Louisa Krause

Louisa Krause
Krause as Cécile, with Michael T. Weiss, in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Boston University Theatre
Born	(1986-05-20) May 20, 1986 (age 30) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Louisa Krause (born May 20, 1986) is an American film, stage, and television actress. After studying drama in college, Krause acted in theatre before her first major role in the film The Babysitters (2007). She later had supporting roles in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and Young Adult (2011). She has also appeared in several other independent films, including The Heart Machine (2014), and the horror films Ava's Possessions and The Abandoned (2015).

Krause was raised in Falls Church, Virginia. Her father is of half Japanese descent (from Okinawa, Japan) and her mother is American. She has a younger brother named Nathaniel who is a director. She began her interest in the arts at a young age by studying dance at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington D.C. Once Krause entered high school, dance took a back seat when she started performing in a variety of plays and musicals including Side Show as Violet Hilton, Gypsy as Mama Rose, and Equus as Dora Strang. After high school, she enrolled in the Carnegie Mellon Drama School. Soon after, Krause felt she was ready to start her professional career as an actress. She earned her Equity card by performing in a summer stock production of Aida.

Krause began her career in theatre, appearing in three Off-Broadway plays: in 2007, she starred in the Signature Theatre Company's production of Iphigenia 2.o in which she played the title character of Iphigenia. She also starred in the world premiere of In a Dark Dark House, by Neil LaBute, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, June 7 – July 7, 2007.