Louise Ford

Louise is a writer, actress and director. She trained at RADA and has acted in film, theatre and television, for over fifteen years; including playing leading roles in hit comedy shows Crashing, by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and C4’s The Windsors, as well as theatre roles in the West End, and beyond.

Louise has written and starred in several hit shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including a hit sell-out one-woman character show as her tap dancing alter-ego, Jenny Fawcett, as well as sketch shows with Yasmine Akram and Cariad Lloyd. Louise wrote and directed her first short The Olympian, in 2021 and has since written and directed The Group, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Sian Brooke. Louise recently directed Mourning Glory, a short by Monica Spill and is set to direct another short she wrote, Bloody Psycho Bitch, in 2025.

Louise has several narrative TV shows in development, including Saints, which is based on her short film The Group, and the comedy-drama Dean and Maggie Steal a Painting, co-written with Luke McQueen, produced by Rangabee. Louise is also developing a play with Runaway Entertainment and her first comedy feature.