“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. A course tutor and mentor for writers and creatives at University of Cambridge on the Writing for Performance, Creative Writing MSt and Raindance Film School. An artist first, she sees creativity as an opportunity to deepen our connection to ourselves and each other.
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 desire to live her dream. 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.”
In 2025, Louise 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 play with a sold-out show at Cambridge Junction.
Alongside her own creative work, Louise is passionate about showing others that they too can live fulfilling creative lives. In addition to tutoring at the University of Cambridge, she guides actors, writers, and anyone with an open mind willing to connect more deeply with themselves through the practice of creativity.