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]

Early life and career

She 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, she 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, she 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

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Secrets & Lies Dionne
1997 The Perfect Blue Frances TV film
1999 Park Stories Short film
2002 All or Nothing Care Worker
2003 Second Nature Nurse TV film
2007 Secret Life Probation Officer TV film
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Bill Doctor Episode: "All Along the Watchtower"
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"
2003-05 The Last Detective WPC Cheryl Recurring role, 9 episodes
2003-06 The Bill PC Yvonne Hemmingway Series regular, 157 episodes
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

Stage

Year Title Roles Notes
2023 The Effect Lorna Lyttelton Theatre

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".


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