Louise Brealey
Louise Brealey | |
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Born | Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England | 27 March 1979
Occupation(s) | Actress, writer, journalist |
Years active | 2001–present |
Louise Brealey (born 27 March 1979), also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played
Education
She was born in Bozeat,[2] Northamptonshire. Brealey won a scholarship for Kimbolton School and went on to read history at Girton College, Cambridge. She trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City and with clown teacher Philippe Gaulier in London.
Writing
Brealey has written on cinema, art and music since her teens, contributing reviews and features for magazines including
Acting
Screen
Brealey made her TV debut as Nurse Roxanne Bird in two series of
Brealey plays pathologist[6] Molly Hooper in all four series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's television drama, Sherlock.[7]
Brealey is often asked to work in accents, playing a doughty Yorkshire doctor in
Brealey played a leading role in the ITV drama The Widow, first broadcast in March 2019.
Stage
Her stage debut was at London's Royal Court in 2001 as 14-year-old Sophie in Max Stafford-Clark's production of Judy Upton's Sliding With Suzanne. The Daily Telegraph called her performance "a perfect poignant study of adolescence".
Her portrayal of child prodigy Thomasina in the Bristol Old Vic production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 2005 was described by The Daily Telegraph as "the evening belongs to Loo Brealey's Thomasina".
Brealey worked twice with
In 2011 Brealey was the sex-mad, short-frocked daughter of Julian Barratt and Doon Mackichan at the Young Vic in Richard Jones's Government Inspector. She next played three lead roles – Cassandra, Andromache and Helen of Troy – in Caroline Bird's production of The Trojan Women at London's Gate Theatre.[7] The Times called her performances "electrifying" and The Guardian said she "pulled off a remarkable treble". Brealey talked about the roles in the Evening Standard[8] and wrote a piece for The Times about the experience of going naked on stage, which went viral.[9][10]
In February 2014 she starred as Julie in August Strindberg's Miss Julie at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.
More recently she won Best Actress at the Manchester Theatre Awards for her role as Marianne in
Audio
Brealey is the narrator of
Radio
Brealey voiced the part of Laura Willowes in the 2021 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Lolly Willowes.[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Boy Meets Girl | Susan | Short film |
2003 | The Tooth Faerie | Short film | |
2005 | The English Harem | Suzy | TV film |
2007 | Green | Abi | TV film |
I Want You | Girl | Short film | |
2010 | Reuniting the Rubins | Miri Rubins | |
2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Hairdresser | |
2013 | Delicious | Stella | |
2014 | Heard | Ruth | Short film |
2015 | Birthday | Natasha | TV film |
Containment | Sally | ||
Victor Frankenstein | Sexy Society Girl | ||
2018 | In Wonderland | Alice | Short film |
2019 | Nobody's Son | Susan Thompson | Short film |
2020 | Limbo | Hannah Peyton | Short film |
2022 | Brian and Charles | Hazel | |
Deep Clean | Maddie | Short film | |
2023 | Chuck Chuck Baby | Helen |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002-04 | Casualty | Roxanne Bird | Series regular; 95 episodes |
2005 | Bleak House | Judy | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
2006 | Mayo | Anorak | Series regular; 8 episodes |
2008 | Hotel Babylon | Chloe McCourt | 1 episode |
2010-17 | Sherlock | Molly Hooper | Series regular; 14 episodes |
2011 | Law & Order: UK | Joanne Vickery | Episode: "Tick Tock" |
2012 | The Charles Dickens Show | Various | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
2013 | Father Brown | Eleanor Knight | Episode: "The Mayor and the Magician" |
2014 | Ripper Street | Amelia Frayn | Series 3 regular; 7 episodes |
2015 | Inspector George Gently | Jo Parker | Episode: "Gently Among Friends" |
2016 | All Good Things | Joanne | Episode: "Stupid" |
2017 | Clique | Jude McDermid | Series 1 regular; 6 episodes |
2017-21 | Back | Cassandra Leslie "Cass" Nichols | Series regular; 12 episodes |
2018 | A Discovery of Witches | Gillian Chamberlain | Series 1 regular; 6 episodes |
