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.