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london , england 200px 18 november 1975 lucy akhurst
 lucy akhurst actress
lucy akhurst

lucy akhurst -lrb- b. 18 november 1975 in london -rrb- 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 -lrb- simon pegg -rrb- 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 '' '' , 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 .
