‏Louise Linton‏

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Louise had her first title role on stage at age six. While attending boarding school at Fettes College, she attended the Edinburgh Drama Academy and later earned the Honors Certificate from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. After graduating she volunteered in Zambia for five months during the Second Congolese War and wrote a book about her experience. The book, titled "In Congo's Shadow" was released on May 10th, 2016.Louise has a B.A. in Journalism and a Juris Doctorate in Law. After graduating law school in October 2012, she formed Stormchaser Films, an independent motion picture production company focused on script and I.P. acquisition, development and film finance. The company's first feature "Intruder" will be released in theaters by IFC Midnight on June 24th, 2016. The company has three additional titles in post production with 2017 release dates and a dozen more titles in production and development.Louise currently serves on the Board of Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the Board of Trustees for Fettes College in Edinburgh. She was an Ambassador for Erskine Wounded Warriors Scotland (2010 - 2013); an Ambassador for the Scottish Butterfly Trust for Cystic Fibrosis (2013 - present); and Ambassador for Mutt Match LA Animal Rescue (2009 - present). She has fostered and rehabilitated several homeless dogs.She is a passionate campaigner against game poaching in Africa and is a strong supporter of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for elephants and Ol Jogi in Kenya which serves to rehabilitate and protect black and white Rhinos from poaching and extinction.In 2014, Louise became the inaugural Brand Ambassador for handbag and leather goods company, Dunmore Scotland. Their collaboration, "The Linton Collection" features a series of bottle-green leather bags.Her acting in film and television began once she acquired her US Green-card in 2006. She featured in some small independent films and in 2007 Robert Redford cast her in a small role in the United Artists film, 'Lions for Lambs', starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep. She then filmed the Roy Lee horror film, 'The Echo' with Jesse Bradford and Amelia Warner. She then filmed a role in the indie comedy 'Screwball'. Following this, she filmed detective smash hit, 'Cold Case' and soon thereafter, a small role in Lionsgate's, 'Crew 2 Crew' in Rome. In 2009, she was honored at the Scottish Style Awards as the country's Most Stylish Woman.Louise's first lead role was in the 2011 sci-fi, 'Scavengers' opposite Sean Patrick Flanery. This was her first collaboration with director, Travis Z with whom she has gone on to collaborate on several other features including 'Intruder', 'Cabin Fever Reboot' and the horror film, 'The Midnight Man'.In 2011 she featured in the comedy, 'She Wants Me' opposite Charlie Sheen, Josh Gad, and Hillary Duff. She then filmed 'The Power of Few' starring Christopher Walken and Christian Slater in Louisiana playing a drug addicted woman with a young son. In Spring 2011, Louise filmed the Lifetime movie, 'William & Kate' about the Royal couple. After this she spent the summer on stage in New York starring in the Off Broadway show, 'Manipulation' at the Cherry Lane Theater. Louise then traveled to Alabama to shoot Hallmark Hall of Fame's Award Winning Feature, 'A Smile As Big As The Moon', starring John Corbett. In summer 2013, Louise filmed her second lead role in the spine-tingling psychological thriller, 'Intruder' opposite MOBY, and John Robinson. This was also the first title under her production banner, Stormchaser Films.Following this, she shot the female lead in the romcom, 'Serial Dater's Anonymous' (2017) opposite Sam Page (House of Cards, Mad Men, Gossip Girl).Last year Louise filmed a supporting role in Warren Beatty's much-anticipated, 'Howard Hughes biopic' as Betty, a young starlet under contract to Hughes' film studio. The film was written, directed and stars Warren Beatty alongside Lily Collins, Annette Benning, Martin Sheen, Matthew Broderick, Chase Crawford, and Alec Baldwin.Following this, Linton filmed the iconic role of Deputy Winston in Eli Roth's 'Cabin Fever: Reboot' directed by Travis Z.She also appeared in the LA Crime thriller, Odious (2017) which she also executive produced.This year she is starring in action-adventure film, "The Field" which films in Ontario, Canada in August. In November, she films the title role in the period drama, "Shadows on the Grass" penned by Emmy Award winning writer, Rodney Vacarro and directed by Academy Award Nominated director, Yan England.Louise can be seen on the covers of, 'I-On' Magazine, 'The Herald' Magazine, 'Seven Days' Magazine, 'Core' Magazine, 'Your Life' Magazine, and 'Scottish Woman'.She is completing her pilot's license.