As in-demand actor Kym Marsh comes to Ireland with the stage adaptation of ‘Single White Female’, she reflects on her reality TV experience, talks about how the updated tale of a stalker has even more resonance in the digital age and challenges outdated female stereotypes
Actress Kym Marsh, who is set to play Hedy in the stage adaptation of Single White Female at the Gaiety in Dublin. Photo: Nick James
Kym Marsh has just shocked me with a revelation – she’s never had a housemate from hell. I’ve just spent several minutes detailing a mere handful of horror stories from my own experience – the one who would never empty the bin, the one who wouldn’t stop playing Hawaiian music, the frugal one who turned the radiators off in February and hid all the knobs so we couldn’t turn the heat back on – only for her to give a sympathetic laugh.
“I’ve never had a roommate, so it’s never been something that’s happened to me,” she chuckles. “I had children when I was 18, so I shared my house with my children. I’ve always lived either with the children’s father or on my own with the kids, so I’ve never had a housemate ever. The kids are enough!”