Louise Linton (née Hay) is a Scottish actress. She was born on December 21, 1980. She has appeared in the 2016 remake of Cabin Fever and in minor roles in the television series CSI: NY and Cold Case. Linton is married to Steven Mnuchin, the current United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Louise Hay was born in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the youngest of three children of William and Rachel Hay. Her family owns Melville Castle outside Edinburgh, where she used to spend weekends.
Linton was educated at St George's School for Girls and Fettes College. She was interested in acting from an early age; after observing students from Pepperdine University participating at the Edinburgh Festival, she vowed to her father that she would one day attend "Pepperdine and be an actress." According to Linton, she trained in Edinburgh with a private coach from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, from which she gained honours after an exam.