The Shape I’m In: June Rodgers

JUNE RODGERS celebrates 25 years in the entertainment industry this year with her nationwide tour, ‘In the Merry Month of June’.

June, 55, is one of Ireland’s top comic performers and first came to prominence in John Player Tops. Her film work includes Agnes Browne with Angelica Houston, On the Nose with Robbie Coletraine, One Step Back starring Patrick Bergin and Mrs Brown D’Movie with Brendan O’Carroll.

Her TV work includes a guest appearance in the 2009 series of RTÉ medical drama The Clinic. “I was a nurse in one of the scenes. I was supposed to be giving the doctor the eye. It was a great opportunity because I was a huge Clinic fan,” she says.