28 Years Later…the child star of the original film, who played Brendan Gleeson’s daughter, is unrecognisable after she quit the world of acting

Megan Burns was just 16 years old when she played Hannah, the daughter of Brendan Gleeson’s character Frank, in the 2002 film 28 Days Later.

However, the actress, now 38, looks complete different now after leaving the world of acting soon after the movie in favour of a quirky career change.

Megan went into music under the stage name Betty Curse and adopted a punk princess image, sporting skeleton-themed corsets and posing for snaps in graveyards.

As Betty Curse, she released music under Island Records and her debut album Here Lies Betty Curse dropped in 2006.

Now a mother-of-one, Megan welcomed her 12-year-old daughter Scarlett in 2012.

The star, who is known for songs like Girl With Yellow Hair and Excuse All The Blood, saw her last released record in 2007 and she worked as an artist manager, taking a break from her persona.

Megan Burns was just 16 years old when she played Hannah, the daughter of Brendan Gleeson’s character Frank, in the 2002 film 28 Days Later

However, the actress, now 38, looks complete different now after leaving the world of acting soon after the movie in favour of a quirky career change

However last year, Megan unearthed Betty Curse as she fired up an Instagram account to reconnect with fans and sell vintage CDs of her albums she had recently discovered. 

Before her breakout role in 28 Days Later, Megan was cast in the 2000 film Liam, for which she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance.

Her most recent acting role was in a short film in 2018 called Intruders, directed by Naeem Mahmood. 

According to her Instagram, Megan is now an ‘artist manager’.

She appeared to take a long break out of performing as Betty Curse but returned to social media in September to announce she would be selling old CDs signed with her autograph. 

Megan also appeared to tease a wider return return to music at the time as she closed the message with : ‘Who knows what the future holds?’

She wrote: ‘Greetings Darlings, apologies for my long absence, I found myself involved in the activity of living and lost track of time. How quickly it passes when one must remember to breathe and feed.

Twenty years on Megan looks completely different after going into music under the stage name Betty Curse and adopting a punk princess image 

Before her breakout role in 28 Days Later, Megan was cast in the 2000 film Liam, for which she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance (Pictured)

Megan is seen as Hannah in 28 Dasy in 2002, sporting an Ellesse cap as she sits behind the wheel of a car

As Betty Curse, she released music under Island Records and her debut album Here Lies Betty Curse dropped in 2006

The star, who is known for songs like Girl With Yellow Hair and Excuse All The Blood, saw her last released record in 2007 and she worked as an artist manager, taking a break from her persona

‘Whilst preparing the lair for the Halloween season, I discovered a box of recorded treasures, compact discs from ancient times and I thought perhaps they would be of interest to you, my pretties?

‘Requests have previously been received for such relics, therefore I have set up shop on ye olde web, sales from my crypt…

‘For the time being products are limited to a small number of CDs with my scrawl, but the thought has crossed one’s mind to add various other notable trinkets from my personal collection, who knows what the future holds? ✨✨.’

Then in October, she popped up again to give fans a look at the album covers she shot for her debut album, revealing one that was not used by the label.

And later that month she shared a behind the scenes look at filming for her Excuse All The Blood music video, directed by Corin Hardy and photographed by Alex Lake from Two Short Days. 

The sequel to 28 Days Later, called 28 Weeks Later, was released just five years after the original – in 2007. 

But fans of the franchise have been eagerly awaiting another instalment, which has finally come this year. 

Set for release in the UK and US on Friday, 28 Years Later stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell and child actor Alfie Williams. 

23 years on from the original which saw a deadly virus plague London, the new movie finds a group of survivors living on the secluded island of Lindisfarne, where the virus is yet to reach (Pictured: Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie and Alfie Williams as Spike)

Spike (left) – played by Alfie Williams who has been dubbed a ‘gem’ by critics – is a 12-year-old boy whose mother Isla (Jodie Comer) is unwell, confused and depressed

Critics have weighed in on Alex Garland and Danny Boyle’s new zombie horror movie ahead of its release. 

A follow-up to the ‘great’ 2002 film 28 Days Later, Boyle and Garland assembled a star-studded cast. 

Two decades on from the original which saw a deadly virus plague London, the new movie finds a group of survivors living on the secluded island of Lindisfarne, where the virus is yet to reach. 

Danny and Alex’s new project has received largely positive, if sometimes mixed, reviews from critics following early screenings. 

Rotten Tomatoes have handed the movie an impressive 94 percent critic approval rating after rounding up reviews from more than 91 film reviewers.