Melanie Clark Pullen was an Irish actress, producer and writer.
She was known for playing Mary Flaherty -the great-niece of Pauline Fowler in the long-running soap opera EastEnders.
Melanie stayed in the role for 18 months until her departure in early 1999.
After leaving EastEnders she admitted to suffering from panic attacks and depression from the sudden rise to fame.
She teamed up with writer, Aoife Maguire, to produce Missing Stars – a play that was staged in 2001 to show those suffering from mental illness that help is available.
In 2018, she produced the 20th-anniversary benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
Aside from Eastenders, Melanie starred in several films including the remake of The Railway Children (2000), Doctors (2000), The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) and The Clinic (2006).
Melanie Pullen died from breast cancer on March 29, 2022, at age 46.
Melanie Clark Pullen Children: Who Are Melanie Clark Pullen’s Three Kids She Had With Husband Simon Maxwell?
Melanie Clark Pullen was married to writer Simon Maxwell.
The pair who were together for more than 19 years had three children.
Although Melanie usually shares pictures of her children on social, their details were not made public.