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 Worker2010 The Infidel Zadie Another Year Tanya 2014 What We Did on Our Holiday Lucy 2015 Nipplejesus Denise Short film2017 Birds Like Us Jula Voice role 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 film1998 Kiss Me Kate Applicant Episode: "Secretaries" Babes in the Wood Doctor Episode: "Series 1, Episode 5" Comedy Lab Mai Judith/Joyce Ntindi Episode: "Homie & Away"2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme Priest Episode: "Secrets and Flies" The Bill Marsha Harris Episodes: "Family Honour" & "Words of Wisdom" EastEnders Registrar 1 episode2002 Casualty Rhea Yates Episode: "Life Incognito" Night and Day Receptionist Episode: "Haunted" Always and Everyone Poppy Jonston Series 4 regular, 8 episodes Doctors Laura Brown Episode: "Testing Testing"2003 Canterbury Tales Trish Episode: "The Wife of Bath" 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 film2008 Never Better Linda Series regular, 5 episodes 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 MacDonald Recurring role, 3 episodes2011 Silent Witness Cherie Maskell Episode: "A Guilty Mind" 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" 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 The Other One Angela Series 2 regular2023Boat StoryCamilla Wells 6 episodes2025Black MirrorJen Minter Episode: "Plaything"
Stage YearTitleRolesNotes 2019 The Hunt Hilde Almeida Theatre 2023The EffectDr. Lorna James Lyttelton Theatre 2024 The Shed
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