Melanie Gutteridge

Melanie Gutteridge is an English actress, best known for playing PC Emma Keane in The Bill.^[1] 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.^[2] She is married to actor Rufus Wright, who guest starred in a 2008 episode of The Bill.^[3]

Career

Television and films

Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1998	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	Bathsheba Flanagan	1 episode
1998	Picking Up the Pieces	Charlotte	1 episode
1999	Casualty	Clare Pickering	1 episode
1999	Warriors	Lawyer	TV movie
2000	The Vice	Donna	2 episodes
2000	Arabian Nights	Fair Face	2 episodes
2000	Dalziel and Pascoe	Susie	1 episode
2001	Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible	Elizabeth Tyburn	1 episode
2002	Manchild	Sonja	1 episode
2002	Rockface	Caroline Morrison	7 episodes
2003	15 Storeys High	Lindsay/Karen	1 episode
2004	The Bill	Annette Flemming	1 episode - series 20, episode 36.
2006	Doctors	Molly	1 episode, also appeared as "Sophie" (2013)
2006–2008	The Bill	PC Emma Keane	96 episodes
2009–2014	Not Going Out	Amy	2 episodes
2010	Coronation Street	Ms. Waller	6 episodes, May–June 2010
2013	Doctors	Sophie	1 episode, appeared on 14 November 2013
2015	Holby City	Victoria Blaine	1 episode, appeared on 3 February 2015
2017	EastEnders	Liz James	1 episode, appeared on 15 May 2017
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Veronica Vinton[4]	Episode 1, appeared on 26 February 2018, as a wedding planner
2020	The Salisbury Poisonings	Claire Sturgess	Supporting role
2021	Doctors	Rachel Coleman	1 episode, appeared on 29 April 2021[5]
2022	Murder in Provence	Beatrice de Keppel Valois	Episode 2
2024	The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot	Maddy Hennah	Documentary Series
Films
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	G:MT Greenwich Mean Time	Lucy
2001	Large	Sophie
2001	Amazons and Gladiators	Briana	This film borrowed plot elements from "Conan The Barbarian"
2002	Long Time Dead	Annie
2003	Big Girl Little Girl	Girlfriend	Character's name was given as "Clare" in dialogue
2014	The Guvnors	Angie
2017	The Watchers in the Woods	Kate Carstairs	Television movie

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.^[6]