Louise Brealey

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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 20022004 before playing Judy Smallweed in Bleak House 2005 Brealey plays pathologist Molly Hooper in all four series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatisss television drama Sherlock She has also made her name as an accomplished stage actress Her stage debut was at Londons Royal Court in 2001 as 14yearold Sophie in Max StaffordClarks production of Judy Uptons Sliding With Suzanne She portrayed child prodigy Thomasina in the Bristol Old Vic production of Tom Stoppards Arcadia in 2005 In 2011 she was the shortfrocked daughter of Julian Barratt and Doon Mackichan at the Young Vic in Richard Joness Government Inspector She next played three lead roles Cassandra Andromache and Helen of Troy in Caroline Birds soldout production of The Trojan Women at Londons Gate Theatre In February 2014 she starred as Julie in August Strindbergs 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 Elliotts Husbands and Sons at the National Theatre Description above is from the Wikipedia article Louise Brealey licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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