facts About Connie Beauchamp

Connie Beauchamp is a fictional character from the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty, portrayed by actress Amanda Mealing.

Connie Beauchamp first appeared in the series six, episode 35, "In at the Deep End", broadcast on 1 June 2004, and appeared in Holby City's sister show Casualty multiple times, having already appeared in crossover Casualty@Holby City episodes.

Connie Beauchamp was introduced as a consultant in emergency medicine and Deputy Clinical Lead, in March 2014, over three years since her last appearance in Holby City.

Connie Beauchamp departed in the last episode of series 33 broadcast on 10 August 2019.

Connie Beauchamp departed in the episode broadcast on 3 April 2021.

Connie Beauchamp pulls out all the stops to seduce him - and he finally gives in.

Connie Beauchamp thought he'd done his worst, but this really is the ultimate betrayal.

Connie Beauchamp lays a trap by telling Michael she's spoken to the person who's heading the investigation into the first case and that he's willing to be bribed.

Connie Beauchamp later had an affair with John Grayson, husband of hospital CEO Jayne Grayson.

Connie Beauchamp ended their relationship when she discovered he was Jayne's husband, which Mealing has deemed "the ultimate sacrifice", explaining Connie's motivations as being unwilling to hurt Jayne.

Connie Beauchamp has appeared in several crossover episodes with Holby City sister show Casualty.

Connie Beauchamp said he felt "very lucky" when Mealing accepted the chance to return.

Connie Beauchamp added that Connie would "instantly upstage" Zoe and Ash.

Connie Beauchamp returned to the show on 30 March 2014, in the series 28 episode, "Valves to Vagrants".

Connie Beauchamp arrives at Holby City in episode "In at the Deep End".

Connie Beauchamp clashes with registrar Will Curtis, and actively belittles and berates him, taking particular offense at the discovery he is a Lord.

Connie Beauchamp makes an enemy of colleague Zubin Khan, who is unimpressed with her leadership skills, and causes unrest by bedding colleague Mubbs Hussein, despite the fact he is at the time attempting to conceive a child with fellow staff member Rosie Sattar.

Connie Beauchamp finds herself the subject of a lesbian crush, having caught the attention of the midwife she is mentoring, Mickie Hendrie.

Between them, Michael and Connie Beauchamp manipulate the situation so that Connie Beauchamp can keep her job, and the hospital's Chief Executive who put forth the motion against her is forced to resign.

Connie Beauchamp is upset when Michael begins an affair with Matron Chrissie Williams, and in episode "Doing The Right Thing", finds evidence that Michael has committed fraud and unwittingly spread the VRSA through the hospital, resulting in the death of a patient.

Sam is not allowed to attend the birth, and is kept distant from his daughter during her first few weeks of life, with Connie Beauchamp declining to inform him that she intends to turn off their daughter's life support when her ECG results show minimal brain-stem activity.

Grace pulls through, and Connie Beauchamp gradually begins to soften towards Sam and allow him increased access.

In series ten of the show, Connie Beauchamp takes a sabbatical to carry out research in Hamburg.

In episode "We Serve All Who Come To Us", Connie Beauchamp ignores several calls from her temporary nanny in favour of performing pioneering surgery.

In episode "Only Believe", Connie Beauchamp applies for the new Director of Surgery position, alongside Ric Griffin and Michael Spence.

Connie Beauchamp agrees with Ric to support his application on the understanding he will step down in six months time, and recommend her to assume the role in his place.

Connie Beauchamp begins a new romance with a man she knows only as "John".

When John and Jayne's son, Christian, is rescued from drowning and Connie Beauchamp is asked to operate on him, she realises she cannot break up the family and ends her affair with John.

Connie Beauchamp warns John, and discovers he is already seeing someone else.

Connie Beauchamp goes on to apply for Director of Surgery, to replace Ric, who is resigning.

Connie Beauchamp soon clashed with Jayne's replacement, Vanessa Lytton, an old friend of Michael's.

Vanessa warned Michael that she believed Connie Beauchamp was after his job as Director of Surgery.

In February 2010, both Michael and Elliot visited Connie Beauchamp and persuaded her to return - but the only way Connie Beauchamp would ever set foot in Holby again is if Vanessa would leave.

Connie Beauchamp returned on 9 March 2010, when her old friend and colleague Elliot Hope begged her help as her replacement Toby Geddes abandoned him in a recent hostage situation to treat patients alone.

Connie Beauchamp then decides to stay which resulted with Geddes being fired and Vanessa leaving Holby.

Connie Beauchamp later becomes joint Director of Surgery with Henrik Hanssen, and is deeply unhappy about making members of staff redundant as part of The Coalition's NHS spending cuts.

When Connie Beauchamp discovers that Hanssen is planning to fire Elliot, she does everything in her power to prove to Hanssen that Elliot is a brilliant surgeon and a valuable asset.

In December 2010, Connie Beauchamp's father is rushed into Holby requiring an operation, and as a result she learns that he has Alzheimer's.

Connie Beauchamp later meets with Jac Naylor, giving her some final tips and fashion advice.

Connie Beauchamp revealed to Jac that she will be working in Brussels two days a week for the European Transplant Board, as well as caring for her father.

Connie Beauchamp reappeared in Holby City briefly at the behest of the hospital's CEO, Guy Self.

Connie Beauchamp met Jac's former boyfriend, Jonny Maconie and seemed to have heard about him before and was left shocked when he made his first impression.

Connie Beauchamp then aided Jac in a complicated endarterectomy procedure and visited Elliot who was currently in recovery.

Connie Beauchamp's comments help push Jac into taking Elliot's job as clinical lead of Darwin and the Herzig 5 project.

Connie Beauchamp reappeared in Holby City once more after the events of Too Old for this Shift when a helicopter crashes into the hospitals emergency department.

Connie Beauchamp is seen talking to Fletch whilst on Intensive Care.

In March 2014, Connie Beauchamp returned to Holby City Hospital after being recruited by new CEO Guy Self to work as a consultant in the Emergency Department.

Connie Beauchamp then begins to redeem the ED and bring it to its best.

Connie Beauchamp later became close to Motor Neurone Disease sufferer and ex-cardiothoracic surgeon Alfred Maxwell.

Rita accused Connie Beauchamp of carrying out euthanasia on Maxwell, and she was sent to court, with Rita removing vital evidence from Connie Beauchamp's office.

Grace returned to Casualty in Hearts and Flowers and Connie Beauchamp fought to make Grace stay with her.

Grace discovers that Connie Beauchamp is in a relationship with Jacob Masters which results in conflict between Connie Beauchamp and Jacob.

When new consultant Elle Gardner joins, Connie Beauchamp discovers that she grew up with Jacob, making her feel intimidated.

In Sticks and Stones Connie Beauchamp's car crashed into a ravine, leaving Connie Beauchamp and Grace seriously injured.

Connie Beauchamp sought private medical investigation which found a left-atrial leiomyosarcoma.

Connie Beauchamp kept her cancer diagnosis secret from everyone except Ethan Hardy, who at one stage had to perform an emergency embolectomy when an embolus thrown off from the tumour blocked the blood flow to her right arm.

Ethan persuaded Connie Beauchamp to begin chemotherapy, which led to her losing her hair.

Connie Beauchamp insisted on coming into work even when the chemotherapy left her immunosuppressed.

Connie Beauchamp made the viewer-voted shortlist, but lost out to George Rainsford, who portrays Ethan Hardy.