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Melanie Kilburn
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,…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2024
Starve Acre
Movie Mrs. Forde
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2023
The Long Shadow
TV show Auntie Win
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2021
Cold Case Killers
TV show Narrator (Voice)
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2021
Allo Allo! Brits in France
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2020
All Creatures Great & Small
TV show Sylvie Handshaw
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2020
Military Wives
Movie Kathleen
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2019
Brassic
TV show Brenda
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2018
Mother's Day
Movie Margret Seabrook
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2017
God's Own Country
Movie Gloria
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2014
The Musketeers
TV show Audrey
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2013
Breathless
TV show Mrs. Johnstone
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2013
WPC 56
TV show Lydia Taylor
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2013
Father Brown
TV show Alice Murphy
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2011
Vera
TV show Susan Monkford
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2009
Moving On
TV show June
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2008
Slapper
Movie Mary
More credits
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2007
Lewis
TV show Pauline Turrill
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2004
Shameless
TV show Inspector Kitty Froggatt
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2003
Carla
Movie Mrs. Carter
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1997
Stone, Scissors, Paper
Movie Mary
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1997
Where the Heart Is
TV show Sandra Harrison
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1997
April Fool's Day
Movie Carol
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Yvonne Flack
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1994
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV show Edwina Sprott
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1994
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV show Estate Agent Pippa
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Irene Brodie
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Rosie Tinniswood
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1991
Soldier Soldier
TV show Carol Anderson
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1990
The World of Eddie Weary
Movie Mrs Hebdon
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1989
Making Out
TV show
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1988
Vroom
Movie Kate
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1987
1914 All Out
Movie Hilda Fairbrother
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1986
Casualty
TV show Mrs. Hearn
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1986
Frankie and Johnnie
Movie Reporter at 'Chronicle'
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1985
EastEnders
TV show Reverend Irene Mills
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1985
Screen Two
TV show Mary
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1984
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie Heloise
