Jamie Dornan was born on May 1, 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He attended Methodist College Belfast, and then University of Teesside, but dropped out to pursue a modelling career. His father is an obstetrician. His mother passed away when he was a teenager.

He is well-known in modelling circles in Northern Ireland, after making it through the Belfast auditions for the Channel 4 series, Model Behaviour, in 2001.

He has done various modelling jobs from advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger to editorial spreads for GQ. He had a three-year contract with Christian Dior. Jamie’s success as a model is attributed to the fact he doesn’t take the precarious modelling world too seriously.

His former band, Sons of Jim, released a couple of songs for download. They had huge success doing shows around London before splitting up.

As far as acting, Jamie’s first film was Marie-Antoinette, directed by Sophia Coppola. He starred in Beyond The Rave, which can be seen on MySpace. He currently has one film waiting for release, Shadows in the Sun.

Written by Shannon.
Updated on 26 March 2009