Melanie Hill

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Melanie Hill
Born	11 January 1962 (1962-01-11) (age 49)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Sean Bean (1990–1997) divorced

Melanie Hill (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress from Sunderland.

Acting career

Hill attended RADA in London where she won the Vanburgh award.

Television

Hill replaced Gilly Coman as the character of Aveline in the last two series' of Carla Lane's BBC television sitcom Bread. She has also appeared in such programmes as The Bill playing Marie Carver (née Graham), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet playing Hazel Redfern, Hot Money playing Liz Hoodless, Juliet Bravo playing Jean Simpson, Emmerdale playing Avril Kent and Cape Wrath playing Brenda Ogilvie.

On 17 March 2009, she featured in an episode of Holby City, a medical drama broadcast weekly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. This became a recurring role, as the actress appeared in subsequent episodes, following a story arc relating to the death of her on-screen husband.

In April 2011, she appeared in the BBC television comedy drama series Candy Cabs and in November, appeared in the fantasy series "Merlin" as Mary Howden/

Film

Hill appeared in Brassed Off (1996) as Sandra.

She appeared as the witch Ditchwater Sal in the 2007 film Stardust and the 2009 film White Girl.

Personal life

Hill married English actor Sean Bean in February 1990. The couple have two daughters, Lorna, born October 1987, and Molly, born September 1991. They divorced in August 1997.

External links

• Melanie Hill at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hill, Melanie
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Date of birth	11 January 1962
Place of birth	Sunderland, England, UK
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