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.

Filmography

• 2028Tangled — Queen Arianna
• 2026A Long Winter — Louise
• 2026Sense and Sensibility — Mrs. Dashwood
• 2026Tenzing — Jill Henderson
• 2025The Amateur — Inquiline
• 2025The Cut — Caitlin Harney
• 2021Belfast — Ma
• 2020Angela's Christmas Wish — Dorothy's Mother
• 2019Ford v Ferrari — Mollie Miles
• 2019The Christmas Letter — Mother
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Tavra (voice)
• 2016Money Monster — Diane Lester
• 2015The Price of Desire — Gabrielle Bloch
• Outlander — Claire Randall Fraser, Producer, Executive Producer, Director
• 2013Crush — Andie
• 2013Escape Plan — Jessica Miller
• 2013Now You See Me — Jasmine Tressler
• H+: The Digital Series — Breanna Sheehan
• The Beauty Inside — Alex #51
• 2012The Wolf — Sally
• 2011Lust Life — Aubrie
• 2011Super 8 — Elizabeth Lamb
• Ascension — Executive Producer
• The Housekeeper — Danni

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2020Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life — Self
• 2019The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2010Picture Me — Herself
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self