Louise Crawford
Born1973
Queensland, Australia
OccupationActor / Councillor
Websitehttps://www.louisecrawford.com.au/

Louise Crawford (born 1978 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress, who is a Councillor and former Mayor of the City of Port Phillip.[1] Crawford has appeared in many Australian soaps and dramas, including a role as Sgt. Karen Hatzic in primetime drama series City Homicide.[2]

Political career

Crawford is a member of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Crawford is an activist for climate change action and trained with Al Gore in The Climate Reality Project. She was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the seat of Brighton for the 2014 Victorian state election. In 2016, Crawford was elected as a Councillor of the City of Port Phillip, Canal Ward. On 29 Nov 2018 Cr Crawford was elected Deputy Mayor of that council. She also ran for the Australian Senate in the 2019 Australian federal election but was unsuccessful.

Crawford was re-elected as a Councillor for Port Phillip in October 2020, and served as Mayor from 2020 to 2021. Under her leadership the Council faced significant challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Acting and writing career

Crawford first came to notice as "Shelley" Radcliffe in the 1995 Network Ten soap opera Echo Point. In 1996, she temporarily stood in for actress Tempany Deckert in the role of Selina Roberts on Home and Away, while Deckert recovered from illness.[3] In 1998–99, Crawford appeared in Breakers, a short-lived soap opera series which aired on Network Ten, as Lucy Hill. She also appeared on Neighbours as Abby Stafford in 2007 and as Detective Ellen Crabb in 2013, reprising the role again in 2016.

She also appeared in Forget The Rules, a cross-platform "dramedy" series which appeared on Foxtel's Channel V, but could also be watched on the Internet and on mobile phones.[4][5] and hosted the "reality" series Scream Test. Additionally, she appeared as a regular panellist on Beauty and the Beast, and has dabbled as a scriptwriter, writing episodes of Breakers and Home and Away.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Superwog Soft Nurse 1 episode
2016-2017Nowhere BoysKatrina(4 episodes)
2013, 2016–17NeighboursEllen CrabbRecurring Role
2014Upper Middle BoganHostess(1 episode)
2012John DoeLeah
Who Wants To Be A Terrorist!Reporter at Bomb Site
2011RushSusie(1 episode)
Killing TimeSally Fraser(5 episode)
SidekickConnie(short)
2010OffspringTammy(1 episode)
2008The TumblerJen
2007City HomicideSgt. Karen Hatzic(series regular - 29 episodes, 2007 - 2010)
NeighboursAbby Stafford(8 episodes)
2005Last Man StandingSpunky Girl(1 episodes)
Forget The RulesLisa Jones(series regular)
2004The Mystery of Natalie WoodWaitress(TV Movie)
Love in the First DegreeBox Office Manager
2003FarscapeSecond Prisoner(1 episode)
2002BeastMasterLycia
The Hard WordWaitress
2001Scream TestSeries Host(as Louise Crawford)
BeastMasterLycia
2000All SaintsLynette Newman
1998BreakersLucy Hill(series regular)
1996Home and AwaySelina Roberts(Temporary replacement)
Beauty and the BeastSeries Host(as Louise Crawford)
1995Echo PointShelley Radcliffe(series regular)
1994Time TraxJudy(1 episode)

Writer

YearTitleNotes
1998Breakers
1996Home and Away

References

  1. ↑ City of Port Phillip website, accessed 12 November 2020
  2. ↑ http://tvnz.co.nz/content/1949214 Louise Crawford as Karen Hatzic TVNZ
  3. ↑ Matthewman, Scott: They say she's the same, but she's not the same Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Stage, 8 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Ziffer, Daniel: Dial M for mobile movies, The Age, 17 October 2005.
  5. ↑ Cubby, Ben: Dial a drama, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 2005.



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