A biography for Jessica Bardenhasn’t been written yet.
“I've played a lot of teenagers and I think sometimes they tend to make them a bit too mushy, because you're not actually connected to yourself at all really when you're a teenager.”
“As much as it's really important, obviously, as a woman in the industry to be choosing the stories which represent women, you also have to keep an eye on the male side.”
“I'm 25, but I look like I'm 16 so I don't really don't consider age personally.”
“Like everything, if you're born in the center of something it's super easy, but it's hard to do anything different with your life if you come from somewhere that isn't London.”
“I just used to go to the same auditions with all these other kids I went to school with. I didn't feel like I was really good at acting. I didn't feel like I was a really talented person that needed to be doing this.”
“I'm a quite dramatic person.”
“But as a kid you take it very personally when your parents divorce.”
“I feel really happy like with 'Derry Girls,' I feel happy to be part of something that young people are like, that is dysfunctional and you feel awkward in relationships and you try to find someone that makes you feel comfortable.”
“I'm really grateful for the opportunities I get. But I do spend a lot of time thinking about how lucky I am so I don't become complacent about it.”
“I definitely wanted to be a woman and be treated as an adult, I wasn't interested in being young at all.”
“It is so important for young people to see characters with different mental health challenges on-screen.”
“And if I have kids one day, I can tell them that I was famous on Instagram, which is really funny, and they will think that I'm really lame. Everything is temporary.”
“Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.”
“Working-class actors have no identity. Our identity is playing every single poor person on 'Game Of Thrones.'”
“So many people's parents separate and for my generation it is very normal. But I remember feeling as though nobody ever spoke about it.”
“I have a fear of people... Some days you just don't really want the attention of everybody looking at you. And it makes you feel insecure.”
“I stayed at home and loved my own company because I was just petrified of everybody else my own age, which I think a lot of people are.”
“If you discover that a role isn't complex, you can speak to somebody about it and they'll help you push it when you're on set.”
“I don't want to have a big wedding. I don't crave that ritual of dress fittings, party planning and all eyes being on you.”
“I have stage fright really badly.”