Michele Austin facts for kids

Austin at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

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

Television

Stage