{"id":270676,"date":"2026-01-29T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/270676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:10:07","slug":"actor-jamie-lee-odonnell-had-no-nervousness-featuring-in-kneecap-music-video-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/270676\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell had \u2018no nervousness\u2019 featuring in Kneecap music video \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell had \u201cno nervousness\u201d starring in Kneecap<\/a>\u2019s music video for Say\u014dnara, which was released three weeks before a terrorism charge against Kneecap\u2019s Liam \u00d3g \u00d3 hAnnaidh<\/a> was thrown out of court. <\/p>\n

The UK crown prosecution service has since appealed the decision, but Ms O\u2019Donnell does \u201cnot think there is any issue\u201d with the actions of the Belfast rap trio. <\/p>\n

In the group\u2019s music video, the Derry Girls actor played a burned-out desk worker who escapes from her office in a van emblazoned with \u201cFree Mo Chara\u201d. <\/p>\n

Speaking at a Screen Ireland event on Thursday, Ms O\u2019Donnell said: \u201cIt\u2019s crazy that it [the terrorism charge] is even happening for flying a flag and saying what they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born in the \u201980s so the political back and forth and being told you are a problem and on the wrong side is something I am very used to growing up as an Irish Catholic in Derry. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to say that I can stick by my integrity and my principles even if people don\u2019t agree and it\u2019s going to be a massive problem. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there is any issue with what they have done\u201d she said, adding that she was a fan of Kneecap.<\/p>\n

Ms O\u2019Donnell will star in an upcoming Screen Ireland<\/a> film, Skintown. The coming-of-age feature film launched at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday as part of Screen Ireland\u2019s slate of 87 productions for 2026.<\/p>\n

Among the projects featured were Power Ballad, directed by John Carney and starring American stars Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Mr Carney has described his film, which will premiere at the close of the Dublin International Film Festival in March, as a \u201cludicrous comedy\u201d. <\/p>\n

Another upcoming production is Frank Berry\u2019s The Lost Children of Tuam, a documentary about Catherine Corless\u2019s work uncovering information about the deaths of children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam.<\/p>\n

Animation projects were also highlighted at the event, including Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon\u2019s 2026 feature film Jul\u00edan, which its studio director Louise Bagnall said explored the \u201cpower of self-expression\u201d. <\/p>\n

Director John Kelly<\/a> said on Thursday that being nominated for an Oscar for his short animated film Retirement Plan was \u201ca complete shock\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole Oscar prediction world out there which I was not privy to, and our film was never on any prediction list,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A record-breaking spend by production companies in 2025 resulted in \u20ac544 million going to the Irish economy, via the cost of cast, crew, hotels, catering and other inputs, according to analysis shared by Screen Ireland. <\/p>\n

Screen Ireland\u2019s chief executive, D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Finnegan, said the number was \u201coutstanding\u201d. <\/p>\n

The \u20ac544 million was a 26 per cent increase on the previous year.<\/p>\n

Ms Finnegan cited the section 481 tax credit for film and television as a \u201ccritical underpinning\u201d of the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for international productions to come and film. <\/p>\n

The tax credit allows productions to claim 32 per cent of their spend on all goods, services, cast and crew while filming in Ireland. The credit is allocated to films that satisfy a culture test and the industry development test. <\/p>\n

She said the majority of Screen Ireland funding went to local projects and \u201cthe expression of Irish culture on screen\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at literature, music, theatre and across film and TV, I think there\u2019s just an incredible wealth and depth of talent,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Jamie-Lee O\u2019Donnell had \u201cno nervousness\u201d starring in Kneecap\u2019s music video for Say\u014dnara, which was released three weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[132609,93,61,60,132608,10366,10367,5237],"class_list":{"0":"post-270676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-catherine-corless","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-john-carney","13":"tag-kneecap","14":"tag-mo-chara","15":"tag-screen-ireland-fis-eireann"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}