Louise Germaine
{{Short description|English actress and model (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox person
|birth_name = Tina Louise Germaine
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
|birth_place = Margate, Kent, England
|occupation = Actress, model
}}
Tina Louise Germaine (born 1971) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar.
Early life
Germaine's father, David, left her mother, Yvonne, and two elder brothers, Ian and Mark, before she was born.Kate Thornton, Sunday Mirror, 15 May 1994
As Tina Reid, she posed for magazine shoots, when aged fifteen. Her mother ran a guest house on Second Avenue in Cliftonville. Her boyfriend was 19-year-old Lane Abrahams.Thanet Times Tuesday 3 March 1987, page 1Thanet Times Tuesday 23 February 1993, page 10
Career
She played chambermaid Kate Hargreaves in the six-part 1994 comedy The House of Windsor.{{cite web| url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac2129ba| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035456/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac2129ba| url-status=dead| archive-date=2 April 2018| title=Louise Germaine| access-date=1 April 2018 |website=BFI }}
Germaine is said to have inspired one of Dennis Potter's final scripts, Karaoke, but her pregnancy prevented being cast in the production.{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Scotsman|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12043136.pouty-in-his-hands/|title=Pouty in his hands|date=26 April 1996|access-date=18 September 2020}}
Personal life
On 14 February 1994, she married hairdresser Lea Carter, in Gretna Green."The Girl Dennis Potter Made A Star" OK! 5 May 1996Thanet Times Tuesday 14 October 1997, page 7
By 1996 she had moved from Thanet District to Surrey.Thanet Times Tuesday 5 November 1996, page 5 Louise now resides in south west France and is a property landlord. She has six children.
Louise is a keen sailor and owns a yacht.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|314505}}
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Category:English film actresses
Category:English female models
Category:English television actresses
Category:Actresses from Margate