'YOU START TO GO A BIT STIR CRAZY IN JAIL!'
New UK|August 28, 2023
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell returns in the gritty prison drama Screw and gives us the inside story on the chances of a Derry Girls reunion
'YOU START TO GO A BIT STIR CRAZY IN JAIL!'

Actress Jamie-Lee O'Donnell is best known for her hilarious turn as feisty and foulmouthed teenager Michelle Mallon in Derry Girls. Who could forget how Michelle would mercilessly bully her English cousin, James, flirt with all the local lads and desperately try to make her school friends cool?

Sadly, the sitcom came to an end last year after 19 episodes, leaving fans everywhere eager for more. So would Derry-born Jamie-Lee return for another series, or a reunion?

"I would love that!" says the 31-year-old. "We've just opened up a museum exhibition in Derry for Derry Girls, with all the props. "I would assume that Lisa [McGee, the creator of Derry Girls] is just taking the time to enjoy what it is we've done with the three seasons and I know everybody's really busy. So if there was a reunion, I think it would be well down the line.

"I know they were very keen to have a strong ending with the Good Friday Agreement and it's had such an impact. But everyone's really busy, and Lisa's just signed up to do something with Netflix. But actors are the last to know, so I don't have any solid information."

With Derry Girls having come to a conclusion, Jamie-Lee is about to appear in series two of Screw in her role as former new girl - or "sprog"- Rose Gill in the Channel 4 drama.

"The nature of this series is a lot heavier and a lot more intense than the last," she reveals. "There are still lighter moments, which is lovely. But in terms of performance as actors, obviously you're going in with more intensity so you have to stay in those heavier moods for longer.

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