Louise Ironside

Louise Ironside was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied drama at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (now The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

Her 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]