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Louise Court (born 1960) is a British journalist and former editor of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan, best known for her appearance 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.
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. 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.
References
- 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.
- Hearst UK
- Linked In profile
- Independent 2008
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| Preceded by | Editor of Cosmopolitan (UK) November 2006 - July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Editor of Best 1998 - 2005 |
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