Ruth Jones wishes she could be like Nessa

BBC/Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones as her iconic character, Nessa, during the filming of the hit BBC sitcom on Trinity Street, Barry. — Ruth Jones says she sometimes wishes she was like Nessa

Ruth Jones has admitted that when she feels nervous, the TV star tries to be like her Gavin and Stacey character Nessa Jenkins.

“What I love about Nessa is that she doesn’t care what anyone thinks,” Jones told the BBC at the Gavin & Stacey finale premiere.

“I wish I could be more like that in real life. I just love the straightforwardness of it. If I’m nervous about something, I’m often able to let the Nessa in me say, ‘Oh, love, back off.’ “

Jones will play Nessa for the last time in a feature-length Gavin and Stacey Christmas Day final episode On BBC One at 21:00 GMT.

Jones said, “I love playing her, I really do.” “I love the history of her life and the work she’s done, which is quite phenomenal.”

Gavin & Stacey debuted on BBC Three in 2007 and as well as co-creating the series with James Corden, Jones has played Nessa since.

Nessa – “Oh!”, “What’s happening?’ and “Tidy” – has had a variety of occupations including truck driver, BBC producer and goalkeeping coach at Coventry City.

Matthew Horne and Joanna Page play the title roles of Gavin and Stacey – and Page, who plays Nessa’s on-screen best friend, nerves admitted About to return to the iconic role for the final show.

Joanna Page and Ruth Jones have become household names after playing Stacey and Nessa in the comedy smash hit Gavin & Stacey.

PA Media Joanna Page and Ruth Jones — Joanna Page and Ruth Jones have become household names after playing Stacey and Nessa in the comedy smash hit Gavin & Stacey.

“It was quite difficult in the beginning,” he told the BBC.

“Before we started I said to my mom, ‘Oh my God, I first played Stacey when I was 29 – I’m in my forties now, I have four kids, can I play this bubbly character? Will I get an energetic and fun type of character again?

“I’m still exactly the same as I was when I was 17, so yes. ‘Oh my God, would I play that differently?’ Like a little bit? But then, oh my God, getting to be with the gang, being back on set, having a laugh, and getting back to where we’re all family – it was amazing.

Gavin, Stacey and the rest of the gang return to Billericay to kneel

BBC/Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson Gavin & Stacey stars James Corden, Ruth Jones, Matthew Horne, Joanna Page and Robert Wilfort are pictured on set at Pam & Mick's home. — Gavin, Stacey and the rest of the gang return to Billericay to kneel

The upcoming finale will see Gavin, Stacey, Smitty and Nessa get back together for the last time – after 2019 christmas special It ended with Jones’ character Nessa proposing to Smithy, played by Corden.

Corden said, “It may sound like complete nonsense, but it really doesn’t feel like we’re in charge of writing it.”

“I think we just have to get together and we open a portal and the characters come in and they tell us what they want everyone to know.”