Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell (born 4 March 1987)is an Irish actress.

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland,O'Donnell comes from a numerous family and has been fascinated by acting since childhood, taking part in various school performances and deciding, after graduation, to undertake an actor career despite not being able to afford an acting school. From 2011 she began to present herself at various casting dividing her time between Ireland and England, subsequently taking part in various theatrical performances and working as a dancer both for promotional activities and for pantomime performances.

Between 2012 and 2015 she got her first significant role playing Eva Maguire, one of the protagonists of the BBC2 NI series 6Degrees, after the end of which she took part in the film Urban & the Shed Crew, by Candida Brady.

In2018 she played in a theater production I Told My Mum I Was Going on an RE Trip, by Julia Samuels, playing an underage girl who decides to undergo an abortion, and played the part of Michelle Mallon in Derry Girls, sitcom by Channel 4 which gained international fame.

The following year she also joined the cast of Girls and Dolls, a play by the Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee.

O'Donnell lives in Derry with her partner, DJ Paul McCay.