Melissa Johns’ bio:-

Born in Hereford and raised in Ledbury, actress Melissa Johns made her West End début in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Henry V alongside Kit Harrington, which was screened across over 600 venues across the country as part of NT Live.

Melissa trained at East 15 Acting School.  She is also most known for: Hannah Taylor in BBC’s LIFE alongside Alison Steadman and Peter Davidson, Imogen Pascoe in Coronation Street and 2021’s line up of Celebrity Masterchef.  She was a BAFTA Elevate actor 2019 - 2022.

Melissa has raised money for REACH, the charity that she is ambassador for, and Finding Rainbows.  She is also the co-founder and co-creative lead of BAFTA award winning organisation TripleC / DANC with Coronation Street actress Cherylee Houston.  Her BAFTA speech went viral in 2022.  She has won multiple awards for her work championing women, young people and the disabled community, including being named in both Shaw’s Power List of the 100 Most Influential Disabled People, and the 2022 Northern Power Women List.

She was selected as Alumna of the year for the University of Essex and named as one of JCI’s 10 outstanding young persons of the world in 2017.  The same award was won by Elvis Presley in 1970.

Jason Johns’ bio:-

Jason is an actor, also born in Hereford and raised in Ledbury, and is Melissa’s younger brother.  He also trained at East 15 Acting School and graduated just before the pandemic.

Jason has had roles in many plays, including Antigone and Under Milk Wood at Malvern Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Big Sad at The Lowry and West End But Worse at Kings Arms Theatre.  He gained TV experience on Mike Bartlett’s BBC One drama - LIFE within his first week of moving to Manchester.  Jason landed his first voice-over role in 2020.