Unforgotten Co-Star Sinéad Keenan Has Big Boots to Fill

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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As an Unforgotten fan herself, actor Sinéad Keenan was well aware of the boots she was filling by stepping into the role of the new DCI. And as if that wasn’t enough of a hurdle for her character DCI Jessica James, less than an hour before her first day at work, Jess’s husband Steve drops some shattering news. Sinéad joins the podcast this week to reflect on some of the challenges her character faces and how she approached playing the bristly and complex Jessica James.

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0:43.0	For DCI Jessica James, there could hardly be a less desirable way to begin her first day at her new job.
0:50.0	A mere 54 minutes before she's supposed to start the new position, her husband Steve drops some shattering news.
0:57.0	I didn't mean to tell you like this yet.
1:00.0	You had a plan?
1:03.0	No, I mean.
1:06.0	Who?
1:09.0	Doesn't matter who.
1:11.0	God does, does to me.
1:14.0	When Jess finds out her husband is having an affair, the emotional distress sends her into a whirlwind,
1:20.0	and she can't help but let it carry over into her first day of work.
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