Donnaleigh Bailey (born 17 January 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

[1] Shortly after leaving drama school, she was cast as Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Bailey revealed on her BBC profile for Doctors that when she was shopping with co-star Martha Howe-Douglas who played Donna Parmar, the two were stopped by a man who showed them a cut on his arm.

She felt that since she had been cast on the series straight after leaving drama school, she wanted to explore other career opportunities.

[4] Bailey's stage credits include the role of Leah in Beautiful Thing, Nikki in Redundant and Colleen in Martha Loves Michael.