Mo Gaffney from Absolutely Fabulous joins Gearoid to chat about comedy, her career and put the world to rights. Mo is a very respected actress, writer, comedian and activist. She began her career as part of a double act with Kathy Najimy with whom she wrote two smash hit off-Broadway shows; Parallel Lives and The Dark Side which were subsequently were filmed for HBO and won a string of awards. She has appeared in a string of sitcoms in the US including Friends, Mad About You, That 70s Show and most recently 2 Broke Girls and Veep. In the UK she created the hapless Taffy Turner for Ruby Wax’s BBC series The Full Wax and of course appeared in every series of Absolutely Fabulous.Jennifer Saunders recently declared Mo the funniest performer she has ever worked with.
Mo is a longtime activist and has written and spoken extensively on the rights of Women and the LGBT community. She is an all round good egg and is an absolute delight.