Louise Marwood


Louise Marwood is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for playing Chrissie White in ITV soap Emmerdale from 2014 to 2018.

Early life

Marwood was born on 13 March 1979 in Bristol, England as Louise Howells. She trained at the Oxford School of Drama.

Career

Early work

Acting under the name of Louise Howells, she appeared in various television programmes including Waking the Dead and . She also appeared as part of sketch show Comedy Bitch until 2010.

''Emmerdale''

On 4 October 2014, Marwood was cast in the role of Chrissie White in the ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, the fiancée of established and returning character Robert Sugden, played by Ryan Hawley respectively. She was also introduced as part of a new Emmerdale fictional family, the White family. Chrissie arrived in the village with her fiancé Robert, her father Lawrence White and her son Lachlan White. Marwood made a previously unannounced departure from Emmerdale on 11 January 2018, after her character was killed-off in a car accident. She appeared in 459 episodes.

Personal life

Marwood was raised in Bristol, England, under the name of Howells.