{"id":338890,"date":"2026-03-10T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338890\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:23:12","slug":"waterloo-road-announces-legendary-character-return-for-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338890\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Road announces legendary character return for 20th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsee Healey<\/a> will reprise her role as Janeece Bryant in Waterloo Road as the show approaches its 20th anniversary. Chelsee first joined the soap in 2006, quickly becoming a fan-favourite character<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After leaving the show in 2012, Healey briefly returned in 2023, when Janeece attended for the funeral of Chlo Thomas.<\/p>\n

Healey is back as a regular cast member alongside newcomer Lauren Hylton as her on-screen daughter Cheryl, a new student at Waterloo Road. <\/p>\n

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Dan Ollerhead\/Rope Ladder Fiction\/Wall to Wall\/\/BBC<\/p>\n

Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV+<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about her return, she said: “I honestly feel like I\u2019m coming home, stepping back into Waterloo Road as Janeece. She\u2019s still as fierce and funny as ever, but now she\u2019s Mummy Janeece – I can\u2019t wait for everyone to see what she\u2019s been up to.”<\/p>\n

Cameron Roach, founder of Rope Ladder Fiction and executive producer for Waterloo Road, said: “This is a real coming-of-age moment for Waterloo Road, a show that we believe can continue to refresh itself for a new generation. <\/p>\n

“As we celebrate this 20th anniversary, we’re thrilled to announce that Chelsee Healey will be returning to the show as Janeece. Janeece truly reflects the spirit and humour of the show, and the common thread that unites the many generations of the show.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Waterloo Road confirms Jack Rimmer’s future ahead of next series<\/a><\/p>\n

Several newcomers are joining the soap, including Happy Valley and Coronation Street star Mollie Winnard, Prey for the Devil’s Cora Kirk, and Testament’s Tashinga Bepete. They will all appear as a wave of newly qualified teachers.<\/p>\n

New students include Leo Ashton, Callum Broome, Yousef Naseer, Lewis Pemberton, and Keelan Wright. <\/p>\n

Waterloo Road airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Read more Waterloo Road spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – featuring Leanne\u2019s new discovery about Megan, Graham\u2019s bold idea for Rhona, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsee Healey will reprise her role as Janeece Bryant in Waterloo Road as the show approaches its 20th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,155436,1107,93,61,60,1135,155435,155437,282],"class_list":["post-338890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-89096ad3-7f7f-442c-a8a3-e7db5226b128","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-waterloo-road-announces-legendary-character-return","tag-subsection-waterloo-road","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}