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Derry Girls actress opens up about wedding day ‘anxiety’

written by cassoscoop July 26, 2024
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Saoirse-Monica Jackson with fiance Denis Sulta

Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has opened up about her wedding plans, revealing she is “anxious” about spending the special day trying to get round her “ginormous family”.

The actress revealed all as she graced the cover of July’s edition of Cosmopolitan, also speaking about her time on the hit Channel 4 comedy that shot her into stardom.

Jackson who memorably led the show as Erin, is due to wed her beau Denis Sulta, a Scottish DJ whose real name is Hector Barbour.

The pair currently live together in Liverpool, having met initially at a party at a mutual friend’s house one October, where he was dressed as Santa.

“I thought, ‘there’s my man!’” she added.

The 30-year-old actress announced the news of their engagement on Instagram back in February.

She told Cosmo: “We’re planning our wedding at the moment. I have a ginormous family. He’s so down for a big wedding, but I don’t want to spend the day feeling anxious that I haven’t got round to everybody.

“I love being at home with Hector. We love chilling, and not being at the centre of cool parties – watching Moana with him makes me so happy.”

Jackson grew up between Derry and Greencastle in Co Donegal where her parents ran an inn.

She was always surrounded by cousins, aunts and uncles. “You had to be funny to get noticed,” she says.

“I always knew I wanted to be an actress.”

Jackson on the front cover of Cosmopolitan magazine

Her parents worked various jobs, imbuing her with her work ethic and a vision.

She describes her mother as “dynamite”.

“Coming out of the back end of the Troubles, they wanted to see their children have opportunities, make them believe that they could do anything.

“I think that came down to the fact that peace was realised in their generation.”

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