Aspiring actress Gracie McGonigal got the best Christmas present she could wish for – a bionic arm to help her chase her dream roles.
Gracie, 18, was born with her left arm missing below the elbow – but has already starred in short films, TV ads and local theatre shows.
But she says her new £10,000 arm will enable her to go after roles she would not previously have been considered for. The youngster, who has just begun a performing arts college course in London, said: “I’m ecstatic.
It will help me achieve roles I wouldn’t have been given having just one arm.” Gracie, who lives with mum Ellen, 51, in Ealing, West London, was fitted with the Hero bionic arm last weekend.
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