Chelsea Halfpenny
Halfpenny's professional acting career began in 2004 when she appeared in "Casualty" episode ""What Parents Do"", playing an eleven-year-old girl called Karine.
Characters of Casualty
Patrick Spiller, played by Ian Kelsey, made his first appearance in the series fourteen episode "Free Fall", broadcast on 11 December 1999. He was introduced as a specialist registrar in emergency medicine. The character was described as ""Casualty" bad boy" by Marion McMullen of the "Coventry Telegraph", who deemed him "arrogant, brusque and bad-tempered". Kelsey described him as "very good" at his job, but that his bedside manner becomes worse as the series develops. Patrick's storylines have included attempts to advance his career and relationships with Holly Miles, Rachel James and Lara Stone. Of Patrick's relationship with Rachel, Kelsey said "Spiller and Rachel just fancy each other - it's all about sex." Show producer Mervyn Watson explained the decision to pair Lara with Patrick, "I felt it would be good to bring Patrick Spiller into contact with a very worthy adversary, a woman who was his equivalent." Kelsey chose to leave the series in 2001 and the character was killed off. Patrick departed the series in the series sixteen episode "Past, Present, Future", broadcast on 16 March 2002.