Career
She starred alongside Neil Morrissey in The Vanishing Manitoba and then came to prominence in a lead role in 1999"s Independent Television seven-part drama Wonderful You. She appeared as Tim"s (Simon Pegg) girlfriend for four episodes of United Kingdom 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 British Broadcasting Corporation"s Monarch of the Glen.
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.