Actress Brenna Harding is prepared to complete her HSC over three years if offers start flowing her way after Puberty Blues returns on Wednesday.
Harding plays Sue Knight, one of the two teenage leads in the Network Ten drama series based on the 1970s book of the same name.
The novel was the basis of the first season, but now the series charts its own course. The two main characters, teenagers Debbie Vickers (Ashleigh Cummings) and Sue Knight growing wilder and their parents relationships become more strained.
The second season was filmed in 2013 and it was scheduled to air the same year but Ten held it over for 2014.
That means Puberty Blues will air as Harding is in the throes of her final year of secondary school at Sydney's St George Girls High School.
"I am trying to keep my agent at bay to say no because I have got to stay at school," Harding told AAP with a big smile.
"If there is an amazing opportunity, it's just going to be far too exciting to say no.
"The HSC can wait, I can always do it over two or three years if I have to."
Having not seen the final edit of the series, Harding will watch Wednesday's opening episode like every other Puberty Blues fan.
She says the series will live up to everyone's expectations and her character certainly moves along at a rapid pace.
"We were going to have a cast screening and we didn't end up doing that," Harding said.
"The whole first season was an introduction to some of their quirks and traits but in this one you get to see them grow.
"It's not so much me being excited to see it, because I have lived through the story, but I am excited for everyone else to see it."
Harding played a teenage stalker in three episodes of Packed to the Rafters before being cast in Puberty Blues for which she won a Logie for most popular new female talent.
Juggling school work and acting has its moments for Harding, like when she attended the AACTA Awards in Sydney in late January.
"I went to school, changed in my car outside the school, went to hair and make-up and then I had school the next day as well," the 17-year-old said.
"Every year I've had an acting job to do so it may be a bit difficult to push through this year without a job, so I may have to do things on the side."
* Puberty Blues returns on Wednesday, March 5 at 8.30pm on Network Ten.
