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Megan Burns | |
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Also known as | Betty Curse |
Genres | Pop rock |
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Years active | Actress: 2000–2018 Singer: 2006–2007 |
Labels | Island |
Megan Burns, also known as Betty Curse, is an English former actress and musician.
Megan Burns was cast as Teresa in the film Liam (2000), [1] winning the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance. [2] Director Danny Boyle, after seeing her performance, cast her in his film 28 Days Later (2002), where she played Hannah, one of the survivors of a deadly epidemic. [3]
Megan was cast in Intruders (2018), a short film directed by Naeem Mahmood. [4]
Burns became a singer with a band. One source refers to Betty Curse as a stage name for Burns, [5] while another refers to the whole band by this name. In 2006, Betty Curse appeared on and won a Halloween special of the children's television program The Slammer with "Girl with Yellow Hair". [6] Their first and only album, Hear Lies, was released on Universal on 30 October 2006. [5] [7] [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Liam | Teresa | Won—Marcello Mastroianni Award |
2002 | 28 Days Later | Hannah | |
2018 | In2ruders | Whistler Silkwood | Short film |
This is the debut album from Liverpool's Megan Burns, otherwise known as Betty Curse.