CBBC girl dies at 16
I’m A Celeb star leads tributes
CHILDREN’S TV star Mya-Lecia Naylor has died aged 16.
The CBBC actress appeared alongside Emily Atack, Fleur East and Tess Daly on the children’s channel show Almost Never.
It is unclear how the teenager died but her agent yesterday confirmed that she passed away on April 7.
The aspiring model also played Fran in CBBC’s Millie Inbetween, a drama about a girl coming to terms with the divorce of her parents.
She appeared in the 2012 film Cloud Atlas as Nero and in the Jennifer Saunders sitcom Absolutely Fabulous in 2004, playing Edina’s granddaughter Jane. Almost Never follows boyband The Wonderland and rival girl group Girls Here First competing on fictional TV talent competition The Spotlight – which is hosted by Miss Daly. Emily Atack plays one of the boys’ mothers, while Fleur East, a singer and former X Factor contestant, makes a cameo appearance as herself.
Miss Naylor had been set to star in The Witcher, a TV adaptation of a popular video game series for Netflix starring Henry Cavill.
Last night actress Miss Atack, who starred in the Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners and featured on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, said: ‘So shocked and sad to hear about lovely Mya-Lecia Naylor. She was a beautiful and talented girl. A complete joy to be around.’ A statement on the CBBC website said: ‘Mya-Lecia was a much loved part of the BBC Children’s family, and a hugely talented actress, singer and dancer.
‘We will miss her enormously and we are sure that you will want to join us in sending all our love to her family and friends.’ A spokesman for her agents, A&J Management, said: ‘It is with the deepest sorrow we have to announce that on Sunday 7th April Mya-Lecia Naylor, very sadly, died. Mya-Lecia was hugely talented and a big part of A&J, we will miss her greatly.
‘Our love and thoughts are with all her family and friends at this difficult time.’