Who is Caitriona Balfe?

Caitriona Balfe is an Irish actress and model. She is mostly recognized as Claire Fraser in the Starz drama series ‘Outlander’.

She appeared in other movies and television series including ‘Money Monster, ‘The Price of Desire’, ‘And now You See Me’ among others.

Caitriona Balfe: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Balfe was born as Caitríona Mary Balfe in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland on October 4, 1979, to Garda Sergeant, the father. But her mother’s name is unknown.

Throughout her early life, she grew up in the village of Tydavnet, near Monaghan in a family of seven.

Additionally, Caitriona Balfe became intrigued by the world of show business in her childhood years. She is of Irish nationality and is of Roman descent.

Education

Talking about her education, Caitriona Balfe attended Theatre at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. In addition, she worked as a fashion model in Paris while studying there.

Caitriona Balfe: Career, Profession

Initially, Caitriona Balfe started as a model. She has modeled for some of the big names including Chanel, Moschino, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, Alberta Ferretti, and Louis Vuitton.

Additionally, some of the brands that she has represented are Marc Jacobs, Armani, Anna Sui, Balenciaga, Céline, Chado Ralph Rucci, Chloé, Christian Dior, Diesel, DKNY, Dries Van Noten, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferré, Hugo Boss, Hussein Chalayan, Iceberg, Issey Miyake, Jil Sander, Julien Macdonald, and others.

Balfe played the minor role of an employee of the magazine Runway in the 2006 film ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.

Since then, Caitriona Balfe has appeared in several other movies and television series. Some of them are ‘Crush’, ‘H+’, ‘Lost Angeles’, ‘The Beauty Inside’, ‘Super 8’, and others.

Awards, Nominations

All in all, Balfe has a total of 9 wins and 7 nominations to her name as an actress.

For her work as an actress, Caitriona Balfe has won several awards throughout her career.  She garnered Golden Globe Award nominations in the year 2016 and 2017.

Balfe won the Saturn Award twice in the year 2015 and 2016. She won the BAFTA Scotland Award in 2016.

Caitriona Balfe: Salary, Net Worth

Caitriona Balfe has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2022. In Outlander, her income is estimated to be $500,000 per episode.

Caitriona Balfe: Rumors and  Controversy

Caitriona Balfe became part of a controversy after the cast of ‘Outlander’ and writers clashed over a controversial book change.

Furthermore, there is a rumor at present that suggests that Balfe might be romantically involved with her co-star Sam Heughan.

However, both of the stars have said several times that they are just friends.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Talking about her body measurement, Caitriona Balfe has a height of 5 feet 10 inches or 177 cm.

Additionally, Caitriona Balfe weighs 59 kg or 130 pounds. Furthermore, she has a body measurement of 34-24-34 inches or 86-61-86 cm.

In addition, her dress size is 4 (US) and her shoe size is 9.5 (US). Her hair color is brown and her eye color is blue.

Social Media Profile

Caitriona Balfe is quite active on social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Twitter as well as Instagram.

She has more than 519.9K followers on Twitter.

In addition, she has more than 1.8 million followers on Instagram. However, she is not active on Facebook.

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