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Lucy Akhurst is a Actor, Director and Producer British born on 18 november 1975 at London (United-kingdom)

Lucy Akhurst

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 november 1975 (48 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Lucy Akhurst (b. 18 November 1975 in London) is an English actress, writer and director who has been working mainly in television since the 1990s. She starred alongside Neil Morrissey in The Vanishing Man and then came to prominence in a lead role in 1999's ITV seven-part drama Wonderful You.

She appeared as Tim's (Simon Pegg) girlfriend for four episodes of UK comedy Spaced and also guest-starred as a zombie in Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's comedy film Shaun of the Dead.

She also appeared in the 2004 series of the BBC's Monarch of the Glen.

More recently she wrote, produced and starred in Every Seven Years a short film that has won several awards. She also directed, co-produced and had a small part in the independent British film Morris: A Life with Bells On, written, co-produced by and starring her husband Chaz Oldham. She wrote an article in The Daily Mail about her experiences in making the film.

Akhurst provided the voiceovers for EastEnders in March 2009 for the Mitchell family storyline.

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Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden
(1 films)
Ian Hart
Ian Hart
(2 films)
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi
(2 films)
Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright
(1 films)
John Boswall
John Boswall
(1 films)
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Filmography of Lucy Akhurst (8 films)

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A Bunch of Amateurs
A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
, 1h36
Directed by Andy Cadiff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Burt Reynolds, Imelda Staunton, Derek Jacobi, Samantha Bond, Michael Wildman, Lucy Akhurst
Roles Stewardess
Rating59% 2.9975052.9975052.9975052.9975052.997505
A leading Hollywood star is attracted to Britain to play the title role in King Lear at "Stratford" believing he will be appearing onstage at the prestigious RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Stratford Players" in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John. He goes to Britain with his career on the downturn and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre world. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit fading - star playing with them. Reynolds plays a typically brash American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting. The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually Reynolds is reconciled with his estranged daughter and accepts that he is no better, in terms of spirit and enthusiasm, than his amateur colleagues.
Don't Tell
Don't Tell (2005)
, 2h
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston
Roles Anne
Rating63% 3.1948753.1948753.1948753.1948753.194875
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But lately nightmares start disturbing her, just as she discovers she is pregnant. Her childhood, spent with an older brother, has a dark secret hidden within her heart, and she goes to visit her brother in America, to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
, 1h35
Directed by Edgar Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy
Roles Zombie Shot by Soldiers (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.947553.947553.947553.947553.94755
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 29-year-old electronics shop salesman with no direction in life. His younger colleagues show him no respect, he has a strained relationship with his stepfather, Phillip (Bill Nighy), and a tense one with his housemate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) because of Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun's other housemate and vulgar, unemployed best friend. Furthermore, Shaun's girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) dislikes their social life as they spend every date at the Winchester, Shaun and Ed's favourite pub. Because Shaun always brings Ed, Liz is always forced to bring her flatmates, David (Dylan Moran) and Dianne (Lucy Davis). After a bad day at work, Shaun forgets to book a table at a nice restaurant, and after suggesting the Winchester again Liz breaks up with him. Shaun drowns his sorrows with Ed at the Winchester. While celebrating at home, an enraged Pete — suffering from a bite wound caused by "some crackheads" — confronts Shaun on his flaws, telling him to sort his life out.
Trinity
Trinity (2003)

Genres Science fiction, Documentary, Action
Actors Stephen Moyer, Tom McCamus, Lucy Akhurst, Stephanie Finochio
Roles Schiller
Rating49% 2.46412.46412.46412.46412.4641
In a remote arctic research station, government agents Brach and Schiller (female) discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval. A psychological chess game ensues. It turns out that Schiller was a subject in one of Clerval's genetic breeding programs, and was co-dependent of him. Brach once was Clerval's henchman. He feels torn between his love for Schiller and his unadmitted, deep loyalty towards Clerval. Ben Weger is also in the film and Adam Weger
Eroica
Eroica (2003)
, 1h23
Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lucy Akhurst, Leo Bill, Anton Lesser, Frank Finlay
Roles Therese Brunsvik
Rating76% 3.8322853.8322853.8322853.8322853.832285
The film is set in Vienna on June 9, 1804, the date of the private, first performance of Beethoven’s third symphony, later to be known as the ‘Eroica’. The performance, and most of the action in the film, takes place at the palace of one of Beethoven’s patrons, Prince Franz Lobkowitz. Midway during the performance, Beethoven tries to get his lover, a widow named Josephine von Deym, to marry him, but she refuses because of the unfair laws regarding child custody — she is a member of the nobility, and cannot marry a commoner without losing custody of her children. Later, composer Joseph Haydn, now old and feeble, arrives just in time to hear the last movement of the symphony.
Circus
Circus (2000)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Lucy Akhurst, Christopher Biggins, Famke Janssen, Amanda Donohoe, John Hannah, Peter Stormare
Roles Helen
Rating55% 2.7990152.7990152.7990152.7990152.799015
Leo (John Hannah) and Lily (Famke Janssen) are a couple and a couple of con artists. Lily wants to get out of the racket and settle down in a nice place somewhere far away. Leo agrees saying that within a week they should have enough to leave for good.
The Land Girls
The Land Girls (1998)
, 1h51
Directed by David Leland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Paul Bettany, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson
Roles Janet
Rating61% 3.0998253.0998253.0998253.0998253.099825
During both World War I and World War II, the Women's Land Army was set up in the United Kingdom, to recruit women to work at farms where men had left to go to war. Women in the WLA were nicknamed "land girls".

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