Chelsea Jade Healey (born 6 August 1988) is a British actress best known for playing Janeece Bryant in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road.

Career

Healey was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, to a father of West Indian descent and an English mother. Her small-screen debut was in the recurring role of Katie Moore in BBC Three's twenty-something drama Burn It in 2003.

Between 2006 and 2009, Healey starred as pupil Janeece Bryant in four series of the popular BBC drama Waterloo Road, before departing the role in May 2009. After an extended break from the show, Healey returned to the role during the sixth series in September 2010 as the new school secretary, and continued to appear throughout the entirety of the seventh series. Her strong personality as Janeece shone when a pupil and as secretary. Following the shows relocation to Greenock in Scotland for the eighth series, Healey announced she would be moving north to continue the role. It was later announced in May 2012 that Healey would be departing the role once again, with her final scenes set to air later in the year.

Healey has also made guest appearances in the crime drama Conviction; the situation comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps; daytime medical soap opera Doctors — all for the BBC — and Channel 4's teen soap Hollyoaks. She appeared in Two Pints… as a member of the 'Chavettes', which Louise had to monitor for her community service; in Hollyoaks she played Michelle, Danny Valentine's ex-girlfriend/fiancee.[citation needed] She has played two different characters in Doctors — Ilsa Marsh in the episode "Overdue" (2004); and Louise Calvert in "Next Door to Alice" (2007). She also had an appearance in Young Dracula as a vampire reporter in 2011.

Healey took part in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with dancer and newcomer to the series Pasha Kovalev. Healey became the first contestant in Series 9 to earn a perfect 40 out of 40 for her Paso Doble, in Week 11 of the competition. She finished the series as runner-up

In 2012, she appeared as a panellist on ITV2's comedy show Celebrity Juice and BBC Three show Britain Unzipped.