The Derry Girls: How old are they really?
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The Derry Girls: How old are they really?

Derry Girls has finished up and has proven to be a hit amongst viewers but many are wondering... How old are they really?

The show is set in the city of Derry during the Troubles and follows around five 'teenagers' as they live through checkpoints, bomb scares and more.

After we looked up their ages we were quite surprised... Some of them are a lot older than you would think.

Let's see how old they each are:

Saoirse Jackson


Saoirse Jackson plays the character Erin Quinn in the show and she's doing a great job as lead. She uses more facial expressions that we thought were possible but her larger than life performance is wonderfully weird and quirky. So how old is she?

Her age was hard to pin down but the Derry-native was born on November 24, 1993, making her 25-years-old.

Louisa Harland

Louisa Harland plays Orla McCool in the show and her character is very quirky. You could very easily compare her to the hapless 'Neil' from The Inbetweeners.

Although it there's not much online about Louisa's age, there's one article on the Belfast Telegraph which states that Louisa is 24-year-old so we'll just go with that.


Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell plays Michelle Mallon and she has a habit of getting her gang of friends in trouble. Her character has great spunk and she is definitely one of the stronger actors in the series.

This one was easier, Jamie is a 26-year-old from Belfast.

Dylan Llewellyn

Honorary Derry Girl Dylan Llewellyn plays James, the cousin of Michelle. He's treated horribly in the show but his antics definitely lead to the biggest laughs.


Dylan is 25 years old.

Nicola Coughlan

Nicola Coughlan plays Clare Devlin in the show and tries her best to be a good two shoes even though her friends have a habit of getting her into all sorts of mad capers.

Her age? We've saved the best for last... She turned 31 in January!

She must have a painting in the attic somewhere!

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee recently revealed that while no specific date has been set in stone for the season two premiere, fans can expect it to be in the month of March.