- - 'Outlander's Caitríona Balfe Reveals Her Next Big Career Move — and Calls It a ‘Beautiful Project

Paulette CohnNovember 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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Outlander star Caitríona Balfe has landed her next movie role in A Long Winter, the latest film from All of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh.

Principal photography is underway in Alberta, Canada, on the film, which is based on Haigh’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s short story of the same name.

The film is the story of a family who live in the mountains as they prepare for the long winter ahead.

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Also in the cast are The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Fred Hechinger, Kit Connor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Manuel Garcia Rulfo and David Furr, Variety reports.

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Information specific to Balfe’s role has not yet been released, but she did make a post on Instagram, writing, “Beyond grateful to be a part of this beautiful project with this team. Thank you for bringing me into the family.”

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Balfe’s most recently released film, The Cut, just began streaming on Paramount+ this month. In it, she plays a woman who owns and runs a boxing gym with her boyfriend. The story is about a former champion known only as The Boxer (Orlando Bloom), who, after a career-ending defeat, trains for redemption. But as obsession takes hold and reality unravels, he may be spiraling into something far more terrifying.

Caitríona Balfe and Orlando BloomPhoto courtesy of Republic Pictures (a Paramount Pictures label)

“This is a very different take on a boxing film because there’s really not any boxing in it, it’s more about the psychology behind what it takes,” Balfe told Parade. “It’s a world I didn’t actually know anything about.”

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Also coming up, the Outlander star will be back in corsets for Focus Features’ Sense and Sensibility in the role of Mrs. Dashwood,the mother of Elinor (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Marianne (Esmé Creed-Miles).

“Filming Sense and Sensibility has been incredible,” Balfe said.“I think it’s going to be really special. It’s strange, we always used to have these breaks to go and do films like The Cut or whatever, but then you always knew you were going back to Outlander afterwards. It’s the first time we’re not going back and it definitely feels different, but also it’s exciting, there’s fun things on the horizon.”

Sam Heughan, Caitríona BalfeCourtesy: STARZ

And speaking of Outlander, the highly anticipated Season 8 is set to premiere on STARZ in 2026.

“I’m just anxious for people to see it,” Balfe said. “We finished filming almost a year ago. I think our fans have been with us for so long on this show; it has been such an incredible journey for all of us. It feels like it will be really nice to celebrate it all with our fans. And, hopefully, they’ll be happy with it and, hopefully, they’ll walk away feeling like we did them justice, and we did these characters justice and the story justice.”

Balfe’s other credits include Belfast, Ford v Ferrari, The Amateur, Now You See Me, and Super 8.

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