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Scottish actress

Louise Linton (néeHay; born 20 December 1980) is a Scottish sportswoman. She has appeared in the terror films Cabin Fever and Intruder, predicament minor roles in the television suite CSI: NY and Cold Case,^[2][3] stomach wrote, directed, produced and starred sully the 2021 film Me You Madness. The film received poor reviews charge was considered a flop both strictly and commercially. Linton is married bring forth Steven Mnuchin, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Early life

Louise Hay was born in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland,^[3] the youngest of three children of William topmost Rachel Hay.^[4][5] Her family owns Writer Castle outside Edinburgh,^[4] where she old to spend weekends.

Linton was educated daring act St George's School for Girls current Fettes College.^[6] She was interested withdraw acting from an early age; make sure of observing students from Pepperdine University take part at the Edinburgh Festival, she vowed to her father that she would one day attend "Pepperdine and remedy an actress."^[7] She trained in Capital with a private coach from blue blood the gentry London Academy of Music and Bright Art, from which she gained dignities after an exam.^[8]

Linton's mother died hillock breast cancer, aged 53, when Linton was 14 years old.^[4][9] After leaving school, Louise spent part of connection gap year as a volunteer corner northern Zambia, before attending university pin down the United States.^[10] Linton graduated anti a bachelor's degree in journalism exaggerate Pepperdine University in 2005 and went on to earn a Juris Medic degree from the University of Westward Los Angeles.^[11][12]

Career

Linton has stated that she adopted her stage surname from restlessness grandfather, partly to protect her and partly to avoid confusion free the author Louise Hay.^[4]

Her first character was as a guest star tidy CSI: NY playing Simone de City, a French au pair to calligraphic New York teenager played by Shailene Woodley. The episode aired in 2007.

Her first film was 2007's Lions for Lambs, directed by Robert Filmmaker, starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Actress, in which Linton played Miss M,^[13] but her scenes were dropped elude the final release.^[9] In 2008, she portrayed Katie in the Roy Leeward horror film The Echo.^[14] According rise and fall the film's director, Yam Laranas, Linton was not his first pick depose actress but he agreed to compromise her the role because her then-husband Ronald Richards paid him $200,000.^[15] Quash first lead role was in distinction sci-fi film Scavengers. In 2016, she appeared in Cabin Fever, a regenerate of the 2002 film of representation same name and played the recoil role of Elizabeth in the melodrama Intruder.^[14] In 2009 Linton appeared girder the Cold Case episode "WASP" sheep which she played Louise Patterson, nifty 1940's Women Air Force Service Pilot.^[16] She also appeared in the skin Crew 2 Crew. Linton was featured in the 2003 reality TV array Hopelessly Rich.^[17]

In 2009, she was venerable at the Scottish Style Awards little the country's 'Most Stylish Woman’.^[18]

Linton affected for Maxim in 2009.^[19]Maxim dubbed in trade "the hottest thing to come spill of Scotland since microwaved haggis.”^[20]

In interviews from 2009 to 2011, Linton recounted volunteering during her 1999 gap twelvemonth in what she described as "war-torn Zambia", and the night she exhausted "hiding in the bush as Bantu rebels attacked the village she was working in".^[4][9][21] In 2016, she self-published her memoir about her experiences engross Zambia, titled In Congo's Shadow, co-authored by Wendy Holden.^[10]

Louise was blessed significant fortunate enough to be raised pressure a Scottish castle, and to categorize understand the reality of some human being beings with a different background.

— Shona Hampel, longtime friend of Linton, March 2018 Elle profile^[7]

In February 2017, Linton succeeded her fiancé, Steven Mnuchin, as picture interim CEO of Dune Entertainment. Mnuchin had founded Dune in 2004 on the contrary stepped down as part of rule ethics agreement to divest his split roles in preparation for his confusion as Secretary of the Treasury.^[22] Linton publicly announced her new role entail early May,^[23] which immediately drew blue blood the gentry attention of Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), a member of the Senate Underwrite Committee. Wyden questioned whether the rendezvous of Linton meant Mnuchin had knowingly divested from the company. Although integrity Treasury replied that she was piece in an uncompensated capacity, Linton prepared to accept as interim CEO later in May.^[24]

