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Wikipedia / Melanie Gutteridge

Melanie Gutteridge is an English actress, best known for playing PC Emma Keane in The Bill. She made two appearances in Not Going Out playing Amy.

Biography

Gutteridge was born in Waltham Forest, Essex, and studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1994 to 1997. She is married to actor Rufus Wright, who guest starred in a 2008 episode of The Bill.

Career

Filmography

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1998

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

Bathsheba Flanagan

Episode: "The Haunted Castle"

Picking Up the Pieces

Charlotte

Episode: #1.6

1999

Casualty

Clare Pickering

Episode: "The Hardest Word"

Warriors

Lawyer

Mini-series; episode 2

2000

The Vice

Donna

Episodes: "Walking on Water: Parts 1 & 2"

Arabian Nights

Fair Face

Mini-series; 2 episodes

Dalziel and Pascoe

Susie

Episode: "Cunning Old Fox"

Dark Realm

Cara Miller

Episode: "She's the One"

2001

Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible

Elizabeth Tyburn

Episode: "Frenzy of Tongs"

2002

Manchild

Sonja

Episode: "Art"

2002–2003

Rockface

Caroline Morrison

14 episodes (series 1 & 2)

2003

15 Storeys High

Lindsay / Karen

Episode: "The Model"

2004

The Bill

Annette Flemming

Episode: "Nemesis" (series 20)

2006

Doctors

Molly

Episode: "Bright Spark"

2006–2008

The Bill

PC Emma Keane

96 episodes (series 22–24)

2008

Doctors

Caroline Martindale

Episode: "Holding Back"

2009, 2014

Not Going Out

Amy

2 episodes: "Amy" and "Wedding"

2010

Coronation Street

Ms. Waller

6 episodes, May–June 2010

Doctors

Laura Inman

Episode: "Echoes"

2012

Casualty

Becky Dawkins

Episode: "Sixteen Candles"

2013

Doctors

Sophie Aldbrook

Episode: "Charged", appeared on 14 November 2013

2015

Holby City

Victoria Blaine

Episode: "The Beat Goes On", appeared on 3 February 2015

2016

People Just Do Nothing

Lisa

Episode: "Dubplate"

2017

EastEnders

Liz James

1 episode, appeared on 15 May 2017

The Watchers in the Woods

Kate Carstairs

Television film

2018

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Veronica Vinten

Episode: "O Brave New World", appeared on 26 February 2018

Doctors

Ruby Ashbury

2 episodes: "The Agitator" and "Immunity"

2019

London Kills

Helen Holt

Episode: "Stag Night"

2020

The Salisbury Poisonings

Claire Sturgess

Mini-series; 2 episodes

2021

Doctors

Rachel Coleman

Episode: "Day of Reckoning", appeared on 29 April 2021

Goldie's Oldies

Sherri

16 episodes

2022

Murder in Provence

Béatrice de Keppel Valois

Episode: #1.2

The Undeclared War

Chrissie

2 episodes

2023

Platform 7

School Principal

3 episodes

2024

Casualty

Emma Bower

Episode: "Man's Best Friend"

The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot

Maddy Hennah

Documentary series

2025

Professor T.

Tilly Walsh

Episode: "The Inspection"

Films

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1999

G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time

Lucy

2000

LoveRoy

Wife

Short film

2001

Amazons and Gladiators

Briana

This film borrowed plot elements from "Conan the Barbarian"

Large

Sophie

2002

Long Time Dead

Annie

2004

Big Girl, Little Girl

Girlfriend

Short film. Character's name was given as "Clare" in dialogue

2008

Bloodline

Laura Turner

Short film

2012

Dog Boy

Trevor's Mother

Short film

2014

The Guvnors

Angie

2021

What the Eye Don't See

Anna Charlton

Short film

Theatre

Gutteridge's appearances include in the original productions of the Alan Ayckbourn plays Drowning on Dry Land and Private Fears in Public Places in 2004–2005.

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