Louise Crawford | |
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Born | 1973 Queensland, Australia |
Occupation | Actor / Councillor |
Website | https://www.louisecrawford.com.au/ |
Louise Crawford (born 1978 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress, who is a councillor and former mayor of the City of Port Phillip. [1] Crawford has appeared in many Australian soaps and dramas, including a role as Sgt. Karen Hatzic in primetime drama series City Homicide . [2]
Crawford is a member of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Crawford is an activist for climate change action and trained with Al Gore in The Climate Reality Project. She was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the seat of Brighton for the 2014 Victorian state election. In 2016, Crawford was elected as a Councillor of the City of Port Phillip, Canal Ward. On 29 Nov 2018 Cr Crawford was elected Deputy Mayor of that council. She also ran for the Australian Senate in the 2019 Australian federal election but was unsuccessful.
Crawford was re-elected as a Councillor for Port Phillip in October 2020, and served as Mayor from 2020 to 2021. Under her leadership the Council faced significant challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crawford first came to notice as "Shelley" Radcliffe in the 1995 Network Ten soap opera Echo Point . In 1996, she temporarily stood in for actress Tempany Deckert in the role of Selina Roberts on Home and Away , while Deckert recovered from illness. [3] In 1998–99, Crawford appeared in Breakers , a short-lived soap opera series which aired on Network Ten, as Lucy Hill. She also appeared on Neighbours as Abby Stafford in 2007 and as Detective Ellen Crabb in 2013, reprising the role again in 2016.
She also appeared in Forget The Rules , a cross-platform "dramedy" series which appeared on Foxtel's Channel V, but could also be watched on the Internet and on mobile phones. [4] [5] and hosted the "reality" series Scream Test. Additionally, she appeared as a regular panellist on Beauty and the Beast , and has dabbled as a scriptwriter, writing episodes of Breakers and Home and Away.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Superwog | Soft Nurse | 1 episode |
2016-2017 | Nowhere Boys | Katrina | (4 episodes) |
2013, 2016–17 | Neighbours | Ellen Crabb | Recurring Role |
2014 | Upper Middle Bogan | Hostess | (1 episode) |
2012 | John Doe | Leah | |
Who Wants To Be A Terrorist! | Reporter at Bomb Site | ||
2011 | Rush | Susie | (1 episode) |
Killing Time | Sally Fraser | (5 episode) | |
Sidekick | Connie | (short) | |
2010 | Offspring | Tammy | (1 episode) |
2008 | The Tumbler | Jen | |
2007 | City Homicide | Sgt. Karen Hatzic | (series regular - 29 episodes, 2007 - 2010) |
Neighbours | Abby Stafford | (8 episodes) | |
2005 | Last Man Standing | Spunky Girl | (1 episodes) |
Forget The Rules | Lisa Jones | (series regular) | |
2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Waitress | (TV Movie) |
Love in the First Degree | Box Office Manager | ||
2003 | Farscape | Second Prisoner | (1 episode) |
2002 | BeastMaster | Lycia | |
The Hard Word | Waitress | ||
2001 | Scream Test | Series Host | (as Louise Crawford) |
BeastMaster | Lycia | ||
2000 | All Saints | Lynette Newman | |
1998 | Breakers | Lucy Hill | (series regular) |
1996 | Home and Away | Selina Roberts | (Temporary replacement) |
Beauty and the Beast | Series Host | (as Louise Crawford) | |
1995 | Echo Point | Shelley Radcliffe | (series regular) |
1994 | Time Trax | Judy | (1 episode) |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1998 | Breakers | |
1996 | Home and Away |
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