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Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951[1]) 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), The Omega Factor (as Dr. Anne Reynolds), Tenko (as Blanche Simmons), Bergerac (as Susan Young) and EastEnders (as Rosa di Marco). 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 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with her successor on Doctor Who, Mary Tamm, and spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, and Blithe Spirit. Other stage appearances include the first production of Passion Play.
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.
In 2013, she partnered up with Frazer Hines in the Doctor Who edition of Pointless Celebrities. In 2015, she appeared in the annual Christmas special of the show partnered with Colin Baker. Five years later, she went on the show again (in a Sci-Fi edition), this time partnered with Matthew Waterhouse.
Personal life[]
She is married to actor David Warwick. She was also the former partner of Timelash guest actor Robert Ashby. (DCOM: In Conversation)
In the DWU[]
Louise Jameson portrayed herself in the webcast Home Assistant, of which she was the main protagonist.
Actor Credits[]
As Leela
Television[]
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[]
Webcasts[]
The Collection[]
Audio[]
Doctor Who Main Range[]
Special Releases[]
The Lost Stories[]
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
- Ice Heist!
- Antillia the Lost
- The Wizard of Time
- The Friendly Invasion
- Stone Cold
- The Ghost of Margaret
Philip Hinchcliffe Presents[]
Dalek Universe[]
The Fifth Doctor Adventures[]
Ravenous 3[]
The War Doctor[]
Tenth Doctor Classic Companions[]
Classic Doctors, New Monsters[]
The Companion Chronicles[]
Short Trips[]
- Death-Dealer
- Chain Reaction - narrator
- The Wondrous Box - narrator
- The Old Rogue - narrator
- The Ghost Trap
- Black Dog
- The Revisionists
- #HarrySullivan - narrator
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[]
Gallifrey: War Room[]
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[]
Other Roles
Direct-to-Video[]
P.R.O.B.E.[]
Webcasts[]
The Collection[]
Audio[]
Doctor Who Main Range[]
- Zagreus - Rassilon
- Shield of the Jötunn - The Völva
Novel Adaptations[]
The Ninth Doctor Adventures[]
The War Doctor Begins[]
- The Shadow Squad - Robo-pilot
- Temmosus - Soldier (uncredited)
- Rewind - Jeneca Abel
The Companion Chronicles[]
Doctor Who Unbound[]
- Who Am I? - Leela
Jago & Litefoot[]
The Robots[]
Torchwood[]
Audiobook Readings[]
Target Novelisations[]
- 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
- The Romans
Doctor Who Audio Annuals[]
The Amazing World of Doctor Who[]
Dalek Audio Annuals[]
Iris Wildthyme and Friends[]
Time Hunter Novels[]
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
- Behind the Sofa
- Inside the Lighthouse
- In Conversation
- Darkness & Light
- Companion Piece (archive footage)
- Remembering Deborah Watling
- Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Audio commentary[]
- The Talons of Weng-Chiang
- Horror of Fang Rock
- The Invasion of Time
- The Invisible Enemy
- Image of the Fendahl
- Underworld
- The Sun Makers
- The Robots of Death (Special Edition)
- The Face of Evil
Other[]
Director Credits[]
Doctor Who Main Range[]
The War Doctor Begins[]
The Companion Chronicles[]
The Robots[]
The Eighth of March[]
Writer Credits[]
The Fourth Doctor Adventures[]
- The Abandoned - with Nigel Fairs