Janine Mellor (born 3 May 1980) is an English actress. She is best known for playing

Kelsey Phillips ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 6 September 1986 on BBC1. The series was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin (director), Paul Unwin. It is set in the fictional Holby City Hospi ...

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

-winning drama ''

Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...

'' from 2005 to 2009.

Biography

Mellor attended Lepton County Primary School, King James's School at

Almondbury Almondbury () is a village south-east of Huddersfield town centre in the Kirklees district, of West Yorkshire, England. The population of Almondbury in 2001 was 7,368 increasing to 18,346 at the census. The village is close to Castle Hill, ...

and

Greenhead College Greenhead College is a sixth form college, and former grammar school, located in Huddersfield, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The current principal is Mo Bunter. With over 2,700 students, it is a large sixth form college, attracting ...

. She danced with the Kirkheaton-based Clare Doosey School of Dance. She studied and trained at

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

’s Queen Margaret University College’s School of Drama and graduated from there with an honours degree in acting. Her TV credits include '' South Riding'' and ''

Fat Friends ''Fat Friends'' is a British drama that aired on ITV from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005, consisting of 25 episodes over four series. Set in Leeds, the series explores the lives of several slimming club members, with a focus on the various ...

''. From 2005 to 2009 she played the nurse Kelsey Phillips in

. In 2013 she played a main role in the theatre play ''Marriage'' at the

Belgrade Theatre The Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building. Background Coventry was the fastest growing city in ...

together with

Mark Fleischmann Mark Fleischmann (born 31 January 1972) is an English actor. Background Mark Fleischmann was born in 1972 and grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb. After graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Fleischmann appeared in ...

. Her other theatre credits include ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...

'', ''

Dancing at Lughnasa ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' is a 1990 play by dramatist Brian Friel set in County Donegal, Ireland in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans, the narrator. He re ...

'', and ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

''.

Filmography

* 2005: ''

'' (TV Series, 5 episodes) * 2005: ''

Casualty@Holby City Casualty@Holby City (styled as ''CASUAL+Y @ HOLBY CI+Y'') is a series of special Fictional crossover#Crossovers between established shows, crossover episodes of BBC medical dramas ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' and ''Holby City''. While ''Ca ...

'' (TV Series, 2 episodes) * 2005: ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...

'' (TV Series, 1 episode) * 2005-2009: ''

'' (TV Series, 169 episodes) * 2011: ''South Riding'' (TV Series, 2 episodes) * 2011: ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' (TV Series, 1 episode) * 2018: ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' (TV Series, Episode: "

The Woman Who Fell to Earth "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" is the first episode of the eleventh series and the 845th episode overall of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It was written by new head writer and executive producer Chris Chibnall, ...

") * 2019: ''

Doctors Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may refer to: Titles and occupations * Physician, a medical practitioner * Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree ** Doctorate ** List of doctoral degrees awarded b ...

'' (TV Series, 8 episodes) * 2024: ''Doctors'' (TV series, portrayed Fin Sexton)

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References

1980 births Alumni of Queen Margaret University English television actresses Living people Actresses from Huddersfield {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub