LOUISE KIM SALTER
“Living my dream as an actor continues to lead me to myself; I thrive on deep convos with interesting people whilst archiving my inner thoughts, growth spurts, and the unfolding of my life as an artist.”
Louise Kim Salter is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, and artist working across screen, stage, documentary, and immersive performance. Her work is rooted in an ongoing exploration of the human experience in all its forms, often told through unexpected or emotionally charged perspectives.
In 2025, she stepped into her most significant roles to date—leading in the supernatural thriller feature film Darker Days, opposite Tom Durant Pritchard (Andor, Miss Scarlet, The Forsytes), and performing Reverie: The Haunted, an Arts Council-funded one-woman show that toured Cambridge Junction, St George’s Theatre, and the (allegedly haunted) Peterborough Museum.
Louise began her journey in 2012 with no industry connections, no formal drama school, and no roadmap—just a deep love for the craft and a script in her hands. She trained under Olivier Award-winning director Rebecca Frecknall at the National Youth Theatre and went on to complete an MA with Distinction in Filmmaking at Raindance.
Louise first gained recognition for her lead performances in Butterfly (part of Girl Feels: Into the Blue on Amazon Prime) and the sci-fi short How to be Human, which was based on her original concept. The film screened at major festivals including Encounters, Sitges, and Raindance, won multiple awards (including Best Film at Miami SciFi), and earned her the Best Actress award alongside Scottish BAFTA-winner Sophie Kennedy Clark. The founder of the British Independent Film Awards called it “a film that can change the world.”
Alongside her creative work, Louise is passionate about mentoring the next generation of storytellers. She teaches postgraduate students on the Writing for Performance and Creative Writing MSt courses at the University of Cambridge, and on the Raindance Masters programme—supporting actors, writers, and filmmakers who want to create their own opportunities, just as she has done throughout her career.