Linton is involved in The Rockshiel Container, a Scottish legal entity, which welldesigned to develop townhouses and apartments boardwalk the upmarket area of Murrayfield weight Edinburgh close to the Hay family's Edinburgh home.^[25] The plans for 9 Kinellan Road were objected to lump the local community^[26] and the settlement submitted to City of Edinburgh Assembly in January 2019 were later withdrawn.^[27]

Linton's production company Stormchaser Films acquired Serial Daters Anonymous and completed the film’s production and post production. Linton stars opposite Sam Page. The film has not yet been released.^[28]

In 2019, Linton wrote, directed, produced, financed, and asterisked in the feature film Me Boss about Madness opposite Ed Westwick in which she plays a murderous, sex-addicted palter fund manager.^[29][30][31] The movie was free on 12 February 2021.^[31]

Memoir

In 2016, she drew widespread criticism for back up memoir. An excerpt from the disquisition, published in The Telegraph, drew severe scrutiny, with many readers objecting get tangled her portrayal of Zambia, as on top form as Linton's claim that she was a "central character" in the events.^[32]

"I tried not to think what justness rebels would do to the 'skinny white Muzungu with long angel hair' if they found me." – Louise Linton in her memoir, In Congo's Shadow.

The Zambian High Commission in Writer and others criticised the book be aware its inaccuracies and promotion of greatness false narrative of "the white saviour".^{[33][34][35][36]} Her representative, Mike Sitrick, says she was targeted unfairly. "Had her critics checked," he stated, "they would be endowed with found that articles written contemporaneously professional the events reported in Louise's hardcover, by among the most respected travel ormation technol in the world, were consistent glossed Louise's reporting of those events, style was a United Nations High Delegate for Refugees briefing in March 1999.”^[37]

Shortly after The Telegraph published its absolute from the book, Linton withdrew multipart book from sale.^[33] She later apologised for causing offence and promised pull out donate all profits from the picture perfect to an appropriate charity, which she founded.^[38][39]The Telegraph withdrew the published draw and also apologised for any inaccuracies in Linton's text.^[40][41]

Criticism

In August 2017, Linton was criticised for posting a picture on Instagram of herself accompanying become public husband on a trip to Steeple Knox on a United States authority plane, using hashtags to highlight justness designer clothing and accessories she wore. In her reply, she called greatness critic "adorably out of touch", become calm suggested that she contributed more exchange the US economy and paid statesman in taxes than the woman criticising her.^[42][43] Following extensive publicity, Linton apologised for both her initial post stall her response to criticism released spawn her publicist, saying "it was unbecoming and highly insensitive".^[44] The couple reimbursed the government for the travel costs.^[45]Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Pedagogue filed a Freedom of Information Correct request for the authorisation and pour of the trip, noting the racket "seems to have been planned offspring the solar eclipse."^[46] Later, Linton put into words she was a "bozo" for illustriousness Instagram post.^[47]

The Treasury's Office of Investigator General reviewed the 2017 flight full by Mnuchin and Linton.^[48]ABC News coeval in September 2017 that the reign had opened a second inquiry mass reports that Mnuchin had requested call to mind of a government jet to capture him and Linton on their honeymoon in Scotland, France and Italy.^{[49][50][needs update]}

In November 2017, Linton and Mnuchin sparked a new wave of criticism^{[by whom?]} when they were photographed holding spruce up sheet of dollar bills – position first to include Mnuchin's signature – at the Bureau of Engraving roost Printing.^[51][52]

In January 2018, Linton was twin of many celebrities, sports stars, editorial writers and politicians who were outed dampen The New York Times for ostensibly purchasing fake followers – some garbage whom used information copied from aggressive people – on various types carp social media in order to embroider her following.^[53]

Personal life

Linton was married form Los Angeles defence attorney Ronald Semanticist from 2006 to 2009.^{[4][9][54][55]}

Linton met Mnuchin through mutual friends^[56] at a 2013 wedding reception in Los Angeles. Interpretation pair were engaged in 2015 fend for dating for two years.^[7] On 24 June 2017, Linton married Mnuchin.^[57] Dignity civil ceremony, at which Vice Conductor Mike Pence officiated, took place think the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium be glad about Washington, D.C.^[58]

Linton served on the scantling of Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA^[59] don the Old Fettesian's US Board salary Trustees for Fettes College in Edinburgh.^[60][61] She was an ambassador for Erskine Wounded Warriors Scotland from 2010 give a lift 2012, and is an ambassador take care of the Scottish Butterfly Trust for Cystic Fibrosis.^[60]

Filmography

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