---
name: "Louise McCarthy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louise-mccarthy-1585773"
fi1m_id: "louise-mccarthy-1585773"
tmdb_id: 1585773
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:06:03.536652+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Louise McCarthy

## Identity

Louise McCarthy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louise-mccarthy-1585773
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louise-mccarthy-1585773
- **TMDB ID:** 1585773
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1585773

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1585773

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wild Rose*](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md) (82)

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## Biography

Louise McCarthy is a Scottish actor, writer and producer working in television, film and theatre.

Her screen credits include the role of Amanda in the film *Wild Rose* (2018), DC Andrea McGill in the BBC Scotland series *Scot Squad* (2014–2023), and Colette Scott in *The Scotts* (2021–2023). She has also appeared in *In Plain Sight* (2016) and contributed as a writer to several BBC comedy productions.

On stage she has performed in productions for the National Theatre of Scotland, including *The Steamie* (in which she later took a different role for the 2026 tour), *Mamma Mia!* in the West End, and *Wild Rose* at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2017 CATS Awards for *Cuttin’ A Rug* at the Citizens Theatre and co-writes and produces the comedy stage shows *The Dolls*.

*Sources: imdb.com, nationaltheatrescotland.com, dundeerep.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wild Rose* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Amanda — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stevens & McCarthy* (2024), series, Writer, Creator
- *Queen of the New Year 2023* (2023), as Additional Writing
- *The Scotts* (2021), series, as Colette Scott
- *Scotland Unsolved* (2019), series, as D.C. Andrea McGill
- *Wild Rose* (2019), as Amanda — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2016), series, as Babs
- *Two Doors Down* (2016), series, as Nurse
- *Scot Squad* (2014), series, as DC Andrea McGill, Angie McEwan

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