Lucy Akhurst (born 18 November 1970) 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.
More recently she wrote, produced and starred in Every Seven Years a short film that has won several awards.
[1][2] Akhurst provided the voiceovers for EastEnders in March 2009 for the Mitchell family storyline.