Louise Jameson

Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951 ) played Leela, the leather-clad warrior companion of the Fourth Doctor, from The Face of Evil to The Invasion of Time. She later reprised the role for the anniversary special, Dimensions in Time, and for several Big Finish Productions audio adventures.

She has also appeared as Patricia Haggard in four direct-to-video adventures of the investigating organisation P.R.O.B.E., with Caroline John as Liz Shaw.

Jameson has also appeared on Emmerdale (as Sharon Crossthwaite), (as Dr. Anne Reynolds),  (as Blanche Simmons), Bergerac (as Susan Young) and EastEnders (as ). Fellow EastEnders cast member Leslie Grantham, who appeared in Resurrection of the Daleks, has credited Jameson with inspiring him to pursue a career in drama while he was serving time in prison.

Jameson attended the with her successor on Doctor Who, Mary Tamm, and spent two years with the, performing in Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, and Blithe Spirit. Other stage appearances include the first production of.

In the early 1980s, Jameson modelled for photographs for one of Lalla Ward's knitting books, wearing some of Ward's designs.

Louise is the subject of MJTV's The Actor Speaks Volume 5, in which she discusses herself, her acting career and the various roles in which she has appeared.

She is married to actor David Warwick.

In 2013, she partnered up with Frazer Hines in the Doctor Who edition of Pointless Celebrities. Seven years later, she went on the show again (in a Sci-Fi edition), this time partnered with Matthew Waterhouse.

In the DWU
Louise Jameson portrayed herself in the webcast Home Assistant, of which she was the main protagonist.

Actor Credits
As Leela

Doctor Who

 * The Face of Evil
 * The Robots of Death
 * The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * Horror of Fang Rock
 * The Invisible Enemy
 * Image of the Fendahl
 * The Sun Makers
 * Underworld
 * The Invasion of Time

Mini-episodes

 * Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who Main Range

 * Zagreus
 * Time in Office

Special Releases

 * The Light at the End
 * Night of the Stormcrow
 * The Worlds of Doctor Who
 * Second Sight
 * The Legacy of Time
 * Prequel
 * Collision Course

The Lost Stories

 * The Foe from the Future
 * The Valley of Death

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

 * Destination: Nerva
 * The Renaissance Man
 * The Wrath of the Iceni
 * Energy of the Daleks
 * Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure
 * The King of Sontar
 * White Ghosts
 * The Crooked Man
 * The Evil One
 * Last of the Colophon
 * Destroy the Infinite
 * The Abandoned (also writer)
 * Zygon Hunt
 * The Exxilons
 * The Darkness of Glass
 * Requiem for the Rocket Men
 * Death Match
 * Suburban Hell
 * The Cloisters of Terror
 * The Fate of Krelos / Return to Telos
 * The Sons of Kaldor
 * The Crowmarsh Experiment
 * The Mind Runners / The Demon Rises
 * The Shadow of London
 * The Bad Penny
 * Kill the Doctor! / The Age of Sutekh
 * Shadow of the Sun
 * The World Traders
 * The Day of the Comet
 * The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook
 * The Primeval Design

Philip Hinchcliffe Presents

 * The Ghosts of Gralstead
 * The Devil's Armada
 * The Genesis Chamber
 * The Helm of Awe
 * The God of Phantoms

Dalek Universe

 * The Dalek Protocol

The Fifth Doctor Adventures

 * Wicked Sisters
 * The Garden of Storms
 * The Moonrakers
 * The People Made of Smoke

Ravenous 3

 * Companion Piece

The War Doctor

 * The Lady of Obsidian
 * The Enigma Dimension
 * The Abyss

Tenth Doctor Classic Companions

 * Splinters

Classic Doctors, New Monsters

 * The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much

The Companion Chronicles

 * The Catalyst
 * Empathy Games
 * The Time Vampire
 * The Child
 * Dumb Waiter

Short Trips

 * Death-Dealer
 * Chain Reaction
 * The Wondrous Box
 * The Old Rogue
 * The Ghost Trap
 * Black Dog
 * The Revisionists
 * #HarrySullivan

