Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney on UCC and 'her dirty little secret'

'My time at UCC was the most important time of my life', the Cork native said while accepting an award at the university

Born in 1979 and raised in Aherla, Siobhán McSweeney graduated from UCC in 2001 with a Bachelor in Biological Science, before she moved to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. File picrture

BAFTA winning Derry Girls star and tv presenter Siobhán McSweeney says playing Sister Michael in the hit sitcom changed her life, but she won't let the role define her.

And she credited University College Cork's drama society, Dramat, for crystalising "her dirty little secret" — this burning desire she had as a science student to pursue acting full-time.