Caitriona Balfe was born on 4 October 1979, in Dublin, Ireland and is best known as a model and actress who has worked on projects such as ‘’Outlander’’ and ‘’Now You See Me’’. She is sometimes credited simply with ‘’Caitriona’’.
So just how rich is Caitriona Balfe as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this Irish model and actress has a net worth of over $2 million, accumulated from her almost two decades- long career in the previously mentioned fields.
Caitriona Balfe Net Worth $2 million
Balfe grew up in the village of Tydavnet in a big family which had seven members. She started off her modeling career after she had been scouted by an agent. Her career developed quickly, and shortly after she began working as a model in Dublin, she caught the attention of Ford Models, the agency which offered her a move to Paris to work there. Caitriona went on to become a successful model who became associated with brands such as Chanel, Moschino, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton, among many others, and she even opened and closed some of their shows, which is a big highlight in every model’s career. Working with such important names, Balfe’s career skyrocketed and at one point she was in the Top 20 of the most in-demand models worldwide.
However, at some points, her career had its lows, as two of her modeling agencies faced bankruptcy or refused to pay their models. All of those incidents led to the creation of The Model Alliance.
When it comes to her acting career, Caitriona made her debut with the starring role of Aubrie in the 2010 short romantic movie ‘’Lust Life’’. She also appeared in five episodes of ‘’The Beauty Inside’’, a critically acclaimed television mini-series, and in 2013 she had a minor role in ‘’Now You See Me’’, a crime mystery movie, which is important because it’s one of her best known projects. However, the highlight of Caitriona’s acting career is perhaps the starring role of Claire Randall in the publicly acclaimed and beloved science fiction series ‘’Outlander’’, starring alongside Sam Heughan and Duncan Lacroix. The series follows her character, a married combat nurse who somehow mysteriously goes back to 1743, where she is forced to marry and her life is in danger; the series was highly successful and won the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA in 2017, plus winning another 24 awards and being nominated for four Golden Globe awards. Balfe herself received a nomination in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama.
Her skills helped her gain recognition in acting world and in 2014 Entertainment Weekly named her one of their 12 Breakout Stars of that year and besides that People magazine’s put her on their list of ‘’50 Most Beautiful People in the World’’ in 2015.
In her personal life, Balfe didn’t share much information regarding her relationship status. She was rumored to be dating her ‘’Outlander’’ colleague, Sam Heughan but denied such rumors. She was previously in a relationship with Dave Milone. Caitriona is widely recognized for her charity work and is a part of the World Child Cancer, and one of their patrons. She is active on social media such as Instagram and Twitter, and is followed by 347,000 people on the former.
