{{Short description|English actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Lois Winstone | image = Lois Winstone as Lilith.jpg | caption = Winstone as Lilith in ''Beyond the Rave'', 2007 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982|03}} | other_names = Baby Bo | alma_mater = Southgate College | occupation = Actress, musician | parents = Ray Winstone<br />Elaine McCausland | relatives = Jaime Winstone <small>(sister)</small> }} '''Lois Elaine Winstone''' (born March 1982) is an English actress. Her credits include ''Holby City'', ''Last Orders'' (2001), ''The Bill'' (2002), ''Everything'' (2004), ''Perfect Day'' (2005), ''Beyond the Rave'' (2007), ''The Hot Potato'' (2011), and ''Game of Thrones (season 4)'' (2014).
==Early life== Lois Elaine Winstone,<ref name="apple"/> was born in March 1982,<ref name="love"/> in Westminster, London,<ref name="tomato"/> Winstone is the eldest daughter of English actor Ray Winstone,<ref name="vice"/> and his wife, Elaine McCausland. Her younger sister Jaime is also an actress.<ref name="apple"/> She was attended Enfield County School. Later, the family moved to Roydon, Essex. She took a course at the ''Artists Theatre School'' in Ealing,<ref name="meet"/> where coincidentally her father is now a patron (2025),<ref name="artists">{{Cite web|url= https://www.artiststheatreschool.com/people|title= Our patrons |website= artiststheatreschool.com |access-date=2024-01-17}}</ref> but did not finish the course.<ref name="meet">{{Cite web|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/meet-ray-winstones-daughter-lois-6922597.html|title= Meet Ray Winstone's daughter Lois |work= standard.co.uk |date= 5 April 2012 |access-date=2025-08-05}}</ref>
==Career== Her first major acting role was an uncredited part in Gary Oldman's 1997 drama ''Nil by Mouth'', alongside her father. Lois appeared with her father again in ''Last Orders'' (2001),<ref name="tomato"/> this time playing the credited role of Kath. She appeared in four episodes of ''The Bill'' (2002),<ref name="apple"/> playing Chloe Kendrick. Two years later in 2004 she appeared in the episode "Night Fever" of ''Holby City''.<ref name="apple">{{Cite web|url= https://tv.apple.com/us/person/lois-winstone/umc.cpc.5t5i0maahvzkpmqm5e2ufcdbz|title=Lois Winstone|website= tv.apple.com |access-date=5 August 2025 }}</ref>
In 2004, she appeared alongside her father again, in ''Everything''.<ref name="tomato"/> 2005 saw Lois appear in the TV film ''Perfect Day''. In 2006, Winstone played the role of Kirsty in the TV mini-series, ''When Evil Calls''.<ref name="Argus"/> She described her character as "a gothic schoolgirl lesbian".<ref name="Argus"/> In 2007, she played Lilith in ''Beyond the Rave''. In 2011 she appeared in the British indie film, ''The Hot Potato'', alongside her father.<ref name="tomato"/> In 2014, she appeared in two episodes of ''Game of Thrones'', season 4, as the "Mole's Town whore".<ref name="tomato">{{Cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lois_winstone|title=Lois Winstone|website= rottentomatoes.com |access-date=2024-01-17 }}</ref>
Winstone was the face and body of the Ann Summers Spring Summer 2009 Enchantment lingerie collection.<ref name="summer">{{Cite web|url= https://imagecollect.com/events/all/launch-party-for-new-2009-ann-summers--enchantment--collection-photos-154101 |title= Launch Party For New 2009 Ann Summers 'Enchantment' Collection |author= Keith Mayhew |work= Landmark Media |publisher= imagecollect.com |date= 1 December 2008|access-date= 18 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2014, after ''Game of Thrones'', Winstone stopped acting to form the band ''Lois & The Love'', releasing their debut album, ''Love Is Louder'' in 2014,<ref name="love">{{Cite web|url= https://notofu.com/new/lois-and-the-love/ |title= From England with Love: Lois & the Love |website= notofu.com |date= July 30, 2015 |access-date=2025-08-05 }}</ref> and released the single ''Pinocchio'' in 2015.<ref name="vice">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/lois-and-the-love-pinocchio-premiere/ |title= Introducing London's Lois & the Love and Their Song “Pinocchio” |website= vice.com |date= February 18, 2015 |access-date=2024-09-18 }}</ref>
Winstone is part of electro pop group ''This Year's Model'', brain-child of Manchester techno guru DNCN.<ref name="bo"/> She also goes by the stage name "Baby Bo" as part of the London-based hip hop trio ''Crack Village'',<ref name="Argus"/> a former member being rapper Akira the Don.<ref name="bo">{{Cite news |last=Cragg |first=Michael |date=2011-02-22 |title=New music: Akira the Don and Chilly Gonzales – Don't Need a Weatherman |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/feb/22/akira-don-chilly-gonzales-weatherman |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She describes joining the group as "a fluke".<ref name="Argus">{{Cite web|url= http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.954248.0.0.php |title= Music: Crack Village, Jazz Place, Brighton, Thurs, Oct 5 |author= Bella Todd |date= 5 October 2006|access-date= 2012-04-04|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120404120543/http://www.theargus.co.uk/theguide/music/954248.0/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= 2012-04-04}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winstone, Lois}} Category:English film actresses Category:English television actresses Category:English women singers Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Actresses from London Category:People from Roydon, Essex Category:Actors from the London Borough of Enfield Category:21st-century English actresses Category:Actresses from Essex Category:Actors from Epping Forest District