Louisa Krause

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Louisa Krause
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Krause at South by Southwest, 2015
Born
Louisa Noel Krause

(1986-05-20) May 20, 1986 (age 37)
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Louisa Noel Krause (born May 20, 1986) is an American actress. After studying drama in college, she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions while also appearing in episodes of New York-based network television series. Her first film role was in The Babysitters (2007). In 2017, she appeared in the lead role of Anna Garner in the television series The Girlfriend Experience .

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Early life

Krause was born May 20, 1986 in Falls Church, Virginia. [1] Her father is of half-Japanese descent (from Okinawa, Japan) [1] and her mother is American. She has a younger brother, Nathaniel, who is a director. At a young age, she studied dance at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington D.C. Once she entered high school, dance took a backseat when she started performing in a variety of plays and musicals, including Side Show as Violet Hilton, Gypsy as Mama Rose, and Equus as Dora Strang. After high school, she enrolled in the Carnegie Mellon Drama School. Soon after, she felt she was ready to start her professional acting career, and earned her Equity card by performing in a summer-stock production of Aida . [2]

Career

Krause began her career in theatre, appearing in numerous off-Broadway productions. In 2006, she appeared in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses . In 2007, she starred in the Signature Theatre Company's production of Iphigenia 2.o, in the lead role of Iphigenia. That same year, she starred in the world premiere of In a Dark Dark House , at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, June 7 – July 7, 2007. [3] She has continued working on stage, appearing in 2013 as Rose in the world premiere of Annie Baker's The Flick at Playwrights Horizons, a role she reprised two years later at the Barrow Street Theatre [3] and later the National Theatre.

Her first film credits came in 2007 with supporting roles in The Speed of Life and The Babysitters . In 2009, she appeared in Taking Woodstock and Toe to Toe. [4] She is known for her work in independent cinema and has appeared in several short films. Krause gained more prominence with a role in the 2011 feature film Young Adult; her comedic scene as the ennuied clerk at the hotel where Charlize Theron's character stays was included in the trailer and TV spots for the film. She also appeared as a cult member in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene, with which she became involved through her work with the Sundance Film Festival. [5]

In 2012, Krause had a role in the film Return, and the lead role in the independent film King Kelly , which opened at South by Southwest. [6] In 2012 she filmed a supporting role in the indie film Bluebird , released in 2015. She also has a supporting role in the 2014 independent film The Mend , which premiered at South by Southwest.

Krause has appeared in several television roles, including in the Law & Order episode "Angelgrove" in 2008 as Brenda Tannerman, in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Loyalty: Part 1" in 2010 as Jolie, and in Blue Bloods in the 2011 episode "Silver Star" as Kimberly. In 2017, she played Anna Carr/Garner, one of the lead roles in the second season of the anthology television series The Girlfriend Experience .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007The Speed of LifeJule
2007 The Babysitters Brenda Woodberg [7]
2008CommunionDollyShort film [8]
2009 Taking Woodstock Hippie Girl [8]
2009Toe to ToeJesse
2011The Disarticulation of Sarah DannerSarah DannerShort film
2011Dog HairShort film
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Zoe [8]
2011 Return Shannon [8]
2011 Young Adult Front Desk Girl [8]
2012 King Kelly Kelly [8]
2012Double or NothingBeccaShort film [8]
2012Number NineShort film
2013 Bluebird Marla [8]
2014 The Mend Elinor [8]
2014 The Heart Machine Jessica [8]
2014 Gabriel Sarah [9]
2015 Bare Lucille Jacobs [8]
2015 Ava's Possessions Ava [8]
2015 The Abandoned Julia Streak [8]
2015 Jane Wants a Boyfriend Jane [8]
2016 Donald Cried Kristin [8]
2016 The Phenom Candace Cassidy [8]
2016 Dog Eat Dog Zoe [8]
2016 My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea Gretchen [8]
2017 Woman Walks Ahead Loretta [8]
2017 The Super Beverly [8]
2017 New Money Debbie Tisdale [8]
2018 Skin April
2019You Can't WinIrish Annie
2019 Dark Waters Karla
2021 Cryptozoo Amber
2021 Here Today Carrie [10]
2023 The Dive May [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008 Law & Order Brenda TannermanEpisode: "Angelgrove"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent JolieEpisode: "Loyalty: Part 1"
2011 Blue Bloods KimberlyEpisode: "Silver Star"
2016–2018 Billions Lu7 episodes
2017 The Girlfriend Experience Anna Carr / GarnerSeason 2; main cast
2019 Ray Donovan LibertySeason 7; recurring
2022 The Equalizer RaeEpisode "Somewhere Over the Hudson"
2023 Barry "Sally Reed" actor"wow"

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