Melanie Kilburn
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1956 (age 70) · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
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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
God's Own Country
August 31, 2017
Military Wives
March 6, 2020
Starve Acre
July 26, 2024
The Little Drummer Girl
October 19, 1984
Vroom
November 11, 1988
Mother's Day
September 3, 2018
Carla
September 15, 2003
Slapper
June 21, 2008
1914 All Out
November 8, 1987
Stone, Scissors, Paper
June 7, 1997
Frankie and Johnnie
February 2, 1986
Acting13
- 2024Starve Acre as Mrs. Forde
- 2020Military Wives as Kathleen
- 2018Mother's Day as Margret Seabrook
- 2017God's Own Country as Gloria
- 2008Slapper as Mary
- 2003Carla as Mrs. Carter
- 1997Stone, Scissors, Paper as Mary
- 1997April Fool's Day as Carol
- 1990The World of Eddie Weary as Mrs Hebdon
- 1988Vroom as Kate