Gallifrey

 * Weapon of Choice
 * Square One
 * The Inquiry
 * A Blind Eye
 * Lies
 * Spirit
 * Pandora
 * Insurgency
 * Imperiatrix
 * Fractures
 * Warfare
 * Appropriation
 * Mindbomb
 * Panacea
 * Reborn
 * Disassembled
 * Annihilation
 * Forever
 * Emancipation
 * Evolution
 * Arbitration
 * Extermination
 * Renaissance
 * Ascension
 * Enemy Lines

Gallifrey: Time War

 * Time War: Volume One
 * Celestial Intervention
 * The Devil You Know
 * Time War: Volume Three
 * Mother Tongue
 * Unity
 * Time War: Volume Four
 * Deception
 * Beyond
 * Homecoming

Gallifrey: War Room

 * Alleginace
 * The Last Days of Freme
 * The Passenger
 * Collateral Victim
 * The First Days of Phaidon

Jago & Litefoot

 * The Ruthven Inheritance
 * Dead Men's Tales
 * The Man at the End of the Garden
 * Swan Song
 * Chronoclasm
 * Jago in Love
 * Beautiful Things
 * The Lonely Clock
 * The Hourglass Killers
 * Jago & Litefoot Forever

The Eighth of March

 * Emancipation

Other Roles

P.R.O.B.E.
As Patricia Haggard
 * The Zero Imperative
 * The Devil of Winterborne
 * Unnatural Selection
 * Ghosts of Winterborne

The Collection

 * Home Assistant - Louise Jameson

Doctor Who Main Range

 * Zagreus - Rassilon
 * Shield of the Jötunn - The Völva

Novel Adaptations

 * Nightshade - Mrs Hollins

The War Doctor

 * The Shadow Squad - Robo-pilot

The Companion Chronicles

 * Dumb Waiter - Mrs De Winter

Doctor Who Unbound

 * Who Am I? - Leela

Jago & Litefoot

 * The Night of 1000 Stars - "Leela"

The Robots

 * A Matter of Conscience - SV86

Torchwood

 * The Victorian Age - Emily

Target novelisations

 * Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
 * Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock
 * Doctor Who and the Robots of Death
 * Doctor Who and the Sunmakers
 * Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl
 * Doctor Who and the Underworld
 * Doctor Who and the Face of Evil

Doctor Who Audio Annuals

 * The Crocodiles from the Mist
 * The Planet of Dust
 * Famine on Planet X (with Dan Starkey)

Dalek Audio Annuals

 * Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!
 * The Doomsday Machine
 * The Planet That Cried "Wolf!"

Iris Wildthyme and Friends

 * Fellowship of Ink
 * 666 Charing Cross Road

Time Hunter Novels

 * The Winning Side

Documentary

 * Doctor Who's Who's Who
 * The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
 * K9 Unleashed
 * The Story of Doctor Who
 * I Get a Side-Kick Out of You
 * A Matter of Time
 * Dreams and Fantasy
 * Out of Time
 * After Image
 * The Last Hurrah
 * Running from the Taxman
 * The Sandmine Murders
 * Girls! Girls! Girls!
 * Into the Wild
 * The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor
 * Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Other

 * Children in Need 1985
 * Pointless Celebrities: Doctor Who Special
 * The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Doctor Who Main Range

 * Shield of the Jötunn

The War Doctor

 * Forged in Fire
 * Light the Flame
 * Lion Hearts
 * The Shadow Squad
 * Warbringer
 * Consequences
 * Destroyer
 * Saviour
 * Battlegrounds
 * The Keeper of Light
 * Temmosus
 * Rewind
 * He Who Fights With Monsters
 * The Mission
 * The Abyss
 * The Horror

The Companion Chronicles

 * Ghost in the Machine

The Robots

 * The Mystery of Sector 13
 * A Matter of Conscience

The Eighth of March

 * Stolen Futures

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

 * The Abandoned (with Nigel Fairs)