Louisa is a Brazilian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer living in New York City.
She grew up in Baltimore where she studied tap, jazz, and modern dance. She sang in the Peabody Chorus and played violin at the Peabody Institute for seven years. She performed in regional theater around the Baltimore area, then moved to New York in high school where she began doing voiceover, film, and commercial work.
Louisa attended The New School where she studied screenwriting, film/media studies, and psychology. She then completed a graduate level television writing program at Columbia University. Since then Louisa has several pilots and films in development. She frequently studies acting at The Barrow Group in Seth Barrish’s master class, and has performed in cabarets around Manhattan with Opera New York.
Louisa recently completed her debut feature film as a writer and producer titled Nobody's Home. She played a lead role in the film alongside Tom Lipinski (Snowpiercer, Suits), Baize Buzan (Broadway's To Kill A Mockingbird), Ruffin Prentiss (Insecure), Julio Lourido (Dominant Species) and Gabe Rush (The Grand Budapest Hotel). The film had its World Premiere at Dances With Films, and is out now on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and all other cable, satellite, and digital platforms.
The year prior she played a lead role in the film Matthew directed by Matt Servitto (The Sopranos), alongside Brian Keane (Dopesick), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Between Riverside and Crazy), and Ezra Knight (Othello). It won best drama short of the year at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival where the cast was also nominated for best ensemble, and at the New Jersey Film Awards where Louisa won for "Best Supporting Actress". The film is streaming on Tubi.
Louisa's most recent film Lea will be having its World Premiere at the 2025 annual Beverly Hills Film Festival. She was a lead producer and post production supervisor on the project, and played the lead role.
She is currently in the development stage of her next feature film titled "Dot". The screenplay was recently selected as a Quarter-Finalist of the 2025 Outstanding Screenplays Feature Film Competition.