Melissa Hill
| Melissa Hill | |
|---|---|
 Hill at Erotica Los Angeles 2001 | |
| Born |
January 8, 1970[1] San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] |
| Nationality | American[1] |
| Other names | Melizza, Mellisa Hill[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1] |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)[1] |
| No. of adult films |
250 as a performer 1 as a director (per IAFD)[1] |
Melissa Hill 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]
Career
Hill began acting in adult in 1993 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]
Mainstream appearances
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]
Awards
- 1997 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (Dreams of Desire)[3]
- 1997 AVN Award – Best Actress—Film (Penetrator 2: Grudgefuck Day)[3]
- 1998 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress—Film (Bad Wives)[3]
- 2014 AVN Hall of Fame[3]
- 2015 XRCO Hall of Fame[4]
Personal life
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]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Melissa Hill at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ↑ Melissa Hill at the Internet Adult Film Database
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Staff. "AVN Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees". Adult Video News. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- 1 2 Allen Smithberg (February 25, 2015). "XRCO Announces 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU40Xm8oP5I
- ↑ "Melissa Hill (I) Actress, Costume Department". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey (2013 Video) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Underworld (2013 Video) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ↑ Staff. "Measure X (2013) Video". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melissa Hill. |
- Melissa Hill at the Internet Movie Database
- Melissa Hill at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Melissa Hill at the Adult Film Database