Mullingar actress Niamh Algar has explained that what she likes best about her career is that "it's cathartic."
Speaking to Glamour magazine, the Mary & George star said: "You get to explore emotions. And it's almost like leaving your problems down and picking up someone else's. It's complete escapism."
Algar stars in a new series Playing Nice based on two couples discovering that their babies were swapped at birth, "Their whole world just explodes and they're thrown into a parent's worst nightmare," she said.
Post-partum depression is also explored in this series, and discussing the theme, Algar said: "You don't choose to have postpartum depression.
"It's a temporary mental illness that happens more frequently than people are willing to talk about and I think it's important, that we do talk about it. It's hormones that are completely messed around within your brain, within your body, and can be misdiagnosed."
I consulted with psychiatrists on this and women who had experienced it and for me, it was just a gift for it to be put in." she added.
Playing Nice is expected to play on Irish screens in 2025.
