Rebecca Catherine Anne Wheatley (born 25 April 1965) is a British actress and musician.
Wheatley grew up in
Teddington,
Middlesex, where she went to St Catherine's convent school, before gaining her
BA in
English literature
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from the
University of Wales, Lampeter.
She sang in “In the Smoke”, S5:E7 of ''
Pie in the Sky'' (1997). Wheatley is best known as Amy Howard, the receptionist in the
BBC'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
''Loose Women'' (previously known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV1 weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about ...
'' 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
BBC Northern Ireland, and at the
Royal Albert Hall
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for The TV Times '' 'Christmas Carols with the Stars' '' event.
She played the character of Miss Sherman, the strict English teacher, in the
West End musical, ''
Fame'' and Julie Johnson in the West End production of ''
Bad Girls: The Musical''.
While in ''Casualty'', she recorded two
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Top Ten or Top 10 may also refer to:
Media
*Top 10, a common record chart for the ten most popular songs of the week in the musical chart of a country
*''America's Top ...
singles; "
Everlasting Love
"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, originally a 1967 hit for Robert Knight and since remade numerous times, most successfully by Love Affair, as well as Town Criers, Carl Carlton, Sandra Cretu, and Gloria Estef ...
" with the ''Casualty'' cast, and "
Stay With Me (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 DVD.
She is a supporter of international
gay rights
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Notably, , 3 ...
[ Herring, R. 2022. Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast 371. 16-03-22. Go Faster Stripe Productions. ] and
The Kaleidoscope Trust
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1965 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Wheatley, Rebecca
English television actresses
Actresses from London
People from Hounslow