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.

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DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has been pictured in upcoming Paramount+ series THE DOLL FACTORY for the first time. Set in London in 1851, the series follows Iris, played by Esme Creed-Miles, who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister Rose. The series will be released in Ireland and the UK in the late autumn.

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