# Michele Austin

Michele Austin is a British actress. She best known for her role as Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's The Bill, for which she won the Screen Nation Award for Best Television Actress, and for her portrayal of Chantelle in Hard Truths, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actress.

## Career

Austin studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.
As well as her role as PC Hemmingway in the ITV series The Bill, she played the character Marsha Harris twice in 2001. Austin had roles in Mike Leigh's films Secrets & Lies (1996) and Another Year (2010). She also has a small role in ITV's 2008 teen drama Britannia High as Mrs Doris Troy, the landlady of the main characters, in the comedy Never Better and as a nurse in BBC's Outnumbered that aired on 30 August 2009.
In December 2010, Austin appeared in the British BBC soap opera EastEnders as Gloria MacDonald, a role which she reprised in February 2016. Prior to this she played Miss Meg Tyler in 1993. On 12 February 2013 she played the part of Estelle in an episode of Death in Paradise on BBC1.
In 2016, Austin appeared in the BBC series The Coroner. In 2020, she appeared in the British comedy TV series Meet the Richardsons. In 2022, she played senior midwife Tracy in the BBC screen adaptation of Adam Kay's book based on his experiences as a junior doctor, This Is Going To Hurt.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Dionne | |
| 1999 | Park Stories | | Short film |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Care Worker | |
| 2010 | The Infidel | Zadie | |
| 2010 | Another Year | Tanya | |
| 2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Lucy | |
| 2015 | Nipplejesus | Denise | Short film |
| 2017 | Birds Like Us | Jula | Voice role |
| 2017 | The Children Act | Donna | |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac | Ragueneau | |
| 2024 | Hard Truths | Chantelle | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | The Bill | Doctor | Episode: "All Along the Watchtower" |
| 1997 | The Perfect Blue | Frances | TV film |
| 1998 | Kiss Me Kate | Applicant | Episode: "Secretaries" |
| 1998 | Babes in the Wood | Doctor | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab | Mai Judith/Joyce Ntindi | Episode: "Homie & Away" |
| 2001 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Priest | Episode: "Secrets and Flies" |
| 2001 | The Bill | Marsha Harris | Episodes: "Family Honour" & "Words of Wisdom" |
| 2001 | EastEnders | Registrar | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Casualty | Rhea Yates | Episode: "Life Incognito" |
| 2002 | Night and Day | Receptionist | Episode: "Haunted" |
| 2002 | Always and Everyone | Poppy Jonston | Series 4 regular, 8 episodes |
| 2002 | Doctors | Laura Brown | Episode: "Testing Testing" |
| 2003 | Canterbury Tales | Trish | Episode: "The Wife of Bath" |
| 2003 | Second Nature | Nurse | TV film |
| 2003–05 | The Last Detective | WPC Cheryl | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 2003–06 | The Bill | PC Yvonne Hemmingway | Series regular, 157 episodes |
| 2007 | Secret Life | Probation Officer | TV film |
| 2008 | Never Better | Linda | Series regular, 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Britannia High | Mrs. Troy | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2008–10 | Outnumbered | Nurse | Episodes: "The Long Night" & "The Hospital" |
| 2010 | Peep Show | Midwife | Episode: "St Hospitals" |
| 2010–16 | EastEnders | Gloria Macodnald | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Cherie Maskell | Episode: "A Guilty Mind" |
| 2011 | Holby City | Suzanna Stables | Episode: "Shame" |
| 2013 | Death in Paradise | Estelle Du Bois | Episode: "A Dash of Sunshine" |
| 2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Kaye Bawden | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Coroner | Maggie Fordham-Bryce | Episode: "Life" |
| 2018 | Doctors | Monica Perry | Episode: "Unchained" |
| 2018 | Dark Heart | Annie Webb | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2020–22 | Meet the Richardsons | Dani Julian | Series regular, 20 episodes |
| 2021 | The Dumping Ground | Alice | Episode: "Nobody's Perfect" |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Tracy | Series regular, 7 episodes |
| 2022 | The Other One | Angela | Series 2 regular |
| 2023 | Boat Story | Camilla Wells | 6 episodes |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 2019 | The Hunt | Hilde | Almeida Theatre |
| 2023 | The Effect | Dr. Lorna James | Lyttelton Theatre |
| 2024 | The Effect | Dr. Lorna James | The Shed |