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Born | Louise Richards May 23, 1972[1] Wrexham, United Kingdom |
Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter, playwright, artist |
Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse | Steve Grihault |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Elliot Grihault (son) |
Website | louisebreckonrichards |
Louise Breckon-Richards (born Louise Richards) is a Welsh actress. As an actress, she has worked extensively in film, TV, theatre and radio for over thirty years. She is also a playwright and award-winning screenwriter.
Early life
[edit]Breckon-Richards (born Louise Richards) was born on the 23rd of May[1] in Wrexham, North Wales. She was brought up in the village of Mynydd Isa. She studied acting for three years at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and lives in London.[2]
Career
[edit]Theatre
[edit]Breckon-Richards debuted on the stage in 1993 in the non-profit Torch Theatre. Over the years, she performed in a variety of both touring and fringe productions of plays and musicals. Her notable roles include Eleonor in the Queen's Theatre 1997 production of Northanger Abbey, starring as Juliet in a 2000 touring production of Romeo & Juliet by the English Shakespeare Company.[3]
In 2016, Breckon-Richards starred in a one-woman play at the Pleasance Theatre London called Can You Hear Me Running that was based on her own struggle losing her voice to illness,[4] co-produced by herself.[5][6][7][8][9] In 2019, Breckon-Richards played the role of Bet in The Wind of Heaven, performed at the Finborough Theatre in London.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Breckon-Richards also has a career as a playwright, and has produced multiple works for the stage. In 2017, she wrote Fire blight, which was selected for reading as part of the Arcola Theatre PlayWrought festival.[16] In 2019, Breckon-Richards wrote and put on a play called Four O'Clock Flowers.[17][18][19] The play was later adapted into a feature film by Breckon-Richards.[20]
Breckon-Richard wrote and produced the play The Cloak of visibility which was performed in The Space in 2021.[21][22][23][24]
Television
[edit]Breckon-Richards has portrayed a variety of minor and recurring roles in television. Her first television role was in 1996, where she played Lucy in an episode of The Bill, a British police serial. Breckon-Richards has had various roles in crime fiction, including the role of Angela in Mortimer's Law in 1998, Helen Castle in Midsomer Murders in 2006, Jennifer Wilson in Sherlock in 2010.[3]
Her other work includes roles in medical dramas, soap opera and period dramas, such as her role as Louise Kavanagh in the BBC One Wales show Belonging between the years 2000 and 2001, her roles of Debra Kilbride and Ruth Unsworth in the BBC One series Casualty from 1999 to 2007, her roles of Rebecca and Julia Harrison in EastEnders from 2002 to 2011, 3 roles on the 2000 show Doctors. In 2023, her most recent television role is that of Beattie Jones on Call the Midwife.[3]
Film
[edit]Breckon-Richards made her film debut in 1994 in a short student film titled Virigin Moon, directed by Peter Callow, for whom this film was a directorial debut.[25] In 1996, she portrayed WDC Wendy James in Harpur and Iles.[26] In 1999, Breckon-Richards took on the role of P.C. Edwards in the satirical comedy film Beautiful People, directed by Jasmin Dizdar.[27] She also had a minor role in the 2003 English Civil War film titled To Kill a King, directed by Mike Barker.[27] In the BBC One drama Dirty War directed by Daniel Percival and aired on the 26th September 2004, she played DC Vicky Loman.[27]
From the years 2011 to 2021, Breckon-Richards played in various short films. In 2011, she played in the film Corvus,[28]. In 2014, she played in the short titled Mike[29]. The film was co-produced by the UK Film Festival after winning the 2012 short script competition, and went on to win an award for the best short film at the Berlin International Film Festival.[30][31] In the 2021 science-fiction short film titled Best Self, she played Erica. The film was screened at the Bermondsey Project Space in December of that year.[32]
In 2018, Breckon-Richard played the role of Joanne in the science-fiction film Time Will Tell.[33] She then played the therapist in 2019 British romantic comedy film A Guide to Second Date Sex, alongside George MacKay and Alexandra Roach.
As of August 2023, she has acted in two shorts films, Sorry and Four Evil Deeds, that are yet to be released.[3]
Breckon-Richards also ventured into film writing and production in 2022, with a screen adaptation of her 2019 play Four O'Clock Flowers.[34] The film marked a reunion with director Peter Callow, with whom she had debuted her film career.
