Melanie Kilburn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Starve Acre
Movie · as Mrs. Forde
The Long Shadow
TV · as Auntie Win · 1 ep
Allo Allo! Brits in France
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Cold Case Killers
TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 6 eps
Military Wives
Movie · as Kathleen
All Creatures Great & Small
TV · as Sylvie Handshaw · 1 ep
Brassic
TV · as Brenda · 1 ep
Mother's Day
Movie · as Margret Seabrook
God's Own Country
Movie · as Gloria
The Musketeers
TV · as Audrey · 1 ep
WPC 56
TV · as Lydia Taylor · 3 eps
Breathless
TV · as Mrs. Johnstone · 6 eps
Father Brown
TV · as Alice Murphy · 1 ep
Vera
TV · as Susan Monkford · 1 ep
Moving On
TV · as June · 1 ep
Slapper
Movie · as Mary
Lewis
TV · as Pauline Turrill · 1 ep
Shameless
TV · as Inspector Kitty Froggatt · 1 ep
Carla
Movie · as Mrs. Carter
Stone, Scissors, Paper
Movie · as Mary
April Fool's Day
Movie · as Carol
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Yvonne Flack · 1 ep
Where the Heart Is
TV · as Sandra Harrison · 14 eps
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV · as Edwina Sprott · 2 eps
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV · as Estate Agent Pippa · 1 ep
Peak Practice
TV · as Irene Brodie, Liz Pullen · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Rosie Tinniswood · 2 eps
Soldier Soldier
TV · as Carol Anderson · 7 eps
The World of Eddie Weary
Movie · as Mrs Hebdon
Chancer
TV · as Angela · 2 eps
Making Out
TV · 24 eps
Vroom
Movie · as Kate
1914 All Out
Movie · as Hilda Fairbrother
Frankie and Johnnie
Movie · as Reporter at 'Chronicle'
Casualty
TV · as Mrs. Hearn · 1 ep
EastEnders
TV · as Reverend Irene Mills · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Mary · 1 ep
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie · as Heloise