Their brother Jamie Rix is a television producer and an author of children's books, while their other brother, Jonty Rix, is a Professor of Participation and Learning Support at the Open University and author of the rites-of-passage novel Some Hope. From the date of her birth onward, her father, actor Brian Rix, promoted awareness and understanding of learning disabilities. Louisa's elder sister Shelley was born with Down Syndrome. She married writer Richard Ommanney in 1994. Jolyon is married to Blanche Schofield, daughter of David Schofield and Lally Percy.
Charlotte Elizabeth (born 1983) is married to Tom Mison. In 1980, Rix married actor Jonathan Coy, with whom she has two children, Charlotte and Jolyon Coy. Since 2012, she has run the interior design company Forbes Rix Designs with her business partner Natalie Forbes. Having originally studied art before she went to drama school, Rix retired from acting to pursue her passion for design. One of her final acting roles was as the Home Secretary in The Execution of Gary Glitter. She played the vocally-challenged night club singer Melody Lane in a feature-length Coronation Street special with the QEII as the location. In Brookside she performed with Anna Friel as the solicitor representing the Jordache family in the 'body under the patio' storyline.
#Louisa rix series#
She played Mel Smith's girlfriend in two series of Colin's Sandwich and starred in two series of Side By Side, both for the BBC. For Granada Television she co-starred with Tim Bentinck in Made In Heaven.
#Louisa rix movie#
Rix is known for playing Kevin the teenager's mum (Mrs Patterson) in the TV series Harry Enfield and Chums, and in the movie Kevin & Perry Go Large. Her subsequent West End appearances included roles in How the Other Half Loves and Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn The Pocket Dream by Sandi Toksvig & Elly Brewer and Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark, as well as several productions at the National Theatre. Rix gained early theatre experience at the Nottingham Playhouse while Richard Eyre was the artistic director, and in Peter Cheeseman's company at Stoke-on-Trent. She studied drama at LAMDA and acted for many years on TV and in the theatre.
She is the daughter of actors Brian Rix and Elspet Gray. Louisa Rix (born 2 February 1955) is a former actress and interior designer.
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