What is Melanie Hill?
{{Infobox actress | birth_name = Melanie Jane Hill | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|1|11}} | birth_place = [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], England | nationality = [[English people|English]] | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1984–present | known_for = ''Bread'' <br /> ''Playing the Field'' <br /> ''The Street'' <br /> ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' <br /> ''[[Coronation Street]]'' <br /> ''The Syndicate'' | spouse = {{marriage|[[Sean Bean]]|1990|1997|end=div.}} <br /> {{marriage|Jimmy Daly<br />|2017}} | children = 2 }} '''Melanie Jane Hill''' (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Aveline Boswell in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''Bread'' (1986–1991), Rita Dolan in the BBC drama series ''Playing the Field'' (1998–2002), [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Maggie Budgen|Maggie Budgen]] in the BBC school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' (2012–2015), and [[Cathy Matthews]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (2015–2022). Hill also portrayed Hazel Redfearn in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Auf Wiedersehen Pet'' (1986), Avril Kent in ITV's ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2005), and Julie Travers in the BBC drama series ''The Syndicate'' (2015). ==Personal life== Born to Anthony and Sylvia (née Pratt) Hill in [[Brighton]], Hill was raised in her mother's native city of [[Sunderland]]. ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|nm0384514}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Melanie}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:People from Sunderland]]