This much I know: Clare Monnelly, actor

I was waitressing when I got the call to say I’d landed the part of Fidelma in Moone Boy.

I had to run outside and scream and phone everyone I knew to tell them the news. Then I went right back out onto the restaurant floor and continued to serve noodles all night.

I love acting because it allows me to get outside of my own head and to be somebody else for a while. I can’t get rid of that desire. When some people hear you’re an actor they presume you want to be famous, but that was never remotely what attracted me to it.