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Casualty actor on discovering she was adopted
Casualty star Amanda Mealing has told ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live about finding out that she was adopted.
The actor, who plays Connie Beauchamp in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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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