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Megan Burns
Background information
Birth name	Megan Georga Burns
Also known as	Betty Curse
Born	25 June 1986 (1986-06-25) (age 23)
Origin	Liverpool, England, UK
Genres	Pop rock
Occupations	Singer, actress
Years active	2000 actress 2006 singer
Labels	Island Records
Website	www.bettycurse.co.uk

Megan Burns (born 25 June 1986), also known as Betty Curse, is a British musician and award-winning actress.

Contents 1 Early life and acting career 2 Singing 3 New material 4 Filmography 5 Discography 5.1 Singles 6 Band members 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Early life and acting career

Megan Burns was born in Liverpool, England. When she was three years old, her father left her and her mother. At age 11 her grandmother sent her to a drama class. From there she received a part in the film Liam (2000). She won the Marcello Mastroianni award at the Venice film festival for her performance. Danny Boyle saw this and put her in his film 28 Days Later (2002), where she played Hannah, one of the survivors.

[edit] Singing

Burns has since worked as a singer under the pseudonym Betty Curse, which was chosen by Island Records . Her first single release was a double A-side, "Met on the Internet" and "Excuse All the Blood", released 29 May 2006. Her first album Hear Lies was released on 31 October 2006 via iTunes. The CD version, Here Lies Betty Curse, was released in April 2007. The album's first single, "God This Hurts", was released in in August 2007, shortly followed by "Girl with Yellow Hair" on 13 November.

Yahoo! named her "Emerging Artist of the Month" for August 2006.

In 2006 she performed and won on a Halloween special of the children's television programme The Slammer with "Girl With Yellow Hair".^[1]

[edit] New material

In April 2007, Betty Curse was dropped from "Island Records" and has since informed fans she is working on new material as Island owns the songs from her debut CD.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Filmography

• Liam (2000)
• 28 Days Later (2002)

[edit] Discography

• 2006 Hear Lies — release 30 October (download only)
• 2006 Here Lies Betty Curse

[edit] Singles

• 2006 "Excuse All the Blood"
• 2006 "God This Hurts" UK #116
• 2006 "Girl with Yellow Hair" UK #132
• 2007 "Do You Mind (If I Cry)"

[edit] Band members

• Megan Burns "Betty Curse" (Vocals)
• Rich Curse (Guitar)
• Alex Curse (Guitar)
• Olly Curse (Bass)
• Dominic Curse (Drums)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Megan Burns at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website for the band, Betty Curse
• Betty Curse interview at musicOMH.com
• Betty Curse (Band) at MySpace
• Betty Curse "Megan Burns" at MySpace