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Caitríona Balfe

Caitríona Balfe

Birthday: 1979-10-04 | Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Caitríona Mary Balfe (/kəˈtriːnə ˈbælf/; born 4 October 1979) is an Irish actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is best known for her starring role as Claire Fraser in the Starz historical drama series Outlander, for which she received a British Academy Scotland Award, an Irish Film and Television Award, two People's Choice Awards, and three Saturn Awards. She also earned nominations for two Critics' Choice Television Awards and four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama. At age eighteen, while studying Drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Balfe was offered work as a fashion model in Paris. She was featured both in advertising campaigns and on runways for such brands as Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Bottega Veneta, Oscar de la Renta and many others over ten years before refocusing on acting. She had leading roles in the web series The Beauty Inside (2012) and H+: The Digital Series (2012–2013), and appeared in the films Super 8 (2011), Now You See Me (2013), Escape Plan (2013), Money Monster (2016), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Belfast (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Caitríona Balfe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Belfast

as    Ma

2020
Angela's Christmas Wish

as    Dorothy's Mother

2019
Ford v Ferrari

as    Mollie Miles

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as    Tavra (voice)

2016
Money Monster

as    Diane Lester

2015
The Price of Desire

as    Gabrielle Bloch

2014
Outlander

as    Claire Randall Fraser

2013
Crush

as    Andie

2012
H+: The Digital Series

as    Breanna Sheehan

2010
Picture Me

as    Herself