Melanie Clark Pullen

Melanie Clark Pullen was an Irish-born actress, writer, and producer, based in Northern Ireland. In 2018, she produced the 20th anniversary benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. The proceeds of the performance went to Women's Aid and contributed to the setting up of Northern Ireland's first rape crisis help line. Six months after being cast as the Doctor in the film Ordinary Love (2019) with Lesley Manville, Pullen underwent treatment for breast cancer and went through the same journey as Manville's character in the film. Pullen died of the disease on March 29, 2022, aged 46.