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).
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From Dublin, Ireland
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Rating52.9M
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RevenueActing
Primarily2025 The Cut as Caitlin Harney
2025 Tenzing as Jill Henderson
2025 The Amateur as Inquiline
2021 Belfast as Ma
2020 Angela's Christmas Wish as Dorothy's Mother
2020 Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life as Self
2019 The Christmas Letter as Mother
2019 Ford v Ferrari as Mollie Miles
2019 The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2016 Money Monster as Diane Lester
2015 The Price of Desire as Gabrielle Bloch
2014 Outlander as Claire Randall Fraser Executive Producer
2013 Escape Plan as Jessica Miller
2013 Now You See Me as Jasmine Tressler
2013 Crush as Andie
2012 The Wolf as Sally
2011 Lust Life as Aubrie
2011 Super 8 as Elizabeth Lamb
2010 Picture Me as Herself