The star of ‘Unforgotten’ talks about stepping into Nicola Walker’s shoes, and how things are looking up for actresses over 30
When it comes to creating a popular crime drama, having a formula is no bad thing: the comfort of knowing what you’re going to get is a big part of why we tune in. With ITV’s, it is the discovery of a long-dead body and, in the words of star Sinéad Keenan: “There’s always a group of four people where you go, ‘How in the name of God are they connected?!’”.
“It turns out that she’s made the decision to plough on through, but something like that is gonna leave a stain,” says Keenan. “It’s still in a precarious position, the marriage.” “As an actor, I’d be lying if I sat here and said, ‘Yes, everything that I do must have a message,’ because nobody has that luxury,” she says. “But I have been very lucky in that some of the things I have done are a reflection on a particular state of the nation. It’s always a bonus… It’s nice to feel like you’re doing something that’s – I don’t want to say ‘important’ because we’re just fannying about in front of a camera – but something like did show that TV can have an impact.
Not that their mother and father were pushy stage parents. Instead, when Keenan first floated the idea of acting, it “didn’t go down very well” and she ended up studying history and sociology at University College Dublin.
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