Kate Winslet helps schoolgirl, 12, with rare eye condition tick off her 'visual bucket list' with a visit to the theatre - after donating thousands to fund a trip around the world Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By CHLOE LOUISE FOR MAILONLINE Published: 10:44, 20 November 2024 | Updated: 10:45, 20 November 2024 e-mail View comments Kate Winslet sweetly stepped in to help a schoolgirl with a rare eye condition tick off her 'visual bucket list'. Lily-Rae Merchant-O'Hanlon, 12, was diagnosed with Stargardt disease last December - a genetic eye disease that causes progressive vision loss.
After reading about Lily-Rae's story, the Titanic actress, 49, was touched and arranged for the schoolgirl and her mother, Emma, 45, to join her at the theatre this week. Kate arranged for the three of them to visit London's Barbican Theatre to watch My Neighbour Totoro and happily posed for sweet pictures together. Speaking about the trip, Emma said: 'It felt like we'd known each other forever.
She was very normal. We are so grateful to her.' Earlier in the year, Kate also helped by donating £5,000 to Lily-Rae's GoFundMe page, meaning she was able to fulfill her wish of seeing the Northern Lights and also feed a group of tigers at Knowsley Safari Park.
Kate Winslet helped a schoolgirl, 12, with a rare eye condition tick off her 'visual bucket list' as she treated her to a visit to London's Barbican Theatre to watch My Neighbour Totoro Lily-Rae Merchant-O'Hanlon, 12, was diagnose.
