Melanie Kilburn
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 2019, Kilburn started in an episode of Brassic. 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.
Acted in
The Long Shadow
2023
as Auntie Win
Cold Case Killers
2021
as Narrator (Voice)
Allo Allo! Brits in France
2021
as Self - Narrator
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Sylvie Handshaw
Military Wives
2020
as Kathleen
Brassic
2019
as Brenda
Mother's Day
2018
as Margret Seabrook
God's Own Country
2017
as Gloria
The Musketeers
2014
as Audrey
Breathless
2013
as Mrs. Johnstone
WPC 56
2013
as Lydia Taylor
Father Brown
2013
as Alice Murphy
Vera
2011
as Susan Monkford
Moving On
2009
as June
Slapper
2008
as Mary
Carla
2003
as Mrs. Carter
Stone, Scissors, Paper
1997
as Mary
April Fool's Day
1997
as Carol
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Yvonne Flack
The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994
as Edwina Sprott
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Estate Agent Pippa
Peak Practice
1993
as Irene Brodie
Peak Practice
1993
as Liz Pullen
Heartbeat
1992
as Rosie Tinniswood
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Carol Anderson
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
as Mrs Hebdon
Making Out
1989
Vroom
1988
as Kate
1914 All Out
1987
as Hilda Fairbrother
Casualty
1986
as Mrs. Hearn
EastEnders
1985
as Reverend Irene Mills
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Heloise