Lucinda Cowden (born 24 April 1965 in Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian actress, who played Melanie Pearson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1987 until 1991, with a cameo appearance in the 20th anniversary documentary in 2005. She reprised the role in January 2021. She also presented the second season of Parallel 9, following on from fellow Neighbours actor Richard Norton. The BBC Saturday morning show for children ran from 1992 to 1994. She was a voice actress on the children's show The Koala Brothers.