Chelsea Halfpenny (born 26 September 1991) is an English actress, known for her roles as Amy Wyatt in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Alicia Munroe in the BBC drama Casualty.

Halfpenny then attended Sixth Form at Heworth Grange School in Gateshead to complete A level studies.

[5] Halfpenny's professional acting career began in 2004 when she appeared in the Casualty episode "What Parents Do", playing an eleven-year-old girl called Karine.

[6] In the same year, she was cast the role of Lucy Summerbee in popular children's television series Byker Grove.

[10] On 8 October 2010, Halfpenny made her first appearance on Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale as runaway teenager Amy Wyatt, who became a regular character.

Later in 2013, Halfpenny portrayed Sarah in a short film called Lilium, a production by students at Teesside University.

Starring alongside Angela Lonsdale and Denise Welch, Halfpenny played Lambrini, a young Newcastle woman on community service.