Roisin Gallagher on The Dry and lucky breaks: 'You’re only as good as your last scene'

As Roisin Gallagher returns with a new series of The Dry, she talks to Noel Baker about the role she describes as ‘her lucky break’

Roisin Gallagher as Shiv in The Dry

As Shiv Sheridan in the second and latest series of The Dry, Roisin Gallagher captures the look of a woman living a life vicariously through herself. It’s a look that screams “what is going on here, and what am I supposed to do about it?”

The highly rated comedy-drama is back on our screens, following south Dubliner Shiv as she moves from initially recovering alcoholic to more fully re-engaging with life around her — or, at least as much as she can given the sheer weirdness of her surroundings.