What is the 19-year-old actress suffering from?
The 19-year-old actress was chosen to play Marie-Antoinette, in “Lycée Toulouse-Lautrec”. Ness Merad is one of the actors with disabilities. During an interview, the illness of the young woman was mentioned.
New on TF1. This Monday, January 9, 2023, the first channel kicks off its new series Toulouse Lautrec high school. A fiction that tells the story of high school students who evolve in an establishment where able-bodied and disabled teenagers mingle. Ness Merad (19), is part of this great adventure. And like her character Marie Antoinette, she suffers from a severe handicap.
This is her first role and to present it, the young woman gave an interview to the site To face. Our colleagues specify that Ness Merad is quadriplegic. She has congenital muscular dystrophy, which forces her to move around by rolling. This rare disease of genetic origin is manifested by muscle weakness and motor and respiratory difficulties. These signs appear at birth or in the first months of life. The shooting was thus”very intense” for Ness Merad, because the days were long and she tired quickly. “But I held on. To save me the long journeys between my home and Vaucresson, where the school is located, the team suggested that I stay there. And I loved this autonomy. It was a new experience that made me grow“, she clarified.
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