This much I know: Gemma Doorly, actor and writer

I’m an unbelievable optimist. I always try and find something to be grateful for, even when I’m having an awful time.

When they told me my character in Fair City (Sarah O’Leary) was being killed off after ten years, I was shocked. Then it hit me — what am I going to do financially? I was so used to the security. But I’m definitely living proof that when one door closes another one opens.

I would have never started writing if I hadn’t lost the Fair City gig.