Personal life
[edit]Breckon-Richards lost her voice to a rare condition, but she recovered thanks to surgery. She has also run the London Marathon for Shelter UK.[35][36] Breckon-Richards is married to Steven Grihault, a director and educator, and they have two children: Owen and Elliot Grihault.[37]
Filmography
[edit]† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Through The Hawthorn | Jessica/Mum |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Virigin Moon | Sister Aliena | Short |
1996 | Harpur and Iles | WDC Wendy James | TV Movie |
1999 | Beautiful People | P.C. Edwards | |
2003 | To Kill a King | Tom's maid | |
2004 | Dirty War | DC Vicky Loman | TV Movie |
2011 | Corvus | Jean | Short |
2014 | Mike | Mum | Short |
2018 | Time Will Tell | Joanne | |
2021 | Best Self | Erica 'The PA' | Short |
2019 | A Guide to Second Date Sex | Therapist | |
2023 | Sorry † | Emily | Post-production |
2023 | Four Evil Deeds † | The Mum | Pre-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | The Bill | Lucy | Season 12 Episode 40 - "Party Pooper" |
1997 | Underworld | Sandra | Season 1 Episode 3 |
1998 | The Life of Confucius | Chengzai, Woman | |
1998 | Mortimer's Law | Angela | Season 1 Episode 2, Season 1 Episode 4, Season 1 Episode 6 |
1999 | Holby City | Ruth Unsworth | Season 2 Episode 6 - "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" |
2000-2001 | Belonging | Louise Kavanagh | Season 1 Episode 1, Season 2 Episode 2, Season 2 Episode 4, Season 2 Episode 5 |
2001 | Baddiel's Syndrome | Woman Cleaner | Season 1 Episode 9 - "Calligrula" |
2001 | Bedtime | Melissa | Season 1 Episode 4 |
2002 | Foyle's War | Jane Holdsworth | Season 1 Episode 4 - "Eagle Day" |
2006 | Midsomer Murders | Helen Castle | Season 9 Episode 2 - "Dead Letters" |
1999-2007 | Casualty | Ruth Unsworth, Debra Kilbride | Season 14 Episode 17 - "Peace on Earth" (1999), Season 21 Episode 40 - "Communion" (2007) |
2010 | Sherlock | Jennifer Wilson | Season 1 Episode 1 - "A Study in Pink" |
2002-2011 | EastEnders | Rebecca, Julia Harrison | Season 1 Episode 2400 (2002), two episodes aired in 2011 |
2012 | Cuckoo | Kelly | Season 1 Episode 2 - "Family Meeting" |
2019 | Coronation Street | Jacqui | Season 1 Episode 9782 |
2019 | Temple | Lorraine | Season 1 Episode 1, uncredited. TV mini-series. |
2001-2019 | Doctors | Alison Sutton, Karen Redland, Janey Webb | Season 2 Episode 91 - "Baby Be Mine" (2001), Season 8 Episode 85 - "Thicker Than Water" (2006), Season 21 Episode 30 - "Stakes" (2019) |
2020 | We Hunt Together | Denise | Season 1 Episode 5 - 105 |
2023 | Call the Midwife | Beattie Jones | Season 12 Episode 6 |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Wind of Heaven | Bet | Finborough Theatre, London |
2016 | Can You Hear Me Running | One Woman Show | Pleasance Theatre London, London |
2005 | Haunted Hotel | Evelyn Collier | Mercury Theatre, Colchester |
2002 | The Merchant Of Venice | Nerissa & Jessica | Kiklos Teatro |
2000 | Romeo & Juliet | Juliet | English Shakespeare Company, Touring |
1997 | Happy Birthday Brecht | Company member/Various Parts | Royal National Theatre, London. Play written by Di Trevis |
1997 | Northanger Abbey | Eleanor | Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch |
1995 | Under Milk Wood | Gossamer Beynon | Royal National Theatre, London |
1995 | A Little Night Music | Osar/US Petra & Fredrika | Royal National Theatre, London |
1994 | The Sound Of Music | Liesl | West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds |
1994 | The Boys from Syracuse | The Courtesan | Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate |
1993 | Tom Jones | Molly | Mid Wales Touring. |
1993 | Oz | Wicked Witch/ Good Witch | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. Play written by Mike James[38] |
Filmmaking credits
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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2023 | Four O'Clock Flowers | No | Yes | Yes |
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]Works written by Breckon-Richards:
- Can You Hear Me Running (2016)
- Fire blight (2017)
- Four O'Clock Flowers (2019)
- Trace (2019)
- In the Mouth of the River (2020)
- Flyology (2020)
- Cloak of visibility (2021)
Awards and nominations
[edit]Breckon-Richard's movie Four O'Clock Flowers received various accolades. The movie was nominated for the Best Feature Film awards both at the 2022 Wales International Film Festival,[39] and at the 2002 British Urban Film Festival (BUFF).[40] The movie's lead actress, Sophie Cartman, received the award for best actress at the BUFF.[41]
At the 14th edition of the Toronto Women Film Festival, the movie won the Best Film About Women award and the movie's composer, Mari Sainio, received the Best Female Composer award.[42] Breckon-Richards won the award for Best Feature Film of 2022 at the UK Film Festival, an award which she shared with director Peter Callow.[43] Breckon-Richards won the award for Best Produced Script at the 9th edition of the LA Independent Women Film Awards.[44] Breckon-Richards and Callow shared the award for Best Drama at the Worldwide Women's Film Festival, and the cast won the award for Best Ensemble Cast at the same festival.[45]
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