Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1956
Place of Birth:
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Melanie Kilburn
Biography
Sarah Melanie Jean Kilburn is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Laura Bryant in the ITV police drama series The Bill. She also played the part of Sandra Conway, wife of CI Derek Conway in earlier episodes of The Bill. Her career began in 1983 when she starred as Maureen in The Company Car. She was in an episode of Casualty in 1990 (series 5). She played Eve Elliott in Coronation Street in 2001.
Kilburn rose to prominence as Jill in three series of the BBC's Making Out, and as Carol Anderson in Soldier Soldier.
Kilburn also starred as Sandra in Where the Heart Is throughout 1999, and played the regular role of Liz in Peak Practice during the series which aired in 2000.
In 2017, she starred as in God's own Country, alongside Josh O'Connor and Ian Hart. In 2019, Kilburn started in an episode of Brassic.[2] In 2020, she started in the reboot of All Creatures Great and Small.
From 2017 to 2018, and again since 2022, Kilburn has appeared as Reverend Irene Mills in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2021, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Mavis Gregg.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Starve Acre | Mrs. Forde |
| 2020 | Military Wives | Kathleen |
| 2018 | Mother's Day | Margret Seabrook |
| 2017 | God's Own Country | Gloria |
| 2008 | Slapper | Mary |
| 2003 | Carla | Mrs. Carter |
| 1997 | Stone, Scissors, Paper | Mary |
| 1997 | April Fool's Day | Carol |
| 1990 | The World of Eddie Weary | Mrs Hebdon |
| 1988 | Vroom | Kate |
| 1987 | 1914 All Out | Hilda Fairbrother |
| 1986 | Frankie and Johnnie | Reporter at 'Chronicle' |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Heloise |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Auntie Win |
| 2021 | Allo Allo! Brits in France | Self - Narrator |
| 2021 | Cold Case Killers | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2020 | All Creatures Great & Small | Sylvie Handshaw |
| 2019 | Brassic | Brenda |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Audrey |
| 2013 | WPC 56 | Lydia Taylor |
| 2013 | Breathless | Mrs. Johnstone |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Alice Murphy |
| 2011 | Vera | Susan Monkford |
| 2009 | Moving On | June |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Yvonne Flack |
| 1994 | The Wimbledon Poisoner | Edwina Sprott |
| 1994 | (All Quiet on the) Preston Front | Estate Agent Pippa |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Irene Brodie |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Liz Pullen |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Rosie Tinniswood |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Carol Anderson |
| 1989 | Making Out | |
| 1986 | Casualty | Mrs. Hearn |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Reverend Irene Mills |