Cassie Powney (born 22 May 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of

Mel Burton Mel Burton is a fictional character from the British television soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by actress Cassie Powney. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 23 September 2003. Powney joined the cast along with her twin C ...

on the

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soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

''.

Career

She played the role of

in the

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'' alongside her sister Connie, who played the role of

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.Tribute to a brave mother (From The Argus)
/ref> She has been interested in acting since childhood and did a lot of twin roles with Connie, including a twin role in the 2003 film '' What a Girl Wants''. She is now a beauty correspondent for ''

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Filmography

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* 1983 births British identical twins English television actresses English child actresses Living people English twins Identical twin actresses People from Seaford, East Sussex English soap opera actresses {{UK-screen-actor-stub