Jessica McNamee now giving comedy a go Jessica McNamee / Pic: Attila Szilvasi Source: The Daily Telegraph AFTER years of starring in tear-jerkers, Jessica McNamee is delving into comedy. The former Packed To The Rafters star flew into town this week and told Confidential she had just finished shooting a pilot in Chicago. "It's something I'd always wanted to delve into," she said at Rebecca Vallance's Spring Summer 2013-14 collection show at Ananas, the Rocks, yesterday. I've always played straight-laced characters so I'm excited. I feel like it suits me more, like yeah I'm more of an idiot than people think I am. I've got about a month before I find out if it goes to series so I'm kind of in limbo. It's frustrating but it's nice as I get a chance to come back for Fashion Week and The Logies. The Los Angeles-based actress, who landed her first major Hollywood role playing alongside Rachel McAdams in drama The Vow, said her return to Rafters would air mid-year. "I weirdly felt like no time had passed," she said.