Michele Austin

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Michele Austin is a British actress best known for her role as PC Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's The Bill , for which she won the Screen Nation award for best television actress in 2005. [1]

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Early life and career

Austin studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup. [2] 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, [3] a role which she reprised in February 2016. Prior to this she played Miss Meg Tyler in 1993. [4] 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 . [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Secrets & Lies Dionne
1999Park StoriesShort film
2002 All or Nothing Care Worker
2010 The Infidel Zadie
Another Year Tanya
2014 What We Did on Our Holiday Lucy
2015NipplejesusDeniseShort film
2017 Birds Like Us JulaVoice role
The Children Act Donna
2019 National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac Ragueneau
2024 Hard Truths Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The Bill DoctorEpisode: "All Along the Watchtower"
1997The Perfect BlueFrancesTV film
1998 Kiss Me Kate ApplicantEpisode: "Secretaries"
Babes in the Wood DoctorEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 5"
Comedy Lab Mai Judith/Joyce NtindiEpisode: "Homie & Away"
2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme PriestEpisode: "Secrets and Flies"
The Bill Marsha HarrisEpisodes: "Family Honour" & "Words of Wisdom"
EastEnders Registrar1 episode
2002 Casualty Rhea YatesEpisode: "Life Incognito"
Night and Day ReceptionistEpisode: "Haunted"
Always and Everyone Poppy JonstonSeries 4 regular, 8 episodes
Doctors Laura BrownEpisode: "Testing Testing"
2003 Canterbury Tales TrishEpisode: "The Wife of Bath"
Second Nature NurseTV film
2003–05 The Last Detective WPC CherylRecurring role, 9 episodes
2003–06 The Bill PC Yvonne HemmingwaySeries regular, 157 episodes
2007Secret LifeProbation OfficerTV film
2008 Never Better LindaSeries regular, 5 episodes
Britannia High Mrs. TroyRecurring role, 5 episodes
2008–10 Outnumbered NurseEpisodes: "The Long Night" & "The Hospital"
2010 Peep Show MidwifeEpisode: "St Hospitals"
2010–16 EastEnders Gloria MacodnaldRecurring role, 3 episodes
2011 Silent Witness Cherie MaskellEpisode: "A Guilty Mind"
Holby City Suzanna StablesEpisode: "Shame"
2013 Death in Paradise Estelle Du BoisEpisode: "A Dash of Sunshine"
2015 The Casual Vacancy Kaye BawdenMini-series, 3 episodes
2016 The Coroner Maggie Fordham-BryceEpisode: "Life"
2018 Doctors Monica PerryEpisode: "Unchained"
Dark Heart Annie WebbRecurring role, 4 episodes
2020–22 Meet the Richardsons Dani JulianSeries regular, 20 episodes
2021 The Dumping Ground AliceEpisode: "Nobody's Perfect"
2022 This Is Going to Hurt TracySeries regular, 7 episodes
The Other One AngelaSeries 2 regular
2023 Boat Story Camilla Wells6 episodes

Stage

YearTitleRolesNotes
2023 The Effect Lorna Lyttelton Theatre

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References

  1. "Hotel Rwanda star scoops honour". BBC News. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. Porter, Cedric (19 November 2004). "Michele fits The Bill ..." Uxbridge Gazette. United Kingdom. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. Director: Tim Mercier; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Rebecca Wojciechowski (20 December 2010). "Episode dated 20/12/2010". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
  4. Director: Sue Dunderdale; Series Producer: Leonard Lewis Writer: Tony Jordan (4 March 1993). "Episode dated 4/03/1993". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
  5. "Meet the cast of BBC One's This Is Going to Hurt".