Orla Brady Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Catholic school
• Describes herself as a tomboy as a child
• Enrolled in the International School of Mimodrame of Paris, Marcel Marceau, at age 26
• Made her professional debut in Blinded by the Sun at London's National Theatre
• Posed as a model in a DIY painting guide, and that work served as artist Jack Vettriano's muse for the lady in red in his painting "The Singing Butler
• " Got married in Africa in 2002, in a ceremony overlooking Mount Kilimanjaro
• Rejected a diet company's offer to be their spokesperson because she doesn't like society's fascination with physical image