Melissa Bell

Melissa Bell (born 7 November 1972) is an Australian actress and fashion designer. She is best known for her roles of Bonnie Tait in E Street, Lucy Robinson in Neighbours, and Emily Harris in Paradise Beach. Bell also made appearances in Home and Away and Water Rats.

Career Bell's first major television appearance was the guest role of Janine in the soap opera E Street in 1990. She joined the main cast of Neighbours as the third actress to play Lucy Robinson in early 1991. After 18 months of playing Lucy, Bell decided to leave Neighbours. She filmed her final scenes in June 1992. Bell then returned to E Street in the new role of eco-crusader Bonnie Tait, who became a love interest for Bruce Samazan's Max Simmonds. In 1994, after returning from overseas, Bell secured guest roles in Over the Hill and G.P.. In 1995, she co-wrote the fiction novel Living Famously with television writer and producer Jason Herbison. The following year, she made a guest appearance as Suzie Hudson in an episode of Home and Away. Bell had a regular slot on Sydney radio station Sea FM in the late 1990s. She appears in the 1999 adventure sci-fi film Duran Duran, alongside Rebekah Elmaloglou and Ben Oxenbould. In 2007, she appeared on Seven Network's Mums and Bubs. a small boutique called Radical Love on Chevron Island in 2019, and a boutique store called Lilly Blue in Worongary on the Gold Coast.

Personal life Bell was married to Jason Redlich from 1996 to 1998. They have one son. Following the end of her marriage, Bell suffered from body dysmorphic disorder and depression. In 2000, Bell married Gary Dickinson. They had three children and lived on the Central Coast, NSW. In November 2015, Dickinson, then 57, suffered a heart attack which left him in a coma. Dickinson died on 13 February 2016. In 2020, Bell became engaged to Grant Thompson, and the couple married in 2022, with Bell wearing the dress her Neighbours character wore in her on-screen wedding.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1998The Venus Factory Emily DuBois 1999 Duran Duran Echidna 2012 Housos vs. Authority Model 2018 Occupation Mrs. Kyle 2021 The Possessed Helen

Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 Rafferty's Rules Angela Griffin Episode: "The Beast" 1990–1991 E Street Janine Guest role 1991–1993, 1995, 2005, 2013–2016, 2020–2024, 2025 Neighbours Lucy Robinson Main cast 1992–1993 E Street Bonnie Tait Main cast 1993–1994 Paradise Beach Emily Harris Main cast 1994 G.P. Rachel Weller Episode: "Breakfast with Gazza" 1996 Home and Away Suzie Hudson Guest role 1998 Water Rats Lisa Hubbard Episode: "Untouchable"