Michelle studied drama at The University of New England where she appeared in a number of course productions including The Stronger and The Crucible. For the Earle Page College Drama Society she stage managed Bye Bye Birdie and directed My Fair Lady. In the United States she worked as technical director for a children's theatre in Connetticutt, staging productions of Bugsy, Grease, and Annie. On returning to Australia she worked at The Sydney Opera House as a stagehand and later as an administrator.

She studied at Sydney Acting School, performing in course productions of The Cell and the female version of The Odd Couple. She went on to further study at The Actor's Centre. In recent years she has appeared in numerous short films and music videos, worked as an extra for film and television, and performed in stage productions of Blood Brothers and M. Butterfly. First seen on the Lieder stage as a witch in Macbeth she then went on to play Annie in Table Manners then we saw yet another side of her in Cinderella as the wicked Stepmother. She has now established herself well and truly and I hope we never lose her. This year she is teaching the Youth Theatre drama workshops on a Friday. In her spare time Michelle is on the Lieder Board of Management, is studying to be a teacher full time and has a dog and a horse to look after.