Melanie Jane Hill is a British actress, known for playing Hazel Redfern in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1985–1986), Aveline in Bread (1989–1991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama Playing the Field (1998–2002), Maggie Budgen in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2012–2015), Julie Travers in BBC One drama series The Syndicate (2015), Cathy Matthews in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2015–2022) and Siobhan McKenzie in Casualty (2024).
Hill was educated at Monkwearmouth School in Sunderland before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she won the Vanbrugh award.
Hill replaced Gilly Coman in the role of Aveline in the last three series of Carla Lane's BBC television sitcom Bread.
In February 2015, it was announced that Hill would join the cast of Coronation Street as Cathy Matthews, and she made her first appearance on 20 April 2015.
In October 2023, it was announced that Hill would join the cast of the BBC medical drama series Casualty as Siobhan Mackenzie, the new Senior Sister/Clinical Nurse Manager, and is set to make her first appearance in early 2024.