‘Working as an extra on TV has given me a new lease of life at 72 years of age’Lillian Mellamphy from Cork has worked as an extra on film, television and advertisements for the past 10 years'For a morning working on Fair City, you might come away with €55, but I was working on a film recently where I was paid nearly €700 for the week.' Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionAs told to Deirdre Barry Today at 06:30“After three months of chemotherapy in 2016, I didn’t know what to do with myself.

Source: Irish Independent February 10, 2026 09:14 UTC