
Louise Brealey
Acting
Born: 1979-03-27 Β· Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England
Biography
Louise Brealey (born 27 March 1979) is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played Molly Hooper in Sherlock (2010β), 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 (2002β2004) before playing Judy Smallweed in Bleak House (2005). Brealey plays pathologist Molly Hooper in all four serie
π¬ Movies (20)

Madfabulous
2026
Lady Chetwynd

Daughters of the Late Colonel
2026
Josephine

Chuck Chuck Baby
2024
Helen
Deep Clean
2022
Maddie

Brian and Charles
2022
Hazel

Limbo
2021
Hannah Peyton

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
Self

Letters Live from the Archive: International Womenβs Day
2021
Self / Narrator (voice)

Jamie
2020
Mum

In Wonderland
2018
Alice

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Molly Hooper

Victor Frankenstein
2015
Sexy Society Girl

Containment
2015
Sally

Birthday
2015
Natasha

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
Molly Hooper

Delicious
2013
Stella

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Hairdresser

I Want You
2007
Girl

The Darkest Hour
2001
Kim

The Blair Witch Phenomenon
1999
Self
πΊ TV Shows (13)

Such Brave Girls
2023
Deb

Lockwood & Co.
2023
Pamela Joplin

The Widow
2019
Beatrix

A Discovery of Witches
2018
Gillian Chamberlain

Back
2017
Cass

Clique
2017
Jude McDermid

Shetland
2013
Isobel Jameson

Father Brown
2013
Eleanor Knight

Ripper Street
2012
Dr. Amelia Frayn

Death in Paradise
2011
Donna Harman

Sherlock
2010
Molly Hooper

Mayo
2006
Scene-of-Crime Officer Harriet 'Anorak' Tate

Casualty
1986
Roxanne Bird