These stans have conspiracy theories, including one positing that her baby is Heughan’s because the bedsheets in the baby picture look similar to ones seen in a photo Heughan has posted. She has a reason to be a bit more protective, owing to a sliver of fans who are obsessed with the idea that Balfe and Heughan are romantically involved in real life. I think there’s certain things that are nice to have for yourself.” But in terms of putting that out there, I don’t see the value in that. Everybody at work knew, all of my friends knew, anyone I came into contact with in my life knew. “It’s not like I was hiding my pregnancy. Though she was pregnant while shooting the sixth season (premiering March 6), she managed to keep the news off of social media, and many fans were surprised when she announced the birth of her son-with a simple black-and-white image of a tiny hand holding hers-on August 18. Outlander has a passionate fan base, and the new level of fame has also come with challenges-especially in regard to Balfe’s personal life. But what I was confronted with was a simply remarkable actress-present, fearless, emotionally vulnerable, and smart.” Says Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold, “Whatever had been said to me before I met Caitríona-‘She’s in this hot TV show, huge following, former model’-this is often the kind of thing that turns me off. She was able to film Jodie Foster’s Money Monster between seasons one and two and starred opposite Christian Bale in the Oscar-nominated Ford v Ferrari between seasons four and five, the latter of which brought her some critical acclaim for elevating what could have been a by-the-numbers “wife” role. The tough part about it is that we don’t have any time to really take advantage of it,” says Balfe. “The beauty of this show is that it’s opened a lot of doors. But because shooting a season of Outlander in Scotland takes between 9 and 12 months, there’s never much time left for her to accept other opportunities. Outlander allowed Balfe to show off her versatility in a series that requires physical strength, charm, wit, and depth, and the offers sailed in. “Growing up, we never did that-there were too many of us. “I always just wanted to travel,” she says. A few months later she signed with Ford Models and was offered an opportunity to move to Paris. But her plans took a detour when a modeling scout spotted her while she was studying acting at the Dublin Institute of Technology. She thinks the fact that her dad-a sergeant for An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police service-was in a comedy troupe probably had something to do with it. (Balfe was raised Catholic but has since lapsed.) She’s wanted to act for as long as she can remember, but she’s not exactly sure where the impulse came from. The fourth of seven children, Balfe and her family moved from Dublin to that village near the border when she was very young, for her father’s job. “You know what it is like to live in a sort of semipermanent code red.” “It makes you very observant, and it makes you understand how very carefully sometimes people have to tread when, like her, they grew up living on a divide,” Branagh says of Balfe. It also shaped the lives of so many who grew up in those decades, like Balfe and Belfast director Kenneth Branagh. The conflict raged from the 1960s to the late 1990s and led to more than 3,500 deaths. Styled by REBECCA RAMSEY.įor decades, the Troubles gripped Northern Ireland in an extended period of violent unrest, which had a lasting effect on those living in the border towns. Top and collar by Schiaparelli briefs by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello shoes by Roger Vivier earrings by Bulgari High Jewelry.
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