Louise Ironside is a Scottish screenwriter and actress.
Louise Ironside | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, actress |
Early life and education
editLouise Ironside was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied drama at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (now The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).
Career
editHer acting career began in the 1990s, working both in TV and theatre.[1] Notable roles include: Caroline Lewis[2] in Channel 4s Brookside, Ophelia[3] in Hamlet, for the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh and Adele[4] in the World Premiere of David Greig's Europe[5] at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (1994).
During this time, Ironside began writing for several small production houses in and around Edinburgh. This early work includes Risk for the Grassmarket Project, and The Homemade Child and The Little Lady From The Lucky Star both for Lung Ha's Theatre Company,[6] and Trade for Oxygen House.[7]
In 2000 she served as Writer In Residence at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Work writing for BBC Radio followed, including: Kitty Elizabeth Must Die for 'The Wire' on Radio 3 and John Glenn Stole My Spacesuit for Radio 4.
She would then embark upon a highly successful screenwriting career, beginning with writing multiple episodes for the long-running Scottish drama River City'.[8] Since then, she has written for many other popular television series, such as Law & Order: UK, Call The Midwife, Shetland, Waterloo Road, Lip Service, Deep Water, The Tunnel and The Split.[9]
TV Writing credits
edit| Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|
| River City | 22 episodes (2004-2014) | BBC One |
| Waterloo Road | 4 episodes (2009–2010) | BBC One |
| Lip Service | 1 episode (2012) | BBC Three |
| Law & Order: UK | 1 episode (2014) | ITV |
| The Tunnel | 2 episodes (2016-2017) | Sky AtlanticCanal+ |
| Call The Midwife | 4 episodes (2017-2019) | BBC One |
| Shetland | 1 episode (2018) | BBC One |
| The Split | 1 episode (2018) | BBC One |
| Deep Water | 2 episodes (2018) | ITV |
| Grantchester | 2 episodes (2021-2022) | ITV |
| Marie Antoinette | 2 episodes (2022) | BBC Two |
Awards and nominations
editTV
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | BAFTA Scotland | Best Writer | Lip Service (Series 2. Episode 5)[10] | Nominated |
| 2016 | Writer's Guild Of Great Britain | Best Long Running TV Series | River City (Series 13. Episode 8) | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Career Close-Up: Screenwriting with Louise Ironside". www.bafta.org. 22 May 2014.
- ^ TV.com. "Brookside: A Hard Time". TV.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "The 1990s | The Lyceum | Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh". lyceum.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "Europe - Scottish plays - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "Europe - Playwright Encyclopedia". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "Overview - The Little Lady From A Lucky Star". Lung Ha Theatre Company. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "'Call the Midwife is about working women. There's no bloke telling them what to do'". HeraldScotland. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "BBC - River City writer Louise Ironside scoops prestigious Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
- ^ Lip Service Series 2, Episode 5 at IMDb