Adapted from Rufi Thorpe\u2019s 2024 novel, the offbeat and unexpectedly tender series follows Margo, whose freshman year of college is upended when she becomes pregnant after a scandalous affair with her married literature professor. To provide for her newborn son, the nearly broke single mother turns to creating content on OnlyFans<\/a>. With the help of Susie, a dedicated cosplayer, Margo transforms into HungryGhost \u2013 a sexy, green-skinned alien \u2013 and begins generating serious income.<\/p>\n The show masterfully captures how OnlyFans can function not just as a platform for pornography, but also as a space for female agency, entrepreneurship and creative expression. \u201cIt sparks this idea of, \u2018Oh, we don\u2019t actually know the full depth of what you can do with OnlyFans,\u2019\u201d says Graham. \u201cIn terms of just how much of a community it can be, and how collaborative and creative it can be. And it\u2019s extremely empowering to take something into your own hands. Margo is thrust into this world where she\u2019s got to take care of her child. She is a mother making ends meet and doing it in a way that feels fun and also a way to connect to other people.\u201d She says her scenes with Fanning \u2013 particularly those in which Susie and Margo brainstorm ideas for her next videos \u2013 left her feeling \u201cso grateful to be a woman and to have this kind of girlhood.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to me over Zoom from London \u2013 her temporary home before she jets back to France to finish a secret filming project \u2013 Graham is a bright, animated presence. Seated in front of a blank wall in a zip-up hoodie and clear-framed glasses, hair loosely tied back, she tells stories with vim and vigour, often punctuating them with rapid hand gestures. You can tell she\u2019s excited to talk about the work.<\/p>\n Alongside Fanning, Graham shared most of her scenes with Nick Offerman. The gruff, bearded Parks and Recreation star plays Margo\u2019s estranged father, Jinx, a former pro wrestler who re-enters her life after a stint in rehab. Off-screen, the pair bonded over baseball during filming in Los Angeles, with Offerman \u2013 a devoted Major League Baseball fan \u2013 introducing Graham to the sport and her new obsession: the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani. \u201cIt was really cool to have that kind of connection with him,\u201d she says, adding that she now has an MLB subscription so she can keep up from London.<\/p>\n Graham was raised in County Down, Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast. In the Nineties, the Asian population in the country \u2013 let alone her hometown \u2013 was practically non-existent. Graham, however, never felt out of place. \u201cI was just one of the other kids,\u201d she says. In fact, she remembers that one of her early school teachers, Mrs Hanlon, made sure \u201ceveryone knew in a positive way about my heritage\u201d. That included child-friendly lessons about adoption and even Chinese New Year celebrations, complete with traditional red envelopes. \u201cI thought that was an incredible kindness,\u201d she reflects.<\/p>\n It\u2019s only since leaving the nest that she\u2019s faced more stereotypes. \u201cI think visually, people make an assumption of who I am and where I\u2019m from. And then when I speak, people go, \u2018Oh, hang on. I wasn\u2019t expecting that,\u2019\u201d she says of her rich, fast-paced Northern Irish lilt. \u201cAnd it really intrigues me, because I\u2019m like, \u2018What? What did you expect?\u2019\u201d For Graham, her accent is a point of pride, because it remains \u201cso strongly connected to home.\u201d<\/p>\n She credits her Northern Ireland upbringing with her unwavering work ethic. \u201cPeople at home, we talk about having notions,\u201d she says. Having notions, in simple terms, refers to pretentious behaviour or having ideas above one\u2019s station. \u201cAnd if you start to get a notion, they will tell you, and they will ground you quite a lot,\u201d she notes. It\u2019s a humbling practice, but one she\u2019s ultimately grateful for, because the real emphasis is on \u201cbeing a good person and working hard\u201d.<\/p>\n Graham speaks with a profound sense of gratitude and perspective. In the first 13 months of her life, she says, \u201cI was taken care of by people that I don\u2019t remember now, but who played a huge pivotal role.\u201d Much like Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles explores the idea that it takes a village to raise a child, Graham sees her own life as a patchwork quilt of love from utter strangers: \u201cThat person who found me on the doorstep, the people who looked after me in the orphanage, my parents who applied for adoption,\u201d she smiles. \u201cI take such pride in where I\u2019m from, because my parents have given me such an incredible chance at life, and my biological parents as well. I think they left me in a place that they knew I was going to be found. So I see that as a second chance, and I don\u2019t want to waste that. I don\u2019t want to do them a disservice.\u201d<\/p>\n Since breaking out in Netflix\u2019s Sherlock Holmes-inspired series The Irregulars (2021), in which she played Victorian gang leader Bea, Graham has steadily built an increasingly varied screen career. From 2022 to 2024, she portrayed cruise ship staffer Vivian Lim in the BBC\u2019s two-season horror-comedy series Wreck, before landing one of her most recognisable roles as Sarah \u201cO\u201d Owens, the rival sex therapist to Asa Butterfield\u2019s insecure Otis Milburn, in the fourth and final season of Netflix\u2019s Sex Education<\/a> (2023). She then transitioned into prestige television in the second season of Apple TV\u2019s Irish dark-comedy whodunnit Bad Sisters<\/a> (2024), playing the unrelenting detective Una Houlihan.<\/p>\n![\"Thaddea](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Thaddea-Graham.jpeg\")
Thaddea Graham stars as Susie in ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ (Apple)<\/p>\n![\"Graham](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779106161_394_Thaddea-Graham.jpeg\")
Graham is one of Ireland\u2019s first international Chinese adoptees (Alex Johnson)<\/p>\n![\"Graham](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779106162_974_Thaddea-Graham.jpeg\")
Graham starred in the fourth and final season of ‘Sex Education’ (Samuel Taylor\/Netflix)<\/p>\n