Louise Brealey

Born: 1979-03-27

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.


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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

as Molly Hooper
Released: 2016-01-01

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

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Victor Frankenstein

as Sexy Society Girl
Released: 2015-11-10

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox...

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Hairdresser
Released: 2012-02-23

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored...

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Containment

as Sally
Released: 2015-07-09

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can...

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Brian and Charles

as Hazel
Released: 2022-06-17

An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that...

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Birthday

as Natasha
Released: 2015-06-09

Sky Arts’ adaptation of Joe Penhall’s 2012 Royal Court play Birthday sees Mangan reprise the...

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Delicious

as Stella
Released: 2013-10-05

Recently released from prison, French chef Jacques pursues an obsession -- to leave his past...

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Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

as Self
Released: 2021-03-22

Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the...

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Limbo

as Hannah Peyton
Released: 2021-04-08

One man's search for his kidnapped daughter causes his reality to unravel.

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Chuck Chuck Baby

as Helen
Released: 2024-07-12

Helen's mundane life at the chicken factory takes an unexpected turn with Joanne's return. They...

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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

as Self / Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-03-08

Celebrate International Women’s Day with this brand new inspiring film from LETTERS LIVE. In...

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Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

as Molly Hooper
Released: 2013-12-24

John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However,...

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In Wonderland

as Alice
Released: 2018-04-08

A magic realist story of love, told through the memories of one person.

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Jamie

as Mum
Released: 2020-06-16

A young girl struggling with bulimia and depression is contemplating ending her life....

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I Want You

as Girl
Released: 2007-01-01

A boy meets girl love story. Nearly.

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Sherlock

as Molly Hooper
First aired: 2010-07-25

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Sherlock

as Self
First aired: 2010-07-25

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Death in Paradise

as Donna Harman
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Ripper Street

as Dr. Amelia Frayn
First aired: 2012-12-30

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...

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Casualty

as Roxanne Bird
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Father Brown

as Eleanor Knight
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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A Discovery of Witches

as Gillian Chamberlain
First aired: 2018-09-14

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly...

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Lockwood & Co.

as Pamela Joplin
First aired: 2023-01-27

A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting...

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The Widow

as Beatrix
First aired: 2019-02-28

A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the...

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Mayo

as Scene-of-Crime Officer Harriet 'Anorak' Tate
First aired: 2006-03-12

Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries...

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Back

as Cass
First aired: 2017-09-06

Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the...

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Clique

as Jude McDermid
First aired: 2017-03-05

In the first year of uni, childhood best friends Holly and Georgia find themselves drawn to an...

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Such Brave Girls

as Deb
First aired: 2023-11-22

Sisters Josie and Billie and their single mother Deb navigate life armed with nothing but poor...

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