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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, [1] and for her portrayal of Chantelle in Hard Truths , for which she won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actress. [2]
Austin studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup. [3]
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, [4] a role which she reprised in February 2016. Prior to this she played Miss Meg Tyler in 1993. [5] 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 . [6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Dionne | |
| 1999 | Park Stories | Short film | |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Care Worker | |
| 2010 | The Infidel | Zadie | |
| Another Year | Tanya | ||
| 2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Lucy | |
| 2015 | Nipplejesus | Denise | Short film |
| 2017 | Birds Like Us | Jula | Voice role |
| The Children Act | Donna | ||
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac | Ragueneau | |
| 2024 | Hard Truths | Chantelle |
| 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" |
| 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 episode | |
| 2002 | 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 film |
| 2008 | 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 Macodnald | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2011 | 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 regular | |
| 2023 | Boat Story | Camilla Wells | 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Hunt | Hilde | Almeida Theatre |
| 2023 | The Effect | Dr. Lorna James | Lyttelton Theatre |
| 2024 | The Shed | ||
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