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Amanda Jane Mealing (born 22 April 1968) is a British legend best known for playing Queen B (Connie Beauchamp) in the BBC One medical dramas ''Holby City'' and ''Casualty''. ==Early life== The only adopted member of her family, Mealing was the youngest of four children, with two sisters and an elder brother.〔 She grew up in Dulwich, South London, with her adoption never being a secret.〔 Although very much part of a strong and loving family, she was always aware that she looked nothing like her siblings and was left feeling that she did not quite fit in.〔 Despite a yearning to know more about her biological parents, Mealing was concerned that looking for them would upset her family.〔 When she was 15 years old, Mealing's brother died after using heroin. Although Stephen was 14 years her senior, they were very close and it affected her deeply. Realising that "life can be short... there's no point sitting around", she was influenced to "do stuff".〔Cook, Emma; ("My real hospital drama" )'' TimesOnline.co.uk'', 1 March 2008 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)〕 ==Career== Originally known as Mandy Mealing, her first professional performance was in a Julie Andrews special on BBC television at the age of six. She then started Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy, before enrolling full-time at the age of nine. Parts in ''Just William'', ''The Morecambe & Wise Show'' and ''Premiere'' followed, before she was cast as comprehensive-school pupil Tracy Edwards in Phil Redmond's long-running BBC One children's drama series ''Grange Hill.''〔 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''. She 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. Alan Bleasdale wrote the part of Katie in "Jake's Progress" for Amanda after working with her on GBH. Mealing appeared as cardiothoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp in BBC One's BAFTA award winning medical drama series ''Holby City'' from 1 June 2004,〔Shepherd, Rose; ("Best of times, worst of times: Amanda Mealing" ) ''TimesOnline.co.uk'', 9 May 2004 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)〕 having previously made a guest appearance as a different character in 2001, to December 2010, announcing her decision to quit ''Holby City'' in October 2010, filming her final scenes in October and her departure seeing her resigning from her position at the hospital. On 16 July 2010, Mealing appeared on ITV's ''The Five O'Clock Show'' with Jason Donovan and Corrine Bailey Rae. In 2011, Mealing appeared in the Sky1 series ''Strike Back: Project Dawn'' as Colonel Eleanor Grant. In 2013, Mealing appeared in an episode of the BBC series ''Death in Paradise''. Mealing also appeared in the latest series of ITV's ''Law and Order: UK'' playing a solicitor. In March 2014, Mealing reprised her role as Connie Beauchamp, but in ''Holby Citys sister show ''Casualty'', in which her character quickly rose to the role of emergency department clinical lead. Her return was well received, though the Daily Mail called her out as being unrealistic of the modern NHS, describing her as "impossibly glamorous", "wearing more make-up than the entire cast of TOWIE" and "teetering around saving lives in her tight pencil skirts and towering heels". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amanda Mealing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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