Education
She studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.
She studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.
A well as her role as Personal Computer Hemmingway in the Independent Television 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 Independent Television"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 British Broadcasting Corporation"s Outnumbered that aired on 30 August 2009.
In December 2010, she appeared in the British British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders as Gloria MacDonald, a role which she reprised in February 2016.
On 12 February 2013 she played the part of Estelle in an episode of Death in Paradise on BBC1.
