Series/Season Born Age Years Active Emma Edmondson is an actress known for playing Cheryl in the UK version of Shameless and Mel Morton in Coronation Street. She joined the soap in March 2007. Prior to this she had a small role in the first series of BBC drama The Street. In 2008, it was announced that the Morton family has been axed from Coronation Street as part of a revamp by the new producer and they will no longer feature as of August. On May 31, 2008, it was announced that Emma landed a three week stint on ITV police drama The Bill.