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Louise Brealey

Louise Brealey

Louise Brealey (born 27 March 1979) is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played Molly Hooper in Sherlock (2010–), Cass in Back (2017), Scottish professor Jude McDermid in Clique (2017), Gillian Chamberlain in A Discovery of Witches (2018) and Donna Harman in Death in Paradise (2020). She made her TV debut as Nurse Roxanne Bird in two series of BBC drama Casualty (2002–2004) before playing Judy Smallweed in Bleak House (2005). Brealey plays pathologist Molly Hooper in all four series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's television drama, Sherlock. She has also made her name as an accomplished stage actress. 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. She portrayed child prodigy Thomasina in the Bristol Old Vic production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 2005. In 2011, she was the 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 sold-out production of The Trojan Women at London's Gate Theatre. In February 2014, she starred as Julie in August Strindberg's Miss Julie at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. She won Best Actress at the Manchester Theatre Awards for her role as Marianne in Constellations, directed by Michael Longhurst and played the lead alongside Anne Marie Duff in Marianne Elliott's Husbands and Sons at the National Theatre. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Louise Brealey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1979-03-27

Birth Place

Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England

Movies and TV shows :

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A Discovery of Witches

2018

7.8

TV
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Back

2017

7.4

TV
Birthday

Birthday

2015

6.7

Movie
Brian and Charles

Brian and Charles

2022

6.3

Movie
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Casualty

1986

6.0

TV
Chuck Chuck Baby

Chuck Chuck Baby

2024

7.0

Movie
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Clique

2017

6.4

TV
Containment

Containment

2015

6.0

Movie
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Death in Paradise

2011

7.5

TV
Deep Clean

Deep Clean

2022

0.0

Movie
Delicious

Delicious

2013

5.5

Movie
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Father Brown

2013

7.5

TV
I Want You

I Want You

2007

4.0

Movie
In Wonderland

In Wonderland

2018

9.0

Movie
Jamie

Jamie

2020

5.0

Movie
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

2021

8.0

Movie
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021

7.0

Movie
Limbo

Limbo

2021

8.0

Movie
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Lockwood & Co.

2023

7.7

TV
Madfabulous

Madfabulous

0.0

Movie
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Mayo

2006

4.2

TV
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Ripper Street

2012

7.4

TV
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Sherlock

2010

8.5

TV
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

2013

8.0

Movie
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016

7.8

Movie
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Such Brave Girls

2023

6.9

TV
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012

6.9

Movie
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The Widow

2019

6.9

TV
Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein

2015

5.9

Movie