| Biography | Melanie Jane Hill (born 11 January 1962) is an English actress who studied Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Hill is best known for playing Aveline in Bread (19861991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama Playing the Field (19982002), Maggie Budgen in BBC school-based drama Waterloo Road (20122015), Julie Travers in popular BBC drama The Syndicate (2015) and Cathy Matthews in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (from 2015). |