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Derry Girls is a British period teen sitcom set in Northern Ireland, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4 [4] and ran for three series. The channel's most successful comedy since Father Ted , the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up in Derry , Northern Ireland , in the 1990s ...
McGee is the creator and writer of Derry Girls, a comedy series that began airing on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2018. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women . [ 5 ]
Derry Girls Louisa Clare Harland (born 1993 or 1994) [ 2 ] is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Orla McCool in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and the titular character of the Disney+ series Renegade Nell (2024).
O'Donnell and her fellow Derry Girls co-stars participated in the RTÉ fundraising special RTÉ Does Comic Relief, performing a sketch alongside Saoirse Ronan. All proceeds from the night went towards those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [12] She is a patron of the Liverpool-based youth theatre company 20 Stories High. [7]
From 2018 to 2022, McSweeney played the role of Sister Michael in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls written by Lisa McGee. McSweeney also played Petra in three episodes of Collateral. In 2019, McSweeney played the role of Boring Noreen in the film Extra Ordinary. She also played Alice in the television series Porters on Dave.
O'Rourke rose to prominence in 2018 following her supporting role in the comedy series, Derry Girls. [2] Outside of Derry Girls, O'Rourke has appeared in several short films, including Wasted (2013), Anna (2013), and Normality (2014). In 2016 O'Rourke played the character of Siobhán in the award-winning film Half Brothers.
In 2018, Coughlan began playing Clare Devlin, one of the main characters, in Derry Girls, a sitcom set in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s. [16] [17] Coughlan played Hannah Dalton in Harlots, a period drama television series set in 18th-century London.
Diona Doherty (born 1989) is a Northern Irish actress, writer and comedian from Derry. [1] She starred in BBC Northern Ireland's Soft Border Patrol. [2] She played a Ukrainian student in an episode of Channel 4's Derry Girls. [3] She has been a panellist on The Blame Game, since 2021. [3]