Siobhan McSweeney
(Picture: PHOTOGRAPHY NATASHA PSZENICKI)“We perpetuate this myth that only certain body shapes and certain classes and certain ages are allowed to lead ‘leading’ lives. The greatest subversion of all is to show the average, and I’m incredibly proud of being average.” Siobhán McSweeney takes a pause. “Note I didn’t say ‘mediocre’...”
There’s little chance of anyone reaching for that word to describe her. The actress and presenter, 42, is the star of two of our most beloved television shows, playing the formidable, eye-rolling nun Sister Michael (or “Big M”, as she refers to her) in Lisa McGee’s Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls, set towards the tail end of the Troubles, and hosting The Great Pottery Throw Down, the crafting competition that’s heart-warming, but not twee, on the same channel.
