In 2008, alongside Poker Night Live, she hosted the world's toughest, full contact, action Motorsport - European Stock Car Racing, aired on Channel Five.
[3][4] Orpe has played in various televised celebrity poker tournaments broadcast on Challenge and Five, including the 2008 PartyPoker.net 'Women's World Open II' where she won her heat and placed fifth in the final.
[7] Even though she had great success in the first few months of her sponsorship, she decided her heart was with TV and left Purple Lounge to host Sky Poker.
[9] In 2015 she became the Social Media and Live Events Host for partypoker UK in coalition with Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room in Nottingham.
[10] In 2016 Michelle made her move into acting starring in numerous commercials and short films including Shadows (2015) and The Interrogation of Olivia Donovan (2016) Ellen in The Edge Catherine in Just a Day (2017) and Sandra in Stages (2019).