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Blood of My Blood star Jamie Roy's inside life from failed Outlander auditions to actress girlfriend
Fans of Outlander: Blood of Blood are keen to know more about the actor
Outlander: Blood of My Blood premiered to a strong start and a hugely positive fan reaction.
The show continues this week and viewers are keen to know about the cast of the show, including Scottish star Jamie Roy who plays Brian Fraser and the father of Outlander's heroic Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) and has shared behind-the-scenes snaps from filming.
Here's a look at the star's life, including his early years, how he lost out on a role in Outlander and who he's currently dating.
Jamie Roy's early life
The 32-year-old actor, who was born in Greenock on the West Coast of Scotland, before his family moved to the small town of Lenzie just outside of Glasgow.
He only came to acting later on after attending business school in Glasgow and getting a business degree at Strathclyde University.
After graduating he landed a desk job and decided it wasn't for him, before starting to take acting classes at night while working during the day.
Roy later got the chance to move to the US after he landed a job at a firm in America, but decided to turn it down and pursue acting instead.
He move to Miami, Florida in 2016 and continued to follow his dreaming of acting. He admitted to Glamour how he'd felt like an 'outsider for the longest time' as he'd not attended drama school or had any formal training apart from his 'fantastic acting classes and life'.
During his time in Florida he worked on stage at Disney theme parks, which he said served as some of his 'best training' because he was in front of a stage of 1,000 people for each show.
In 2019, he moved to LA and continued to act before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but afterwards he started to get some film roles as he built up his acting CV.
Roy is now a US citizen according to IMDb and splits his time between Scotland and LA.
Jamie Roy's failed Outlander auditions
Before landing the lead in the Outlander prequel series, Roy went for the part of Militia Man Number One in season seven but failed to get the role.
Roy said: 'I thought that I was going to get this role, I was pinned for it, and then didn't get it and was heartbroken.'
Only later did he learn, after being cast as Brian, that he'd been dropped from the role after senior Starz TV executives wanted to keep him for Blood of My Blood - even before the show had been greenlit.
He added: 'It just shows you that you never know what's happening behind closed doors and what fate has in store for you. It all worked out as it was meant to, I suppose.'
Roy also revealed how he went for another part in a storyline involving Roger MacKenzie's (Richard Rankin) in Outlander, but didn't get the role either.
Brian Fraser was Roy's third audition for the Outlander team. Since taking on Blood of My Blood, Roy has revealed he's received support from Heughan, who has given him a wealth of advice.
"[He told] me just to appreciate every moment, even on the tough days, because it goes past so quickly,' Roy told People in a recent chat.
Jamie Roy's sweet romance with fellow actress
Roy has been in a relationship with fellow actress Annika Foster for five years.
She previously posted a series of snaps on her Instagram account of them posing on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to mark their two-year anniversary back in 2023.
Along with the sweet photos, she captioned the post: 'happy 2-year honey (mustard) ilysm [sic].'
More recently, Foster shared a photo of them from Los Angeles as well as a Blood of My Blood billboard, showing her support for her partner's work.
The 31-year-old American actress has starred in Meeting You, Meeting Me, The Drawing and Burning Lies.
Some of her other roles include short film Perfidious, Melody, Prom Nightmare and Isolation Experiment, the latter two are in post-production.
Foster's forthcoming projects include Crossing Stars and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
Roy and Foster worked together on the 2021 film Burning Lies in which they played love interests.
Last year, the couple appeared together in the independent movie Meeting You, Meeting Me.
Aside from her acting career, Foster had also worked as a part-time nanny and enjoys travelling the world, according to her interview on the Real Conversations with Jacob Young podcast.
She said: 'I live in a studio apartment with my partner. And it's actually … pretty easy.'
Adding: 'But I forget to go to work. I nanny on the side and I come home and he's here.'
Outlander season 8 will air on Starz and MGM+ via Prime Video in early 2026
