'It's like having a superpower.' ADHD
Conversations about ADHD mostly, traditionally, focus on the negatives, but like her onscreen character, Jessie wants to prove there is a power in what makes us different. “I've been successful in my job probably due to the fact that I do have ADHD in some ways,” Jessie shares. “That impulsivity, always on the search for something fun and something a bit zingy is what led me to jump into things I might not have been very prepared for. It's like having a superpower as well.
"So many people I know with ADHD are highly intelligent, or are so talented at something, or just have such an interesting outlook on the world. With many of the people in my life, I look around and I think, ‘well, we are a big old bunch ofpeople.’ I think we gravitate towards each other, which is why I cherish all my friends so much – because they're all just completely bonkers.”
Having interviewed Jessie a couple of times now, I can attest that IRL you certainly gravitate towards the “little weirdo from, from Red Hill” – as she calls herself – who really hasn’t changed at all since finding fame. She’s still in a flatshare and still figuring out life, just like all of us.representation“What's important about representation on screen is the fact that there are some people who just don't meet many people.
, it is a little more now but at the time it was a predominantly white area. And so you can understand in some ways why some people just have completely bizarre ideas about people from other groups because they haven't met anyone from there.
and emotions is important, it humanises everyone that's on your screen. That would've been great for me growing up.”character Alina is that “she's a female protagonist, but she's also got a lot of human qualities that everyone can understand”.
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