Alana Louise

Bio

Alana Louise is an Australian/UK actor with a background in television, film, and theatre. A 2020 graduate of NIDA’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting), Alana also then spent 2025 in France attending the Year Couse at Ecole Philippe Gaulier.

Her screen credits include the ABC’s Dog Park (director: Matt Saville), STAN miniseries Bali 2002 (director Peter Andrikidis), as well as feature film Jimpa (director Sophie Hyde). She also wrote, directed, and starred in the short film Binchook.  Binchook took out the winner of the Indi Short Fest at the Toronto Womens International Film Festival 2025 as well as receiving nominations for Best Director, Best Production Design and Best Sound Design at the same festival.

On stage, Alana has performed in productions such as Woman with a Tomahawk (La Mama), Trash Pop Butterflies (Theatre Works), and Future Proof (Arts Centre Melbourne), as well as Lunch with Bernays and Much Stuff, both for KXT.  She played iconic roles including Juliet in A Pox On Both Your Houses, Sasha in Orlando, and Sebastian in Twelfth Night under the direction of Jim Sharman, all for NIDA.

Alana has also brought her comedic skills to the stage with Up Next Comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as a successful run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, voted #1 show to watch, with The Deadmouse and Peabrain Dreams (written by Alana), which is now also playing a season in Melbourne at Theatre Works Explosive Factory in February 2026.