Casey Donovan: Career’s Toll on Mental and Physical Health

Casey Donovan has opened up about the tremendous toll her busy work schedule has had on her mind and body.

The 37-year-old, who soared to fame after winning Australian Idol in 2004, said that the last six years have been so frantic for her its left a ‘mark’ on her mental health and physical health.

Casey, who is planning a wedding with fiancée Renee Sharples, has kept up a frantic pace since 2021, including starring in the musicals 9 to 5, & Juliet, and Sister Act.

‘I haven’t really stopped in the last six to seven years,’ she told Stellar Magazine on Saturday.

‘I’ve just kind of jumped from show to show to show. I’ve done the eight shows a week.

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Casey Donovan (pictured) has opened up about the tremendous toll her busy work schedule has had on her mind and body. The star has kept up a frantic pace since 2021, including starring in the musicals 9 to 5, & Juliet, and Sister Act 

‘It certainly does take its toll on your body and your mental health, but I don’t take this for granted. I’ve very grateful. 

‘Because I know what it is like to have everything stop, and what it is like to never stop.’

Elsewhere in the chat the star appeared surprised by her continuing success.

‘I never looked into the future and saw where I would be today,’ Donovan tells Stellar.

‘It’s a really beautiful thing.’

Casey, meanwhile, is not taking any time off and is currently getting set to appear in the Broadway success Kimberly Akimbo.

First performed in the US in 2001, the Australian version is currently in rehearsal and will premiere in Adelaide before a season in Melbourne in July.

It comes after Casey recently opened up about her upcoming wedding to fiancée Renee Sharples after announcing her engagement to her long-time partner in June last year.

During an appearance on The Project, Casey gave an insight into how the planning of the nuptials is progressing.

The 37-year-old, who soared to fame after winning Australian Idol in 2004 (pictured) said that the last six years have been so frantic for her its left a ‘mark’ on her mental health and physical health. She told Stellar on Sunday that she ‘hasn’t stopped’ for the last six to seven years 

Casey recently opened up about her upcoming wedding to fiancée Renee Sharples (left) after announcing her engagement to her long-time partner in June last year

Appearing on the beleaguered Channel Ten show to promote her upcoming musical Kimberley Akimbo, it wasn’t too long before Casey was pressed on details for the big day.

‘We keep chatting about it and we’re like: “do we have something big? Do We have something small?” she said. 

‘Do we just run away and do it ourselves and then throw a party? Which I haven’t told Renee, I’m so sorry,’ she said to her fiancée down the camera.

Casey revealed that she and Renee were planning to tie the knot in June last year.

It’s certainly been a busy time for Casey who has recently starred in successful runs of musicals & Juliet and Sister Act.

She also recently partnered with weight loss program Juniper to help to achieve her fitness goals.

‘I’ve kind of been on, I guess, my own little journey through health and fitness in the last few months when they approached [me],’ Casey told Daily Mail Australia in April.

She added that, with medication already a part of her weight loss regimen, she was looking for some extra help and direction.

‘I kind of I sat with it and being already that I was already on a form of medication, I was kind of at that point where I needed that extra bit of help, she said.

‘It kind of came at the perfect time, because I was trying to just bumble through life with all the other things that I knew that I picked up from other weight loss programs. Just kind of fumbling my way through.’