Melanie Kilburn
Acting
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.
Born: January 1, 1956
Place of Birth: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Mrs. Forde
as Auntie Win
as Narrator (Voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Sylvie Handshaw
as Kathleen
as Brenda
as Margret Seabrook
as Gloria
as Audrey
as Mrs. Johnstone
as Lydia Taylor
as Alice Murphy
as Susan Monkford
as June
as Mary
as Mrs. Carter
as Mary
as Yvonne Flack
as Edwina Sprott
as Estate Agent Pippa
as Irene Brodie
as Liz Pullen
as Rosie Tinniswood
as Carol Anderson
as Kate
as Hilda Fairbrother
as Mrs. Hearn
as Reporter at 'Chronicle'
as Reverend Irene Mills
as Heloise