Melissa is an actor and writer mainly working across TV and theatre. She is most known for her role as series regular, Miss Scott in ITV’s drama, Grantchester, now on her fifth series of the show! She is also known for her role as Hannah Taylor in Mike Bartlett’s BBC drama – LIFE and Imogen Pascoe in Coronation Street. Johns trained at East 15 Acting School where she was one of the first disabled actors to win the Laurence Olivier Bursary Award.

This year she filmed for Netflix’s new drama – Adolescence as well as developing her one woman theatre show SNATCHED for TV.

In 2021, Melissa was announced in the Celebrity Masterchef line up and in 2022, the Celebrity Mastermind line up, raising money for REACH Charity.

She does NOT enjoy cooking. Or general knowledge questions.

Melissa was named as one of the U.K’s most influential disabled people in the Shaw Trust Power 100 and received a place on JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award 2018 for her work around disability rights, young people and female empowerment. She was also shortlisted for Positive Role Model of the Year in the National Diversity Awards. Melissa co founded drama workshop company – Quite Frankly Theatre, running drama and devising workshops for children and young people.

Within TripleC –
Melissa is Co Creative Lead at TripleC DANC and part of the senior leadership team.
Her favourite part of the job, is meeting so many brilliant
creatives.