Janine Mellor

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Janine Mellor
Born (1980-05-03) 3 May 1980 (age 44)
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
EducationBachelor of Arts (Acting)
Alma mater Queen Margaret University
OccupationActress
Years active2005 – present

Janine Mellor (born 3 May 1980) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Kelsey Phillips in BBC One's BAFTA-winning drama Casualty from 2005 to 2009.

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Biography

Mellor attended Lepton County Primary School, King James's School at Almondbury and Greenhead College. She danced with the Kirkheaton-based Clare Doosey School of Dance. She studied and trained at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University College’s School of Drama and graduated from there with an honours degree in acting. [1] Her TV credits include South Riding and Fat Friends . From 2005 to 2009 she played the nurse Kelsey Phillips in Casualty. [2] [3] In 2013 she played a main role in the theatre play Marriage at the Belgrade Theatre together with Mark Fleischmann. [4] [5] Her other theatre credits include The Seagull , [1] Dancing at Lughnasa , [6] and Into the Woods .[ citation needed ]

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