Anna Chell

Anna Lucy Chell (born 17 January 1997) is an English actress. She began her career appearing in various stage productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible and Great Expectations, before being cast as Jodie Whyte in the BBC medical drama series Casualty in 2023.

Anna Chell
Born	Anna Lucy Chell (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 28) Stafford, England
Education	Oxford School of Drama The Manchester College Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present
Television	Casualty
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]

Life and career

Anna Lucy Chell was born on 17 January 1997 in Stafford. Prior to pursuing acting, she worked in hospitality.^[2][3] Whilst there, she performed in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Stafford Shakespeare Festival.^[4] She moved to Manchester in 2013 and studied at the Manchester College, before obtaining a BA in acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.^[5] She also studied at the Oxford School of Drama and was shortlisted for the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award.^[4] Whilst studying, she starred in various stage productions, including The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Great Expectations and Love and Information, amongst others.^[4][6]

In 2021, Chell portrayed the recurring role of Kerry Lockwood in the ITV crime drama series The Bay.^[7] A year later, she appeared in a national advertisement campaign for food brand Doritos, as well as appearing in a rehearsed reading of Les the Punter in Manchester.^[4] Then in 2023, Chell was cast as nurse and midwife Jodie Whyte on the BBC medical drama series Casualty.^[8][9] She made her first appearance as the character on 8 April 2023.^[10][11] Chell's casting was part of a shakeup on the series and was announced alongside three other new castings: Eddie-Joe Robinson, Sarah Seggari and Barney Walsh.^[12] During her first few months on the series, her character was involved in various dramatic storylines including grieving her dead mother, finding out her estranged father is her boss,^[13] being spiked and kidnapped,^[14] being attacked by a patient,^[9] handling a venomous snake on the ward,^[8] being at the centre of a bomb attack^[15] and witnessing misogynistic terrorism at a women's march.^[16]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	The Bay	Kerry Lockwood	Recurring role	[7]
2023–present	Casualty	Jodie Whyte	Main role	[17]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Fairy	[4]
2014	1984	Julia	[4]
2015	The Crucible	Abigail Williams	[4]
2017	The Wonderful World of Dissocia	Lisa	[4]
2018	The Pink Bedroom	Helen	[4]
2018	Beginning	Laura	[4]
2019	Great Expectations	Biddy/Startop	[4]
2020	Earthquakes in London	Jasmine	[4]
2020	Love and Information	Various	[4]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Un­known	BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award	Herself	Shortlisted	[4]