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Lucy Domachowski

Chronicles of Narnia star's secret battle with rare infection that nearly claimed life

Narnia actress Georgie Henley has revealed how she was embroiled in a secret battle with a rare bacterial infection that nearly took her life.

The 27-year-old movie star, who played Lucy Pevensie in the The Chronicles of Narnia series, has told how she was rushed to hospital and underwent “extensive surgery” to treat Necrotising Fasciitis.

The infection, which she picked up in her second week of university, is rare type which spreads very quickly.

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