Spouse(s) Simon Lawson (m. 2013) Name Loui Batley | Role Actress | |
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Full Name Louie Anne Batley Similar People Zoe Lister, Lena Kaur, Carley Stenson, Guy Burnet, Emma Rigby | ||
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Louie Anne Batley (born 2 January 1987 in Chorley, Lancashire) is an English actress, singer and dancer best known for her role in Hollyoaks as Sarah Barnes. She attended Rivington Primary School and Westholme Upper School in 1998 to 1999, but left due to dance commitments.
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Career
Batley had minor roles prior to her role in Hollyoaks, including a part as Angus Deayton's young girlfriend in the second series of Julia Davis' award winning black comedy Nighty Night.
She played the role of Sarah Barnes on Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She played the role from 2005 until 2009.
Loui was due to appear in the second series of the BBC show Just the Two of Us, but was dropped after her professional singing partner Russell Watson quit the show due to health problems. She also performed the opening act/song on 2007's BBC Children in Need, along with co-stars Kevin Sacre, Gerard McCarthy and Summer Strallen.
She currently sings in the band Verity and Violet alongside her friend, Jessica Dolman.
Awards
1st Place
2003
Personal life
Batley and Simon Lawson, who played Simon Crosby in Hollyoaks, have set up an acting workshop for up and coming talent. In 2009 they took on the lease of a public house, the Princess Victoria, in London's Earls Court Road. It was announced via Verity and Violet's Twitter account that Batley and Lawson had got married in July 2013.
Her brother, Tobias Batley, is a professional ballet dancer.