2019 | The Widow | Beatrix | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
Gomorrah | Leena | 1 episode | |
2020 | Death in Paradise | Donna Harman | Episode: "A Murder in Portrait" |
Exile | Sarah Hargreaves | Series regular; 10 episodes | |
2023 | Lockwood & Co. | Pamela Joplin | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
Such Brave Girls | Deb | Series regular; 6 episodes[14] |
Theatre credits
Year | Title | Role | Director | Theatre |
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2001 | Sliding with Suzanne | Sophie | Max Stafford-Clark | Royal Court Theatre |
2005 | Arcadia | Thomasina | Rachel Kavanaugh | Bristol Old Vic |
2006 | After the End | Louise | Roxana Silbert | US and Russian tour, Off-Broadway |
2007 | Little Nell | Nell | Peter Hall | Theatre Royal, Bath |
2008 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Peter Hall | Rose Theatre, Kingston
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2008 | Pornography | Actor 7 | Sean Holmes | Traverse Theatre |
2009 | The Stone | Hannah | Ramin Gray | Royal Court Theatre |
2009 | The Ones That Flutter | Julie Ray | Abbey Wright | Theatre503 |
2010 | Country Music | Lynsey | Lisa Blair & Eleanor While | West Yorkshire Playhouse
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2011 | Government Inspector | Mayor's daughter | Richard Jones | Young Vic |
2012 | The Trojan Women | Cassandra/Andromache/Helen of Troy | Christopher Haydon | Gate Theatre (London) |
2013 | The Herd | Claire | Howard Davies | Bush Theatre |
2014 | Miss Julie | Miss Julie | Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre |
2014 | Letters Live[15][16][17] | Hay Festival, Wales | ||
2015 | Letters Live | Freemasons' Hall | ||
Husbands & Sons | Minnie Gascoigne | Marianne Elliott
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Co-production between National Theatre, London and Royal Exchange, Manchester |
References
- ^ Day, Elizabeth (22 January 2012). "Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type'". The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "Loo Brealey". Holby.tv. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ^ "LivTyler". Louisebrealey.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ Andrew Dickson (3 September 2013). "From Sherlock to Pope Joan: actor Louise Brealey on writing her first play | Stage". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "COME TO WHERE I'M FROM: NORTHAMPTON | Paines Plough". www.painesplough.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
- ^ "BBC One – Sherlock – Molly Hooper". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ a b Urwin, Rosamund (7 November 2012). "Sherlock's Molly: the original Cumberbitch". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "Sherlock's Molly: the original Cumberbitch – London Life – Life & Style". London Evening Standard. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ Louise Brealey (11 December 2012). "Louise Brealey: how it feels to be naked on stage". The Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "On Yellow Paper – What Molly Did Next". Onyellowpaper.tumblr.com. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Meet the Cast: The girls from Paula Hawkins' THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (Exclusive Audio Clips) | Books on Tape". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "The Year's Best Audiobooks: 2016 Audie Award Winners". The Booklist Reader. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Lolly Willowes". BBC Radio 4 Drama. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Dowell, Ben. "Such Brave Girls: my big BBC comedy about anxiety and dysfunction". The Times. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Letters Live: Epistolary Joy At Freemasons' Hall". Londonist. 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "BBC Sherlock star, X Files actor and a host of other celebrities perform at charity event for the Reading Agency". The Guardian. 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Letters Live at Hay Festival". The Telegraph. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
External links
- Louise Brealey writing, editing website
- Louise Brealey at Spotlight
- Louise Brealey at IMDb
- Louise Brealey on Twitter
- Louise Brealey at United Agents
- Louise Brealey at the BBC's Casualty site