Kin star Clare Dunne: I'm not afraid of death, but I just have so much I want to do

When you're kind to yourself it sends a way better energy out to the world. There's no point banging your head off the wall

Clare Dunne currently stars in Kin on RTÉ One. Picture: Naoise Culhane.

I grew up in housing estates in south Dublin. I have five sisters, so it's always great craic around the table. Especially as we get older. We don't find as much to fight about as we did when we were younger. I lived in London for about six years but I ended up moving back to Dublin when the pandemic hit. I had been dividing my time between the two anyway, a lot of my work has just ended up being in Ireland over the past few years, but last year when I landed my role in Kin I bit the bullet and got my stuff shipped over.

I do think I was born to be in my line of work. I'm a storyteller and that's it. My mam asked what I liked doing when I was about 12 years old and I said that I loved making my friends laugh and she sent me to a drama group. That was the first step. I used to be more into telling stories and singing to make people laugh and I eventually ended up acting and writing.