On stage. Always on stage. God that’s depressing, isn’t it?
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Siobhán McSweeney
b. 1979
Arts and letters
About
Born in Ireland, McSweeney, 44, completed a science degree at University College Cork, before studying at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. From 2018 to 2022, she played Sister Michael in Channel 4’s Derry Girls, winning a Bafta for her performance. She appears in the Disney+ comedy Extraordinary, and her stage roles include As You Like It and Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre, and The Alchemist at the RSC. She also presents The Great Pottery Throw Down, and a new series starts on Channel 4 on 7 January. She lives in London.
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Loving, odd, playful. Jeepers, I’ve described myself like a damaged rescue puppy.
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.
“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
Politics. And casting directors.
Physically, falling off my bike two years ago. Emotionally, when my mother died when I was 27.
A better knee and better lungs.
My impotence in the face of war.
As Tilda Swinton in a fat suit.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
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