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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
‘I looked up in the mirror and it wasn't my face' – Irish star recalls emotional moment with late mum on wedding day
VICTORIA Smurfit has opened up about an emotional moment she experienced on her wedding day. The Irish actress sadly . 2 Victoria has opened up about an emotional moment she experienced on her wedding day Credit: Getty Images - Getty 2 The actress sadly lost her mum in 2022 Credit: Instagram Almost two years after her mum's passing, The couple said 'I do' in December 2023 at the Royal Crescent Hotel and Spa in the UK, surrounded by their closest friends and family. Speaking on the These Three Things podcast, the Irish star opened up about a beloved necklace and a pair of earrings that belonged to her mum. She said: "I decided for my wedding day, I would wear this the necklace, and she had diamond studs, and I thought, well, I'll wear mum's earrings and her necklace so she's with me. read more on victoria smurfit "She was with me anyway. I'm super hippy dippy about that stuff." But the 51-year-old revealed she was left stunned when she looked in the mirror and saw her mother's face staring back at her. She explained: "I was having my hair done. So I was in a mirror and I'm jibber jabbering to my bridesmaids behind me, all my best mates, and one of them, Joanne Mitchell Brunt, she goes, 'Oh my God, look, look in the mirror.' "And I'd literally just clipped my necklace on and put the earrings in, and I looked up and in the mirror was not my face, it was my mum's face. And she went look, and she took a snap, and I've got the picture." Most read in Celebrity However, the actress has decided she's keeping the picture private as it's too personal to share. Victoria recently recalled the Victoria Smurfit suffers awkward TV moment She said she got to the hospital where she was told it was not good news. The actress continued: "I just curled up on her bed with her and it was an amazing luxury to have been able to be there with her. She brought me in, I helped her out. It was an astounding privilege. "I mean appalling. There's this death rattle bit, there's a moment where there's a death rattle. Before that I was chatting away to her, I knew when she could hear me and she couldn't, even though she was locked in." STAR'S LOSS Victoria said she would update her about shows like She said: "I kept saying to her, 'Don't fight it, it's okay, you've got your mum, you've got your dad, you've got your best friends', and listed all the dogs. 'You've got so many people up there waiting for you, just look up and go be free of this body that's just let you down'." "She took her last breath in my arms and I just stayed there for a few minutes just breathing for us both." Victoria and her mum grew up reading the Jilly Cooper book Rivals and now she is starring in the The star told Ryan: "She would have been down on that set every day going, 'Now which days is Aidan [Turner] taking his shirt off?' or 'Danny Dyer isn't he lovely, let's go give him a cuddle'. "She would've been down on that set all the time."
Irish Daily Mirror
6 days ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Actress Victoria Smurfit says her late mother appeared in mirror on wedding day
Actress Victoria Smurfit has opened up about seeing the face of her late mother in the mirror on her wedding day. Victoria married Steve Jacobs in the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath, UK in 2023, almost two years before Victoria's mother, Caroline, passed away in January 2022. But while the Dubliner was busy getting her hair and make-up done on the morning of her wedding day, one of her bridesmaids noticed her mother's face in the mirror. Holding back tears, Victoria told how she still speaks to her mother every day, and recalled her mother appearing in the mirror on her wedding day. Speaking on the podcast, These Three Things, she recalled the story to host Deborah Thomas, saying: "My mum wore this necklace almost every day of her life and when she went on, she was wearing it. And I was lucky enough to be with her when she passed and she was in my arms when she went. Victoria Smurfit arriving on the red carpet at the Mansion House for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards (Image: Michael Chester) "And so I don't wear it very often. I wore it when I got married about 18 months ago, and it's a weird story…. So when I decided for my wedding day, I would wear this, and she had diamond studs, and I thought, well, 'I'll wear mum's earrings and her necklace, so she's with me'. "She was with me anyway. But I was having my hair done, so I was in a mirror, and I'm jibber-jabbering to my bridesmaids behind me, all my best mates, and one of them, Joanne Mitchell Brunt, she goes, 'Oh my God, look. Look in the mirror.' "And I'd literally just clipped my necklace on and put the earrings in, and I looked up and in the mirror was not my face, it was my mum's face. "She took a snap, and I've got the picture. I didn't want to share it, because it's just too… and it was so bonkers. And it was bonkers not just because she saw it first, because she knew my mum very well… but for a few seconds, my face in the mirror was my mum's." Victoria Smurfit She said her mother and father championed her in her career as an actress. "She did champion me. She was very keen that myself and my brother found out what we wanted to do. "She was very clear, as was my dad, that you go into the acting business, and it's the business of rejection that you have to be prepared for that. "She was very proud." Victoria also opened up about how she was almost cast as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider before Angelina Jolie took the part. But she said producers kept Victoria "waiting in the wings" and dyed her hair dark in case Jolie didn't take on the role. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Image: REX/Shutterstock) "I remember auditioning for Tomb Raider way back in the day, 1,001 years ago, and they wanted Angelina Jolie, obviously, who got the part. "But they had myself and another actress in the wings, where they dyed my hair dark and my eyebrows dark, and they had me all ready, and, you know, as backup, just in case, because I was quite kind of strong and fit and kick ass at the time, and but obviously Angelina took it." Victoria also praised renowned Irish director Ros Hubbard for "changing the direction" of her life. "She changed my life in an instant by asking me to audition for a film called The Run of the Country with Albert Finney. "And they were looking for an Irish girl. I was in drama school playing everything except Irish and everything except girls. It was my first ever casting. She was so kind, so fun. "She changed my life forever and she was just so supportive. She was just brilliant. So she changed my life 1,000 per cent and if I ever win a big prize, she's the first person I'm thanking," she added. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
