DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has told how she had just been fired from her door-to-door sales job when she learned about the hit comedy series. Speaking to the Dish podcast, Jackson told hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett how she was just a year out of drama school when she landed a role in DERRY GIRLS. She also told the Dish hosts about her upcoming roles, one in the Paramount+ period thriller THE DOLL FACTORY – which was filmed in Dublin – and the Netflix period drama THE DECAMERON, set during the Black Plague.