Michelle Law works in print, screen and stage. Her highly acclaimed play SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE, commissioned by La Boite, transferred to a sold-out season at Belvoir in 2018, followed by the Arts Centre Melbourne in 2019. In 2021, Auckland Theatre Company staged an original production of the work. The following year, State Theatre Company South Australia also staged an original production. Michelle’s newest commission MISS PEONY premiered at Belvoir Street Theatre to rave reviews. Her other recent play, TOP COAT, was commissioned and performed by the Sydney Theatre Company.

Michelle is television credits include the award-winning drama series SAFE HOME (SBS/Kindling Pictures); comedy GET KRACK!N (Guesswork Television/ABC TV); kids series THE BUREAU OF MAGICAL THINGS (Jonathan M Shiff/Network 10); and, ROSEHAVEN (Guesswork Television/ABC TV).Michelle co-created, co-wrote and starred in HOMECOMING QUEENS, the first web series commissioned by SBS On Demand. The series won Best Web Series at the AWGIE Awards, Best Screenplay at Melbourne Web Fest, and Best Performance in a Comedy series at the Equity Ensemble Awards. It was also nominated for Best Online Series at the Australian Academy (AACTA) Awards. Michelle is also an advocate for social causes and has presented a TEDx talk, as well as being a prolific speaker about issues concerning intersectional feminism, cultural identity and race.

She wrote the short documentary SUCIDE AND ME (ABC2) which aimed to create more conversations about suicide prevention in Australia. Beyond performance writing, Michelle is a successfully published author. In 2016, she won the Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award. She has written for many magazines, journals, and broadsheet newspapers including frankie magazine, The Griffith Review, and The Saturday Paper. Her stories and essays have been anthologised in books such as After Australia, Best Australian Comedy Writing, Destroying the Joint, Women of Letters, Growing up Asian in Australia, and more. In 2014, she co-wrote a comedy book called SH*T ASIAN MOTHERS SAY with her equally accomplished brother Benjamin Law. Michelle is currently working on several theatre commissions, as well as feature and television projects. Her latest book, ASIAN GIRLS ARE GOING PLACES, was published through Hardie Grant in 2022.