Caitriona Balfe
Caitriona Balfe
Caitriona Balfeis an Irish actress and model. She is best known for her role as Claire Beauchamp in the Starz series Outlander, for which she won a People's Choice Award and two Saturn Awards, and received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth4 October 1979
CityMonaghan, Ireland
CountryIreland
enjoyed house loved proper
I enjoyed L.A. because it was nice to be in the sunshine and live in a house with proper wardrobes. I loved the space.
modelling
Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
bumble played production role
I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'
cancer children developing few
Many children with cancer in the developing world can be cured. But without appropriate treatment, few survive.
poetry seems
The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
beaches spent summers traveling until
I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.
attached bit definitely name opens
I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.
decided hardest trusting
The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.
expect follow god passed restaurant
I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'
complete multiple
'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
dublin felt left moved
When I was 18, I left Dublin and moved to Paris. I didn't speak French. I didn't know anyone. I felt like a fish out of water.