Melanie Hill
Biography
Melanie Hill is a British actress who attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after Monkwearmouth School in Sunderland, and she won the Vanbrugh award there. She replaced Gilly Coman as Aveline in the final three series of Carla Lane's BBC sitcom Bread. Her television work includes Hazel Redfern in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Rita Dolan in Playing the Field, Maggie Budgen in Waterloo Road, Julie Travers in The Syndicate, Cathy Matthews in Coronation Street from 2015 to 2022, and Siobhan McKenzie in Casualty, a role she began in 2024. On film, she played Sandra in Brassed Off (1996), Ditchwater Sal in Stardust (2007), and Sonya in White Girl (2008). She also appeared as Cissie Charlton in the BBC drama United (2011).
64years old
Turns 65 on January 11in 91 days
- Born Sunderland
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Melanie Jane Hill
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 17 years1994 to 2011
Every film, newest first
- 2011UnitedIMDb rating 7.3
- 2007StardustIMDb rating 7.6
- 1996Brassed OffIMDb rating 7.2
- 1996When Saturday ComesIMDb rating 6.1
- 1994ShoppingIMDb rating 5.5
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Early training
Hill went to Monkwearmouth School in Sunderland, then studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. While she was there, she earned the Vanbrugh award.
Melanie Hill movies on Netflix
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Peter Gunn appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Pete Postlethwaite's page
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