Lou Wakefield, was born and brought up in Leicestershire. She is a writer and director. Highlights of her broad and eclectic career include being in the original cast of Top Girls at the Royal Court and the Public Theatre in New York, playing Janet in the Rocky Horror Show at the King's Road Theatre in London and Jackie Woodstock in The Archers. Amongst many TV appearances, she wrote Firm Friends for ITV and co writes Ladies of Letters starring Prunella Scales & Patricia Routledge.