Louise Brealey

Louise Brealey

Born: March 27, 1979
in Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England
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.

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Movies for Louise Brealey...

Title: Such Brave Girls
Character: Deb
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: TV
Sisters Josie and Billie and their single mother Deb navigate life armed with nothing but poor judgement and self-esteem exclusively tied to people who couldn't care less about them. They're vain, selfish, heavily in debt, pathologically desperate for affection and bursting with misplaced, terrifying love.
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Chuck Chuck Baby
Title: Chuck Chuck Baby
Character: Helen
Released: August 20, 2023
Type: Movie
Helen's mundane life at the chicken factory takes an unexpected turn with Joanne's return. They were each other's secret teenage passion. As they fall in love, Helen's zest for life returns but Joanne faces something darker from her past.
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Title: Lockwood & Co.
Character: Pamela Joplin
Released: January 27, 2023
Type: TV
A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.
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Brian and Charles
Title: Brian and Charles
Character: Hazel
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
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Limbo
Title: Limbo
Character: Hannah Peyton
Released: April 8, 2021
Type: Movie
One man's search for his kidnapped daughter causes his reality to unravel.
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Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Title: Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Title: Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Character: Self / Narrator (voice)
Released: March 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Celebrate International Women’s Day with this brand new inspiring film from LETTERS LIVE. In “LETTERS LIVE from the Archive: International Women’s Day”, remarkable letters are read by a diverse array of outstanding luminaries, including stunning performances from Olivia Colman, Gillian Anderson, Daisy Ridley, Caitlin Moran, Rose McGowan, Adwoa Aboah, Louise Brealey and more. Plus music from Roxanne Tataei.
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Jamie
Title: Jamie
Character: Mum
Released: June 16, 2020
Type: Movie
A young girl struggling with bulimia and depression is contemplating ending her life. Preoccupied with suicidal yearnings on the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.
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Title: The Widow
Character: Beatrix
Released: February 28, 2019
Type: TV
A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.
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Title: A Discovery of Witches
Character: Gillian Chamberlain
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: TV
Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.
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In Wonderland
Title: In Wonderland
Character: Alice
Released: April 8, 2018
Type: Movie
A magic realist story of love, told through the memories of one person.
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Title: Back
Character: Cass
Released: September 6, 2017
Type: TV
Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the death of their father.
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Title: Clique
Character: Jude McDermid
Released: March 5, 2017
Type: TV
In the first year of uni, childhood best friends Holly and Georgia find themselves drawn to an elite clique. When Holly begins to suspect darkness lurks beneath the glamour, she will do anything to save her soulmate.
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Title: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Character: Molly Hooper
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
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Victor Frankenstein
Title: Victor Frankenstein
Character: Sexy Society Girl
Released: November 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
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Containment
Title: Containment
Character: Sally
Released: July 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Birthday
Title: Birthday
Character: Natasha
Released: June 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Sky Arts’ adaptation of Joe Penhall’s 2012 Royal Court play Birthday sees Mangan reprise the role of Ed who endures a caesarian birth with his high-flying wife by his side.
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Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Title: Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Character: Molly Hooper
Released: December 24, 2013
Type: Movie
John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.
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Delicious
Title: Delicious
Character: Stella
Released: October 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Recently released from prison, French chef Jacques pursues an obsession -- to leave his past behind and work for the great British chef Victor Ellwood. He knows Victor had an affair with his mother and may even be his dad. Working for iron-fisted Victor is back-breaking, but his existence is softened by the presence of a curious girl living in the downstairs flat. As he falls in love with her, he realises she not only has an aversion to restaurants, but food of all kinds. Is her eating disorder a force too resilient for anything, even love to cure?
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Title: Father Brown
Character: Eleanor Knight
Released: January 14, 2013
Type: TV
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
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Title: Ripper Street
Character: Dr. Amelia Frayn
Released: December 30, 2012
Type: TV
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Title: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character: Hairdresser
Released: February 23, 2012
Type: Movie
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: Donna Harman
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Self
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Molly Hooper
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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I Want You
Title: I Want You
Character: Girl
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A boy meets girl love story. Nearly.
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Title: Mayo
Character: Scene-of-Crime Officer Harriet 'Anorak' Tate
Released: March 12, 2006
Type: TV
Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries alongside his sexy colleague, Alex Jones. Matters aren't simple between the old flames as flirtation could become something more - but who will make the first move? Life is further complicated by Gil's precocious teenage daughter Julie, who he's bringing up by himself after the disappearance of his wife. The detective does come up with a novel way to deal with the piles of bills he keeps receiving though - hiding them in the cupboard!
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Title: Casualty
Character: Roxanne Bird
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.