Louise Court


Louise Court is a British journalist and the former Editor of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan.

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.

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 became responsible for ACP-NatMag, overseeing Best, Reveal and Real People.
She became the Editor of Cosmopolitan in November 2006. She was editor of Cosmopolitan until July 2015. As of 2018, she is Consultant Director of Commercial Content for Time, Inc.

Personal life

She has two sons.