The fledgling model is confident and outgoing but she's a loser in love and often picks the bad apples.
'I am definitely off men'
2006 Dates older teen Rhys Ashworth but gets dumped. Later discovers manipulative mum Kathy seduced Rhys to blackmail him into ending things so Sarah would concentrate on her swim training. Gives up swimming and gets together with Craig Dean.
2007 Starts modelling. Craig proposes and invites her to move to Dublin with him when he goes to Uni. Splits from Craig after walking in on him in bed with John Paul McQueen! Wooed by Rhys again, who is on the rebound from Beth Clements.
2008 Dad Mike starts dating her mate Zoe Carpenter. Has a fling with sleazy tutor Roger in retaliation but realises he's no good. Starts seeing geeky student Elliot Bevan, who has been in love with her from afar for months.
Loui was born Louie Batley on January 2 1987 to dad Taff, a TV production designer and mum Elisabeth. Loui has an older brother, Toby, and she grew up in Chorley, Lancashire, attending Rivington Primary school and later the Heylings Music School in Chorley.
An accomplished dancer, Loui started dancing from the age of four and trained in both the UK and the US. At the age of 15 she won a scholarship to the prestigious London dance school the Doreen Bird Academy.
Loui appeared as the Sugar Plum Fairy on stage with the National Youth Ballet, as well as in the US as part of the Broadway Theatre Project. In 2003, Loui won the Best Young Modern Dancer award for Britain's Brilliant Prodigies, screened on ITV.
Before Hollyoaks Loui had several TV roles and was first seen on screen at the age of eight alongside actors Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters in Alan Bleasdale drama Jake's Progress. She also appeared in BBC black comedy Nighty Night.
