Louise Ironside

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Louise Ironside
Born
Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, actress

Louise Ironside is a Scottish screenwriter and actress.

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Early life and education

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

Career

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]

TV Writing credits

ProductionNotesBroadcaster
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 Atlantic Canal+
Call The Midwife 4 episodes (2017-2019) BBC One
Shetland 1 episode (2018) BBC One
The Split 1 episode (2018) BBC One
Deep Water2 episodes (2018) ITV
Grantchester 2 episodes (2021-2022) ITV
Marie Antoinette 2 episodes (2022) BBC Two

Awards and nominations

TV

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2012 BAFTA Scotland Best WriterLip 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

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References

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  3. "The 1990s | The Lyceum | Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh". lyceum.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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  5. "Europe - Playwright Encyclopedia". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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  7. "'Call the Midwife is about working women. There's no bloke telling them what to do'". HeraldScotland. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. "BBC - River City writer Louise Ironside scoops prestigious Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
  10. Lip Service Series 2, Episode 5 at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg