Megan Burns
Megan Burns, also known as Betty Curse, is an English former actress and musician.
Also recorded as Betty Curse
Megan Burns
- Name
- Megan Burns
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England
- Born
- 25 June 1986
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- acting · singing
- Languages
- English
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Megan Burns, also known as Betty Curse, is an English former actress and musician.
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Megan Burns (born 1986) is an actor, film actor and musician, among other activities, of British nationality. The actor was born in Liverpool. Activity centred on acting and singing.
The work spans pop rock. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Megan Burns • Alias — Betty Curse • Birthplace — Liverpool, England • Born — 25 June 1986 • Genre — Pop rock • Occupation — * Singer • actress • Years Active — Actress: 2000–2018 Singer: 2006–2007 • Label — Island
Acting
Acting
Megan Burns was cast as Teresa in the film Liam (2000), winning the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance. 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. Megan was cast in Intruders (2018), a short film directed by Naeem Mahmood.
Singing
Singing
Burns became a singer with a band. One source refers to Betty Curse as a stage name for Burns, 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". Their first and only album, Hear Lies, was released on Universal on 30 October 2006.
Filmography
Filmography
Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Liam — Teresa — Won—Marcello Mastroianni Award • 2002 — 28 Days Later — Hannah • 2018 — In2ruders — Whistler Silkwood — Short film
Albums
Albums
• 2006 Hear Lies
Singles
Singles
• 2006 "Excuse All the Blood" • 2006 "God This Hurts" UK No. 116 • 2006 "Girl with Yellow Hair" UK No. 132 • 2007 "Do You Mind (If I Cry)"
Life and career
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1986
Megan Burns born at Liverpool.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q465881: Megan Burns
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- “Megan Burns”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Megan Burns. 38. 🥱👵🏻. June 25, 2024.
- 2.Liam. Rotten Tomatoes. 21 September 2001.
- 3.Liam: The Shock of Recognition. Irish America.
- 4.Westbrook, Caroline. Scares Aplenty in 28 Days Later. BBC News. 1 November 2002.
- 5.Review – In2ruders (2018) – Trailblazer. neonfrights.wordpress.com. 15 September 2018.
- 6.Betty Curse. Music-News.com. 30 October 2006.
- 7.BBC. CBBC – The Slammer.
- 8.Betty Curse. Spotify.
- 9.Hear Lies by Betty Curse. Apple Music. 1 January 2006.
- 10.(Island Records & Universal Music Group)
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