United Kingdom, June 30 -- Jessica Frances Dukes says her role in Ozark gave her invaluable experience for her new crime drama The Westies.

The 45-year-old actress previously starred as Special Agent Maya Miller in the hit Netflix series and she will next be seen in the upcoming MGM+ show which has been written and produced by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes and focuses on the Irish-American organised crime gang the Westies who operated in New York.

Jessica plays Birdie Polk in The Westies, an FBI Special Agent leading a Task Force investigating the Italian Mafia, and she was able to take a lot from her Ozark role and what she learned from her Ozark co-stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney to portray Birdie.

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