Louise Court

British journalist and magazine editor

Louise Court (born 1960) is a British journalist and former editor of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan. She appeared in the video for Men Without Hats' song "The Safety Dance".

Early life

Court was born in south-west London. Her father was news editor on the Daily Mail and Sunday Mirror. In 1983, she starred in the video for the single "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, but her identity in the video was unknown to the public until 2013.[1] Louise Court, apparently pregnant, also appears in the video for the song "I Like" from the same album.

Career

Court's early journalism career included work as an entertainment writer at Express Newspapers, deputy editor of Prima, and assistant editor of Woman's Own. In 1994, she joined Best magazine as deputy editor, becoming editor in 1998. In 2005, she worked for ACP-NatMag, overseeing Best, Reveal and Real People.

She became the editor of Cosmopolitan (UK) in November 2006.[2] She was editor of Cosmopolitan until July 2015. As of 2018, she is consultant director of commercial content for Time, Inc.[3]

Personal life

She has two sons.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wuench, Kevin (January 15, 2015). "Can you name the THIRD biggest hit for Men Without Hats? Here it is". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Hearst UK
  3. ^ Linked In profile
  4. ^ Independent 2008
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