Francisco de Assis Stolze Cardoso, Louise's father, at one point watched a film starring Maurice Chevalier.

[2] Her mothers' family acted in performances in the city of Santana de Sapucaí, which is now Silvianópolis in the state of Minas Gerais.

[4] She attended the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, majoring in literature, but dropped out six months before her graduation, due in part to her father's advice.

[9] She has also acted in various telenovelas, such as Cambalacho, Força de um Desejo, Como uma Onda, Páginas da Vida, Sangue Bom and Além do Tempo.

[11] After Machado became sick, Cardoso became the new educator at the theatre and taught many notable students, including Drica Moraes, Malu Mader, Luís Carlos Tourinho, Maria Padilha, Lúcia Veríssimo, and Patrícia Pillar.

[15] In 1979, she acted in A Feira Livre, a play by Plínio Marcos and directed by Emiliano Queiroz, with choreography by Graciela Figueroa.

[16] Cardoso was invited by Marco Nanini to take part in Fulaninha and Dona Coisa and ended up becoming one of the producers of the show.

[19][20] The book, released in 2016, tells the story of singer Olivia Byington and her son, João, who was born with Apert syndrome.

[29] In 1984, she participated in the TV Manchete mini-series that was written by Manoel Carlos, where she played the protagonist along with Cláudia Magno and Paulo Castelli.

[34] In 1992, she acted as Gilda in Deus nos Acuda, written by Sílvio de Abreu and directed by Jorge Fernando,[35] as well as in Felicidade.

[39] She was invited to take part in Porto dos Milagres, written by Aguinaldo Silva and directed by Marcos Paulo and Roberto Naar.

[46] Cardoso made her film debut in 1976 as Margarida in O Seminarista, based on the book of the same name by Bernardo Guimarães, and as a student in Marcados para Viver.

[50][51] In 1978, she participated in the short film Alô, Teteia, ending the decade as part of the cast of O Coronel e o Lobisomem, directed by Alcino Diniz.

[55] During the 1980s, she was a member of the team at Cabaret Mineiro, along with participating in the films Teu Tua as Celinha and Gaijin – Os Caminhos da Liberdade as Angelina.

[60][61] In 1983, foi she was a member of the team at Bar Esperança as Nina Saraiva, and later was in A Próxima Vítima by João Batista de Andrade, alongside Antônio Fagundes.

[72][73][74] In 2001, she acted as a young Salma in Copacabana and, two years later in Gaijin – Ama-me como Sou as Sofia Damazo, along with the short film O Ovo.

[75][76][77] In 2006, she was in the romance film 1972 and, three years after that, ended the decade as Clarissa in Tempos de Paz and Rosa in Do Começo ao Fim.

[81][82] In 2014, she portrayed Sônia in the short film Tempos Idos, and ending este decênio quatro anos depois na pele de Marlize em Uma Quase Dupla.

[85] Cardoso fell in love with fellow actor Carlos Alberto Riccelli while on the set of Leila Diniz, but nothing came of the infatuation as they were both married by that point.