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performing her single "Dark Soul". The single featured on her debut album of the same name, which was released in 2019, with production credits from
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Lucas performed in theatre bands before making her official acting debut in 2016 when she was cast as
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in 2009 with a degree in
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incorporated classical and jazz elements, and earned her comparisons to
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Lucas began writing music at the age of 14. She has cited the likes of
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in 2009 after graduating from Oxford. This was followed by another EP,
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and French-Cameroonian mother Any, and grew up in a council flat in
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Lucas starred as Laurey
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English signer, composer and playwright (born 1988)
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