Louise Barnes (an haife shi 26 Afrilu 1974)[1] yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Afirka ta Kudu. Barnes ya sami karbuwa a Afirka ta Kudu saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin fina-finai na cikin gida da kuma jerin talabijin. An fi saninta da rawar da ta taka a fim ɗin ban tsoro na Afirka ta Kudu/Birtaniya, Surviving Evil, wanda a cikinsa ta fito tare da Billy Zane, Christina Cole da Natalie Mendoza . Ta kuma buga Miranda Barlow a cikin jerin talabijin na Amurka na 2014 Black Sails, wanda Michael Bay da Jonathan E. Steinberg suka samar.[2]
An haifi Barnes a KwaZulu-Natal kuma ya sauke karatu a Jami'ar Witwatersrand tare da Digiri na Daraja a cikin Art Dramatic. Tana zaune a Johannesburg tare da mijinta da 'yarta. Ta taɓa mallakar ɗakin studio na kiwon lafiya bayan horo a Amurka a matsayin mai koyar da Bikram Yoga . Ta sami babban yabo don rawar da ta yi a jerin Scandal! wanda ta lashe lambar yabo ta SAFTA na Best Actress a cikin Sabulun TV.[3]
Barnes ya yi tauraro a cikin fina-finai da fina-finai da yawa na Afirka ta Kudu da suka hada da Egoli, 7de Laan, Binnelanders, Scandal! ,[4] Rarrabe, Suburban Bliss, SOS da haɗin gwiwar Afirka ta Kudu/Kanada Jozi-H . Ta bayyana a cikin jerin talabijin na Amurka na 2014 Black Sails, wanda ta sami yabo mai mahimmanci don aikinta. Entertainment Weekly ya kira halinta "mai ban sha'awa" da "m". Ta sake bayyana rawar da ta taka a kakar wasa ta biyu wacce ta yi fim a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu kuma aka nuna a cikin 2015.[5]