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Saoirse-Monica Jackson Goes Derry Free
After playing a teenager in Northern Ireland, Saoirse-Monica Jackson is hell-bent on doing something different.
Loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century short-story collection of the same name, the series is a soapy, borderline absurdist black comedy from showrunner Kathleen Jordan, who previously created Teenage Bounty Hunters, the short-lived Netflix dramedy about twin teens wrestling with the demands of an Evangelical high school and criminal pursuits. As Misia, an all-too-eager loyal servant to a cruel and vain padrona played by Zosia Mamet, Jackson doesn’t only bring her signature comedic timing and hilarious expressions to the role; she captures the devastation inherent in toxic co-dependency and longing for a narcissist’s love. Jackson grew up between Derry, with a load of aunts, uncles, siblings, and cousins constantly streaming in and out of the family home, and, across the border, the fishing village of Greencastle in County Donegal, Ireland, where her parents ran a local inn in the early aughts.
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