Jumat, 01 Juni 2012

Actress Louise Michelle taking after her mother Vicki

Actress Louise Michelle taking after her mother Vicki

By Nicole Lampert

PUBLISHED: 18:01 EST, 31 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:32 EST, 1 June 2012

When Louise Michelle decided she wanted to be an actress, her mother was completely against it. 

‘She tried to talk me out of it, she told me how insecure it is and how hard it can be but it has all I have ever wanted to do,’ recalls the young star.

‘In the end, we made a compromise â€" I stayed at school and got my A-levels and then I went to drama school.’ 

Her mother knew more than most about the highs and lows of the acting world; after struggling in the business for several years, she gave it up to launch her own employment agency, until she got a call asking her to audition for one last role.

In the family: Actress Louise Michelle is following in her mother's footsteps

In the family: Actress Louise Michelle is following in her mother's footsteps

Vicki Michelle is still best known for that role â€" of the iconic sexy French waitress Yvette in comedy ’Allo ’Allo. She hasn’t stopped working since.

Louise is the image of her mother; adorable upturned nose, voluptuous figure and cheeky smile. Like her mother, her forte is comedy and musical theatre. And now she is getting her chance to shine. 

The 22-year-old actress already has a role in what is likely to be the biggest British comedy of the year, a film adaptation of Ray Cooney’s hit play Run For Your Wife, due out in September.

Among her co-stars are the cream of British talent including Dame Judi Dench, Richard Briers, Maureen Lipman, Christopher Biggins, Neil Morrissey, Cliff Richard, Denise Van Outen and Danny Dyer. Not bad for her first feature film.

In the family: Louise's mother Vicki with co-star Gorden Kaye

In the family: Louise's mother Vicki with co-star Gorden Kaye

‘It was terrifying,’ admits Louise of her first day on set. ‘But everyone was really nice and incredibly welcoming.

'Ray has managed to attract this amazing list of people to come and work on the film because they are his friends. I spent most days in awe of their talents.’

She is cast as a persistent journalist on the trail of John Smith, played by Danny Dyer, a London cab driver who is living two very different lives with two wives, played by Denise Van Outen and Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding.

Actress Louise Michelle is following in her mother's footsteps

Actress Louise Michelle is following in her mother's footsteps

After he is mugged and hospitalised, police are mystified when they find two addresses on him, and his life slowly unravels. 

If that role was not exciting enough, Louise has also been handpicked to present a new X Factor-style comedy show after her impressions were spotted on YouTube by Jongleurs boss Maria Kempinska.

‘I’ve always done impressions of people like Justin Bieber and Kate Middleton,’ she recalls. ‘My friends would say: “We’re bored, do something funny for us”.

‘I put them on YouTube and never expected anything to come from them, but then Maria saw them. It’s amazing because she has seen everyone in comedy and she really believes in me. 

‘She is putting together a pilot for a new talent show for anyone with anything to do with comedy and I will be presenting it. It all feels  very exciting.’

Louise is an interesting mix of the showbiz and the normal world. It makes her very grounded about her success: ‘Of course, I know it could all come crashing down, so I do have a back-up plan â€" I will go into teaching sport as that is something I am passionate about.’

She comes from a theatrical family; not only are her parents in the business but her mother’s parents were also both actors. She has been on stage since she was tiny â€" when her mother was in panto, she would often appear alongside her. 

She knows both its lows â€" her mother would have to leave her for weeks on end with au pairs while she travelled around the world in shows â€" and its highs.

Not envious: Louise said she was popular with boys at school - mainly because they were asking about her mum

Not envious: Louise said she was popular with boys at school - mainly because they were asking about her mum

‘When I was younger I hated my mum leaving me, but it also meant I could go and see her in places like Australia,’ she recalls.

And although she grew up in suburban Chigwell in Essex (and like all her friends had a crush on The Only Way is Essex’s Mark Wright, whose brother she knew) her mother’s television friends like Su Pollard and the cast of ’Allo ’Allo were regular visitors to the family home.

‘When I went on tour with them it was like one big family,’ she says. ‘The only one I didn’t really know was Gorden Kaye [who played Renee] â€" he wasn’t one of the ones whose dressing room you would run into and give a cuddle.’

She admits that she had plenty of interest at school because of her mother â€" although that was more to do with Vicki’s still stunning looks rather than her fame. 

‘When I was about 13, boys would start talking about how gorgeous my mum is,’ she recalls. ‘They’d walk me home and then ask to come in for a drink. When I’d say my mum wasn’t in they’d say “OK see ya”, and I would just go “byeee!” 

‘My mum is so glamorous and pretty you can’t really blame them. She has always looked after herself and when she moans about looking old I remind her that half the people she has worked with are dead â€" so she doesn’t look too bad.’

Vicki has an executive producer role on Run for Your Wife â€" the film came about after Louise’s father Graham Fowler, who is a well-known cameraman, videoed another of Ray’s plays that she was in.

Louise knows she might be regarded as someone with an unfair advantage but she k nows that being the daughter of someone famous is no guarantee of success. 

‘My mum can introduce me to people, but after that I am on my own. I once showed up for an audition and within a few seconds I was told I was too short and freckly â€" so in a business like this it is nice to have my mum on board.’

Run For Your Wife will be released later this year.

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Another case of nepotism. It's ALWAYS going to be a case of who you know, not what you know and it's so unfair for the ones who put all the work in like Old Cynic posting here who hasn't got a famous mum to open doors. And what's wrong with her left eyebrow? It seems to making a run for it.

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I'd say she has inherited her father's looks as she doesn't look like her mother. To say that she "is the image of her mother" is ridiculous as she clearly isn't. This piece is purely to make the connection between the two so that a few more doors will be opened for her, "I once showed up for an audition and within a few seconds I was told I was too short and freckly â€" so in a business like this it is nice to have my mum on board." If she's any good we'll see more of her but she really should rely on her talent rather than her connections.

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Nice girl, ... But Vicki.....oooooo la lah. Got to go now.....need to get a cold shower !

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much as it makes a good headline--THE MOTHER STILL WAY OUTSHINES THE DAUGHTER

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She really hasn't. She looks a lovely girl, but her mother had "It" in wagonloads. I suppose being dressed in that uniform and having a sexy frensh outfit didn't hurt! ;-)

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She is nowhere near as good looking as her mother. She looks more like Gordon Kaye

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A long way to go.........

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na not quite - hair style or something's not right 6/10 compared to Mum whose 10/10 :-)

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‘My mum can introduce me to people, but after that I am on my own. I once showed up for an audition and within a few seconds I was told I was too short and freckly' =======Auditioning is more than half the battle. I'm a RADA graduate with years of experience, and two West End credits, and I honestly cannot remember the last time I was asked to audition for anything of note. Decent auditions are reserved for the children of celebrities, talented or not.

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Perhaps she needs a better stylist or make-upartist. As she is not quite there yet.

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