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In her 20s, the former ballerina and ballet teacher, appears in 130 productions during her three years in porn. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she grew up. Hill's never lived anywhere else. Her family, ignorant of her porn work, live nearby. The oldest of three daughters, Melissa developed as a quiet shy nerdy kid who liked to read all the time. She retains those characteristics - never talking to strangers and uncomfortable discussing sex. In answering my questions about cum shots, blow jobs and anal sex (which she doesn't do), Melissa frequently used words like "weird," "awkward" and "embarrassed." "Strangely enough, I do get embarrassed, blush and become awkward. I can't even talk dirty during a scene. It's part of me that I can't overcome yet as an actress." For two years Melissa dated Swedish porn director Nic Cramer, which didn't necessarily work to her advantage. They limited her participation in his movies so she won't be dismissed as just the director's girlfriend. She waited around on Nic's sets far longer than other performers who'd receive a $40-$100 kill fee if they weren't used. Compared to other performers, Melissa grew up slowly, not dating and having sex until 17. After taking 17 years of ballet, she taught the subject for five years after high school until entering porn. Melissa waited until she was 18 to go to her first dance club. She never used a fake i.d. or tried drugs, and she didn't drink until 21. She accompanied her friend Kaitlyn Hill to porn shoots before diving into the industry. She started with amateur sexvids in San Francisco before moving to bigger LA productions. In her first sexual experience with a girl, Melissa did her friend Kaitlyn, also a lesbian virgin. Video Virgins features lots of nervous giggling between the two. Melissa is heterosexual. She's never been with a girl in private though she remains open it. "When I started in porn, I didn't realize that you could refuse things or choose who you wanted to work with or choose where you got the pop shot, and so I resent always getting it in the face. I see so many girls say "I won't take it in the face." Since people know I'll take it there, that's where it always goes." Melissa feels disgust for men who use the cum shot to a woman's face as vicarious revenge on females who've rejected them in the past. "I'm glad that none of my friends feel that way. "I would never do anything demeaning. At first, I never wanted to play a hooker. I wanted to show that you can be intelligent, properly dressed and still be in adult movies. You can think and act. I'm an actress not a porn star, and certainly not a "cunt-for-hire" or "sperm receptacle." No one has the right to call us that. "I don't like to read the sex magazines like Hustler Erotic Video Guide (HEVG). They're insulting. Though recently I saw a piece they did on my friend Jenteal and it was the most pleasant thing they've ever said about anybody. "They write for the fantasies of a select group of men. "If you give them an interview, they quote you out of context by taking part of a statement to make it appear that you're insulting someone." Melissa picks her X-rated appearances carefully. "I look for interesting stories and great acting roles. I'll only have sex with a few persons. I want to see the script before deciding if I'll do the movie." Melissa lists her primary reasons for performing in porn as money and the opportunity to act. She wants to go mainstream one day. "Hill would make the ideal big sister who gives her baby brother a courtesy blow job once a week," writes a gay man in HEVG. "Her steely, f----me stare and her tight, rosy assbud that's cuter than a kitten's coochie make Hill a treat to watch. She embodies the spirit and the jawline of the gal I'd like to be in my next life." "A sexy redhead with full natural breasts, Melissa has a cute overbite and big eyes that set her apart from many of the other adult film actresses. She's a natural talent with a fresh faced enthusiasm... We expect to see plenty of her now that redheads are all the rage in the modeling field." (AFW) The San Francisco native eventually wants marriage and children. She hasn't thought about the problems that will arise in her future because of her X-rated past. She lists her best movies as Arrowhead, Apocalyspe Climax, The Girl With the Heart-Shaped Tattoo, Dreams of Desires and Penetrator 2. "I judge them by my acting role," says Melissa. "I don't remember my sex scenes." Paul Fishbein calls Melissa the most underrated adult film star. "She can act, she can f---, everybody likes her and she looks like the girl next door. More good performances in the last two years ['95-'96] than anyone." Hill hardened during her years in porn, looking as though she used drugs regularly. Then in 1997 she broke up with Nic Cramer and started getting her life back in order. Patrick Riley writes on the rec.arts.movies.erotica newsgroup 4/24/99: Watching Wet Spots #7 (Elegant Angel) last night and
who appears but Melissa Hill. Isn't this a step down? Wasn't she a VVW
person with a possible future like Juli Ashton <gag>? Most of
this series is definite raincoater material although her scene in #7
uses condoms and has no anals, DP's, A2M's or spitting. The cameraguy asks her about her "vacation"
of 18 months from the industry but gleans no useful information. He
does keep well away from her belly though and she herself uses every
opportunity to lie on her front, only at the end doing RC where she
leans back which has the effect of tensioning the belly muscles and
disguising any flab.
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