Creator / Louise Jameson

Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Doctor Who companion Leela alongside Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor from 1977-78, a role she has since reprised in audio form for Big Finish.

She also played Rosa di Marco in EastEnders from 1998-2000, and has appearances in many other popular British television shows. She has been also a prolific theatre actress for decades.

Her roles include:

TV

• Z Cars, episode "The Attackers" (1972) — Denise
• Emmerdale:
  • 4 episodes (1973) — Sharon Crossthwaite
  • 57 episodes (2022) — Mary Goskirk
• Doctor Who, 40 episodes / 9 serials^{show list} "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" (1977-78) — Leela
• Tenko, 13 episodes (1981-82) — Blanche Simmons
• Bergerac, 35 episodes (1985-90) — Susan Young
• CASUAL+Y, episodes:
  • "Salvation" (1990) — Judy
  • "Not Waving But Drowning" (1995) — Janet Tolchard
• Children in Need: "Dimensions in Time"^note Doctor Who / Eastenders crossover (1993) — Leela
• EastEnders, 229 episodes (1998-2000) — Rosa di Marco
• The Bill, episodes:
  • "In Chambers" (1991) — Irene Harris
  • "A Time and A Place" - Parts 1 & 2 (2004) — Julie Willets
• Doc Martin, 5 episodes (2011) — Eleanor Glasson
• Holby City, episode "Fault Lines" (2012) — Mary Thorne
• Doctors, episodes:
  • "Sisters" (2006) — Andrea Dodson
  • "When We Were Young" (2010) — Joanna Chippington
  • "A Suburban Affair" (2012) — Shirley Carter
  • "Touched by an Angel" (2015) — Celeste
  • "The Invitation" (2019) — Mrs. Geraldine Woods
• Silent Witness, episodes "Hope": Parts 1 & 2 (2020) — Sue Marshall
• Midsomer Murders, episode "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy" (2021) — Annie Davids

Audio Play

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • Main Range: 2 releases ^{show list} "Zagreus", "Time In Office" (2003-17) — Leela
  • Gallifrey: 32 releases (2004-21) — Leela
  • The Companion Chronicles: 5 releases^{show list} "The Catalyst", "Empathy Games", "The Time Vampire", "The Child", "Dumb Waiter" (2008-18) — Leela / Mrs De Winter^note "Dumb Waiter" only
  • Short Trips: 8 releases^{show list} "Death-Dealer", "Chain Reaction", "The Wondrous Box", "The Old Rogue", "The Ghost Trap", "Black Dog", "The Revisionists", "#HarrySullivan" (2010-19) — Narrator
  • The Lost Stories: 2 releases^{show list} "The Foe From the Future", "The Valley of Death" (2012) — Leela
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures'': 36 releases^{show list} "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", "Zygon Hunt", "The Exxilons", "The Darkness of Glass", "Requiem For The Rocket Men", "Death Match", "Suburban Hell", "The Cloisters of Teror", "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 Thaddeus Nook", "The Primeval Design", "The Dalek Protocol" (2012-21) — Leela
  • Special Releases: 4 releases^{show list} "The Light At The End", "Night of the Stormcrow", "Second Sight", "Collision Course" (2013-19) — Leela
  • Main Range: "Shield of the Jötunn" (2015) — The Völva
  • Philip Hinchcliffe Presents: 5 releases^{show list} "The Ghosts of Gralstead", "The Devil's Armada", "The Genesis Chamber", "The Helm of Awe, "The God of Phantoms" (2014-21) — Leela
  • Novel Adaptations: "Nightshade" (2016) — Mrs Hollins
  • The War Doctor: 3 releases^{show list} "The Lady of Obsidian", "The Enigma Dimension", "The Shadow Squad" (2017-21) — Robo-pilot
  • Ravenous: "Companion Piece" (2019) — Leela
  • The Fifth Doctor Adventures: 3 releases^{show list} "The Garden of Storms", "The Moonrakers", "The People Made of Smoke" (2020) — Leela

• Big Finish Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles: 2 stories^{show list} "Logic", "Escape from Destiny" (2013, 2015) — Pol / Lorana

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