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Caitriona Balfe in THE AMATEUR

Caitriona Balfe in THE AMATEUR

Caitriona Balfe in THE AMATEUR

As the beloved time-traveling nurse Claire Fraser in OUTLANDER, Caitriona Balfe has captivated audiences across seven seasons of the hit Starz series. Now, with the second half of OUTLANDER‘s seventh season approaching and only one final season remaining, fans are eagerly following Balfe’s career beyond the Scottish highlands.

The Irish actress is making a significant pivot from 18th-century period drama to contemporary action in the upcoming high-stakes thriller THE AMATEUR, as revealed in a newly released trailer. Set for release next April, the film will showcase Balfe in what appears to be a substantial supporting role, judging by her prominent position in the cast list just behind lead actors Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, and Rachel Brosnahan. While the trailer only offers a fleeting glimpse of Balfe engaged in an intense car chase, her character’s identity and exact role in the plot remain intriguingly under wraps. What’s certain is that this role will present a marked departure from the compassionate healer Claire Fraser, as Balfe steps into a grittier, action-oriented character within the world of espionage.

THE AMATEUR follows Charlie Heller (Malek), a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder whose life is shattered when his wife (Brosnahan) is killed in a London terrorist attack. When the agency refuses to pursue her killers due to conflicting priorities, Heller takes matters into his own hands, blackmailing the CIA into training him and allowing him to seek vengeance personally.

The film is directed by James Hawes, known for his work on the acclaimed series SLOW HORSES, suggesting a sophisticated approach to the spy thriller genre. This project marks another impressive addition to Balfe’s growing filmography, which recently included her BAFTA-nominated performance in the Oscar-winning BELFAST.

For OUTLANDER devotees who have followed Balfe’s journey since the series began, this new role represents an exciting evolution in her career as she continues to demonstrate her versatility beyond the character that made her famous.

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OUTLANDER’S final season wraps filming

Catriona Balfe in OUTLANDER Season 8

Catriona Balfe in OUTLANDER Season 8

BELFAST star Caitríona Balfe rose to international fame through her starring role in the STARZ historical drama series OUTLANDER, which premiered in 2014. In the series, Balfe portrays Claire Randall, a World War II nurse who mysteriously travels back in time to 1743 Scotland. Her character becomes romantically involved with Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), and together they navigate the historical turmoil of the Jacobite risings.

Based on Diana Gabaldon’s novel series, OUTLANDER has become Balfe’s defining television role. The series’ seventh season, adapted from AN ECHO IN THE BONE, is currently airing on STARZ, having premiered in June 2023. The second half of Season 7 began airing on November 22, 2024, with the final episode scheduled for January 17, 2025.

As OUTLANDER approaches its conclusion, Balfe has been open about the emotional impact of filming the eighth and final season. In an interview with COLLIDER, she described the intensity of shooting the series’ final moments: “The leading up to it was the hardest part,” she revealed, adding that the anticipation led to significant anxiety and “a lot of ugly crying on my behalf.”

The series finale, which recently completed filming, adapts material from WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD and GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE, the final books in Gabaldon’s series. While the release date for Season 8 remains unannounced, Balfe’s portrayal of Claire Randall Fraser has spanned nearly a decade of television, establishing her as one of the most recognizable faces in historical drama.

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Caitríona Balfe in AMATEUR

Caitríona Balfe

BELFAST actor Caitríona Balfe is set to co-star with Rami Malek in AMATEUR. The story follows a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. Balfe’s role wasn’t disclosed, nor was a filming schedule, so it’ll be a while before we see it. Meanwhile, her hit series on the Starz network OUTLANDER premieres its seventh season on Friday, June 16. 

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Caitriona Balfe in BELFAST

On Outlander, Caitríona Balfe has spent five seasons dubbed “Sassenach,” a Scottish Gaelic word for an English person or outsider — but in BELFAST, she’s anything but one: the Irish actress, 42, portrays a version of writer-director Kenneth Branagh’s mother. Known simply as Ma and seen through the eyes of her 9-year-old son, Buddy (Jude Hill), she is struggling to raise and protect her two children in 1960s Belfast when the nationalist fighting known as the Troubles erupts, plunging their family and way of life into uncertainty.

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