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Melanie Hill is a Actor British born on 11 january 1962 at Sunderland (United-kingdom)
Melanie Jane Hill (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress, best known for playing Aveline in Bread, Maggie Budgen in Waterloo Road and Cathy Matthews in Coronation Street.
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Melanie Hill
Birth name Melanie Jane Hill
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 january 1962 (62 years) at Sunderland (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 january 1962 (62 years) at Sunderland (United-kingdom)
Melanie Jane Hill (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress, best known for playing Aveline in Bread, Maggie Budgen in Waterloo Road and Cathy Matthews in Coronation Street.
Biography
Born to Anthony Hill and Sylvia (née Pratt) in Brighton, Hill was raised in her mother's native town of Sunderland. She married English actor Sean Bean in December 1990. The couple have two daughters, Lorna, born October 1987, and Molly, born September 1991. They divorced in August 1997. She is a supporter of Sunderland A.F.C. She is in a relationship with writer and producer Jimmy Daly.Usually with
Filmography of Melanie Hill (13 films)
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She's Funny That Way (2014)
, 1h33Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brie Larson, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Will Forte, Kathryn Hahn
Roles the Hotel Receptionist
Rating60%
The film centers on a call girl/escort-turned-Broadway-thespian Isabella/Izzy/Glowstick (Imogen Poots) and follows the “recurring intersection between these two facets of her life”.
Cilla (TV series) (2014)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Sheridan Smith, Aneurin Barnard, Cilla Black, Ed Stoppard, Brian Epstein, John Henshaw
Rating78%
The series is based around Black's hometown of Liverpool and follows her rise to fame from 1960 amateur appearances in clubs, her relationships with Bobby Willis and Brian Epstein to the latter's death in 1967.
Twenty8K (2012)
, 1h42Directed by David Kew, Neil Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Parminder Nagra, Jonas Armstrong, Nichola Burley, Kaya Scodelario, Michael Socha, Derek Riddell
Rating48%
United (2011)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors David Tennant, Jack O'Connell, Sam Claflin, Werner Daehn, Dougray Scott, Dean Andrews
Roles Cissie Charlton
Rating72%
The drama primarily focuses on the relationship between assistant manager Jimmy Murphy and the young player Bobby Charlton. The film begins in the autumn of 1956 as Murphy gives Charlton his first chance to play a match with Manchester United's first team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes" due to their unique pedigree as an almost entirely club-nurtured team of players, with the exception of a few slightly older players who have been purchased from other clubs.
Joe Maddison's War (2010)
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Robson Green, Derek Jacobi, James William Baxter, Angela Lonsdale, John Woodvine, Kevin Whately
Rating68%
White Girl (2008)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Anna Maxwell Martin, Holly Kenny, Daniel Mays, Melanie Hill, Jay Simpson
Roles Sonya
Rating64%
Stardust (2007)
, 2h7Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Superhero films, Steampunk films
Actors Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong
Roles Ditchwater Sal
Rating75%
A village lies near a gap in a stone wall bordering the magical kingdom of Stormhold. The gap is guarded constantly but Dunstan Thorn manages to go through and meets an enslaved princess, Una. She offers him a glass snowdrop in exchange for a kiss. Nine months later, the Wall Guard delivers a baby to Dunstan, saying his name is Tristan.
From Hell (2001)
, 1h57Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, Lobotomie
Actors Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian William Richardson, Jason Flemyng
Roles Ann Crook's Mother
Rating66%
In 1888, Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. When their friend Ann Crook (Joanna Page) is kidnapped, they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Martha Tabram (Samantha Spiro); and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one as various prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post-mortem.
Hot Money (2001)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Caroline Quentin, Georgia Mackenzie, Melanie Hill, Gerard Horan, Cliff Parisi, Jay Simpson
Roles Liz Hoodless
Rating72%
The drama tells the story of three workers at the Bank of England incinerating plant in Essex. The trio, led by Bridget (Caroline Quentin), hatch a plan to steal thousands of pounds by stashing the notes in their underwear.
Brassed Off (1996)
, 1h47Directed by Mark Herman
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Musical films, Political films
Actors Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson
Roles Sandra
Rating71%
Gloria Mullins has been sent to her old hometown of Grimley to determine the profitability of the pit for the management of British Coal. She also plays the flugelhorn brilliantly, and is allowed to play with the local brass band after playing Concierto de Aranjuez with them, the band is made up of miners from whom she must conceal her purpose. She renews a childhood romance with Andy Barrow, which soon leads to complications. It is later revealed during a confrontation between Gloria and the management of the colliery that the decision to close the colliery had been made two years previously, and that this was to have gone ahead regardless of the findings of her report; the report simply being a public relations exercise to placate the miners and members of the public sympathetic to their plight.
When Saturday Comes (1996)
, 1h38Directed by Maria Giese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Pete Postlethwaite, Craig Kelly, Jimmy McKenna, Melanie Hill
Roles Mary Muir
Rating59%
A factory worker who gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Hallam F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club. It was filmed at various locations around South Yorkshire including Rotherham, Sandygate Road and Bramall Lane.
Shopping (1994)
, 1h47Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Sean Bean, Marianne Faithfull, Jonathan Pryce
Roles Sarah
Rating54%
Billy et Jo volent des voitures de sport dans le but d'exploser des vitrines de magasins. Certains le font pour de l'argent. Eux, c'est leur façon de faire du shopping… Après l'arrestation de Billy, Tommy s'approprie leur territoire. Mais Billy compte bien reprendre le pouvoir dès sa sortie de prison, ils vont s'affronter dans des courses-poursuites dévastatrices. Leur objectif commun sera de casser, détruire, pulvériser !
The Hawk (1993)
, 1h28Directed by David Hayman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors David Harewood, Clive Russell, George Costigan, Pooky Quesnel, Owen Teale, Helen Mirren
Roles Norma
Rating54%
The film tells the story of a serial killer, known by the police as The Hawk, who preys on women in the North of England. He sexually assaults the victims before striking them with a hammer and picking out their insides, like a hawk, hence his nickname.