Saoirse-Monica Jackson in THE DECAMERON

Saoirse-Monica Jackson in THE DECAMERON

Saoirse-Monica Jackson in THE DECAMERON

DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse-Monica Jackson is back on our screens in THE DECAMERON. According to Netflix, the series depicts the ‘all-too-timely theme of class struggles in the season of a pandemic, as a cast of misfits try to outlast the bubonic plague pandemic in 1348 Florence’. Netflix has described Saoirse’s character Misia as a ‘co-dependent servant of Pampinea (Mamet). She adores her demanding master and derives much self-worth from pleasing her.’

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DERRY GIRLS’ Jackson on DISH

Saoirse-Monica ­Jackson

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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