Batley had minor roles prior to her role in Hollyoaks, including a part as Angus Deayton's young girlfriend in the second series of Julia Davis' award winning black comedy Nighty Night. Loui was due to appear in the second series of the BBC show Just the Two of Us, but was dropped after her professional singing partner Russell Watson quit the show due to health problems. She also performed the opening act/song on 2007's BBC Children In Need, along with co-stars Kevin Sacre, Gerard McCarthy and Summer Strallen.