United Kingdom, Feb. 12 -- Bijou Phillips has launched an urgent appeal to find a kidney donor.

The 45-year-old actress was born with underdeveloped kidneys and previously underwent a transplant in 2017 after being gifted an organ by a "dear friend" but she's now back in hospital in Los Angeles receiving dialysis after complications led to her body rejecting the transplanted kidney - and she's appealed for help to find a living donor who can help.

In a post on Instagram, she wrote: " I need help finding a kidney. I'm asking as a friend, a sister, an aunt, and most important, a single mother to an incredible and brave daughter.

"I was born with underdeveloped kidneys and spent the first three months of life in the NICU on dialysis. In 2...