Louisa Clein
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Louisa Miranda Clein is a British
actress. Her mother is a professional violinist, her sister is the cellist Natalie Clein
and her cousin is the author Julia Pascal
. Clein played viola as a youth and was a violist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in 1995-1996.
Clein is a 2000 graduate of the Drama Centre London. In 2001, she made her television debut as Charlie Deed in the BBC
series Judge John Deed
, which ran until 2007. She has also appeared in shows such as Holby City
, Doctors and Casualty
and played the role of Zelda Kay in Island At War
in 2004.
Clein's theatre performances have included A Midsummer Night's Dream, My Children, My Africa! and The Lady from the Sea
. Her performance as Hilda in The Lady from the Sea earned her second place in the Ian Charleson Award. Clein also received critical acclaim for her 2005 performance as Anna in The Rubinstein Kiss. In 2006, Louisa assumed the role of the radical pianist Harriet Cohen
in Dearest Tania scripted by Duncan Honeybourne. She performed in the Almeida Theatre's 2008 production of "Waste". In summer 2009, Louisa performed in the Sylvia Plath
play Three Women at the Edinburgh Festival
. At the beginning of 2010, Louisa toured in the Oscar Wilde
play Lord Arthur Savile's Crime as Sybil Merton with Lee Mead
as her leading man, Lord Arthur.
In 2002, Clein appeared with her sister Natalie at the Holocaust Memorial Day concert
and read extracts from her cousin Julia Pascal's Holocaust Trilogy.
From July 2010, Louisa is starring in "The Railway Children" in the Former Waterloo Eurostar Terminal in London.
The production of The Railway Children
(adapted by Mike Kenny (writer)
and directed by Damian Cruden
won an 2011 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress. Her mother is a professional violinist, her sister is the cellist Natalie Clein
Natalie Clein
Natalie Clein is a British cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein....
and her cousin is the author Julia Pascal
Julia Pascal
Julia Pascal is a British atheist Jewish playwright and theatre director.Her stage plays include Theresa, based on the true story of a Jewish woman on Guernsey during the German occupation in the Second World War. This is the first in The Holocaust Trilogy...
. Clein played viola as a youth and was a violist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in 1995-1996.
Clein is a 2000 graduate of the Drama Centre London. In 2001, she made her television debut as Charlie Deed in the BBC
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
series Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
, which ran until 2007. She has also appeared in shows such as Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
, Doctors and Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
and played the role of Zelda Kay in Island At War
Island at War
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St...
in 2004.
Clein's theatre performances have included A Midsummer Night's Dream, My Children, My Africa! and The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.Kvinnan från havet is a ballet by choreographer Birgit Cullberg, and based on Ibsen's play...
. Her performance as Hilda in The Lady from the Sea earned her second place in the Ian Charleson Award. Clein also received critical acclaim for her 2005 performance as Anna in The Rubinstein Kiss. In 2006, Louisa assumed the role of the radical pianist Harriet Cohen
Harriet Cohen
Harriet Cohen CBE was a British pianist.-Biography:Harriet Cohen was born in London and studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay, having won the Ada Lewis scholarship at the age of 12. She made her debut at a Chappell's Sunday concert at the Queen's Hall a year later...
in Dearest Tania scripted by Duncan Honeybourne. She performed in the Almeida Theatre's 2008 production of "Waste". In summer 2009, Louisa performed in the Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer...
play Three Women at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
. At the beginning of 2010, Louisa toured in the Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
play Lord Arthur Savile's Crime as Sybil Merton with Lee Mead
Lee Mead
Lee Stephen Mead is an English musical theatre actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through the BBC reality TV casting show Any Dream Will Do...
as her leading man, Lord Arthur.
In 2002, Clein appeared with her sister Natalie at the Holocaust Memorial Day concert
Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)
Holocaust Memorial Day is a national event in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of the victims of The Holocaust. It was first held in January 2001 and has been on the same date every year since...
and read extracts from her cousin Julia Pascal's Holocaust Trilogy.
From July 2010, Louisa is starring in "The Railway Children" in the Former Waterloo Eurostar Terminal in London.
The production of The Railway Children
The Railway Children
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...
(adapted by Mike Kenny (writer)
Mike Kenny (writer)
Mike Kenny is a British playwright, most noted for his works in young people's theatre. His works include the 2008 adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children at the National Railway Museum in York...
and directed by Damian Cruden
Damian Cruden
-Career:Damian Cruden trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, 1982–1986. He then worked for the Tron Theatre and the TAG Theatre Company, and was tutor for the Scottish Youth Theatre. Moving to England, he became Co-artistic Director for the Liverpool Everyman Youth...
won an 2011 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.