Nationality American Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Ethnicity Caucasian Name Melissa Hill | |
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No. of adult films 250 as a performer1 as a director (per IAFD) | ||
Other names Melizza, Mellisa Hill | ||
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Melissa Hill is a former pornographic actress and director. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2014 and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2015.
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- Listen to Melissa Hill LCSW ACHT discusses outcomes at the Kennedy Forum
- Career
- Mainstream appearances
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
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. Over the course of her career, she was nominated for several AVN Awards. Hill won the Best Actress—Film award in 1997 for Penetrator 2 (Pleasure Productions). In 1998, she was named Best Supporting Actress—Film for Paul Thomas' Bad Wives (Vivid Entertainment). 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.
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. She has acted in non-sex roles, including Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey and the porn parodies Underworld and Measure X.
Awards
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.