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Casualty actor on discovering she was adopted

Casualty star Amanda Mealing has told Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live about finding out that she was adopted.

The actor, who plays Connie Beauchamp in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One series, began hunting for her biological family 20 years ago after her cousin revealed the truth at a wedding.

Speaking to Emma Barnett, Mealing explained the impact the news had on her adoptive parents.

She has since met her birth mum, Joyce and a sister, Claire.

This clip was taken from the Emma Barnett programme on Tuesday 9 April 2019.

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