Melissa Hill | |
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 Hill at Erotica Los Angeles 2001 | |
| Born | January 8, 1970 [1] San Francisco, California, U.S. [1] |
| Other names | Melizza, Mellisa Hill [1] |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [1] |
Melissa Hill (born January 8, 1970) is a former pornographic actress and director. [2] She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2014 [3] and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2015. [4]
Hill began her career in the adult entertainment industry in 1992 by first modeling in photo spreads in magazines such as Club , Hustler , and High Society . She proceeded to start acting in adult films a year later and appeared in more than 200 movies, for a wide variety of producers, over the next ten years until her retirement from hardcore. [3] Over the course of her career, she was nominated for several AVN Awards. [3] Hill won the Best Actress—Film award in 1997 for Penetrator 2 (Pleasure Productions). [3] In 1998, she was named Best Supporting Actress—Film for Paul Thomas' Bad Wives (Vivid Entertainment). [3] In a 2015 interview, she claimed she retired in part because she did not want to age on camera and in part because she felt her career had reached a "plateau", and she found herself not getting another contract and not wanting to succumb to plastic surgery. [5]
Hill has also appeared in a variety of mainstream productions, most notably the porn-themed comedy Orgazmo from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. [3] [6] She has acted in non-sex roles, including Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey [7] and the porn parodies Underworld [8] and Measure X. [3] [9]
Hill is a San Francisco native, and she spent most of her childhood studying ballet, even becoming an instructor for five years after graduating from high school. [3]
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