Isa from still game in real life

Jane McCarry is Isa. She is a Bafta award winning actress and comedienne. She graduated from Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh in and worked as a secondary school teacher covering mainstream, behaviour support and working with young people with complex needs in a variety of Glasgow schools. Jane has worked extensively in both theatre, television and radio throughout the UK ever since.

He had filmed all these scenes with me and had absolutely no idea who I was. We never thought it would take off in the way it did. The Harry Potter favourite appeared in series four episode Dial-A-Bus as driver Davie, who suffers a breakdown behind the wheel. Although Jane enjoyed working with Robbie, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter flicks before his death last year aged 72, she still covers her ears when she watches their scene back. The show was networked by the BBC for the fourth series after an unlikely intervention by comedian and superfan Peter Kay. Peter obviously had the clout to do that. Next year Mark and Jane will hit the road again with members of the Still Game cast for more An Evening With events , meaning their professional and personal relationship will stretch into its 35th year.

Isa from still game in real life

Jane McCarry is going on tour with a string of sensational and hilarious anecdotes. What was I going to say for a full hour? Jane is 52 now, still significantly younger than many of her starring roles. Insight Laura Boyd. STV News. Laura Boyd. Today's Top Stories. Boy, 13, in serious condition after being found with stab wounds near park. Scotland stunned in Rome as Italy secure rare Six Nations scalp. Man arrested after police chase ends with crash into parked cars.

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The Glasgow -born actor will light up our television screens as loveable busybody Isa Drennan for the last time this Thursday. The young-at-heart pensioners of Craiglang are set to take their final bow on telly at least — the real last hurrah will be with a run of stage shows at the SSE Hydro this autumn and McCarry, 48, is sanguine as she contemplates life after Still Game. Paul Riley [who plays Winston] was on a plane coming back from Australia and he sent me a picture from when he was flying over Mount Isa. He said: 'Aww naw. I cannae get away from you …'.

Jane McCarry is going on tour with a string of sensational and hilarious anecdotes. What was I going to say for a full hour? Jane is 52 now, still significantly younger than many of her starring roles. Insight Laura Boyd. STV News. Laura Boyd. Today's Top Stories Breaking News. Lorry driver handed community sentence for killing cyclist. Women born in s 'owed compensation' over botched change to pensions.

Isa from still game in real life

The Glasgow -born actor will light up our television screens as loveable busybody Isa Drennan for the last time this Thursday. The young-at-heart pensioners of Craiglang are set to take their final bow on telly at least — the real last hurrah will be with a run of stage shows at the SSE Hydro this autumn and McCarry, 48, is sanguine as she contemplates life after Still Game. Paul Riley [who plays Winston] was on a plane coming back from Australia and he sent me a picture from when he was flying over Mount Isa. He said: 'Aww naw. I cannae get away from you …'. Once that is finished, it will seem final. It is 17 years since McCarry made her debut as Isa. Around the time that Chewin' The Fat made the move to television, McCarry was studying for teaching qualifications and then became pregnant with her eldest son, Iain, now McCarry recalls that while she was thrilled to see Chewin' The Fat become a roaring success on the small screen, at the same time she felt secretly sad to not be part of it.

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The Craiglang stalwart has been a fixture of many Scots lives ever since the hit BBC comedy arrived on screens, but few have seen the actress behind the costume. Although McCarry would be the first to assert that differs markedly from her on screen alter-ego. The Musical News". Learning to say "no" has given her space to be able to say "yes" to the things she wants to do, be it as an actor or within her personal life, McCarry adds. McCarry has two sons: her youngest, Alexander, is The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. More Newsletters. He said: 'Aww naw. Retrieved 2 August Insight Laura Boyd. Jane is also a fine Burns performer and her Reply to the Toast to the Lassies is always superb. Coupled with finding her feet as a mother for the first time, it proved an emotionally tumultuous time.

Isa Drennan is a fictional character in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game.

When I was younger, I would think: 'Oh, it would be great to be battering into scones …' I didn't know about type 2 diabetes in those days. McCarry jokes that with hindsight it was destiny that she would be cast as nosy Isa. As for the secret behind the enduring popularity of Still Game? Scotland stunned in Rome as Italy secure rare Six Nations scalp. Taking it a day at a time helped, she says, although it took an existential moment as McCarry stared out into the sea of faces while performing in Still Game at the Hydro in to gain the much-needed perspective that something tangible had to change. STV News. Teenager in serious condition after being 'stabbed' outside Glasgow park. Daily Record. The young-at-heart pensioners of Craiglang are set to take their final bow on telly at least — the real last hurrah will be with a run of stage shows at the SSE Hydro this autumn and McCarry, 48, is sanguine as she contemplates life after Still Game. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Connect to Us.