Chrissie Heughan Biography

Early life and career of Chrissie Heughan

Chrissie Heughan rose to fame as the mother of famous Scottish actors Sam Heughan and Cirdan Heughan. She has kept her information about her early life under the radar.

Regarding his education, he went to Edinburgh College of Art graduating in 1995. He then studied papermaking, printmaking, mixed media and sketchbook work at Edinburgh College of Art.

In addition, Heughan also joined Dumfries and Galloway College of Technology where he earned a BA in Art and Design, Fine Art (Portfolio). In addition, she obtained Fine Art BA (Hons) Drawing and Printmaking from Edinburgh College of Art.

Chrissie Heughan’s career

Chrissie Heughan began her career as a professional artist and freelance tutor. In addition, she is an elected professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists.

In addition, she was honored with several awards for her work and professional development from Creative Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council, Japanese Cultural Affairs for the study of Japanese papermaking, and the Worshipful Company of Founders for bronze casting.

In 2001, Heughan was one of six international artists to participate in the Paper Village Art Project in Mino, Japan. After six years, he became part of the Street Museum, an international exhibition in Mino and Gifu City.

In addition, he is also involved in many papermaking, printmaking and mixed media workshops across a broad spectrum of the community, for adults and children and people with disabilities. These have been for organizations and institutions such as Fruitmarket Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Artlink Central and Leith School of Art, among others.

Chrissie Heughan Net Worth

Chrissie Heughan has made a fair amount of money from her professional career. However, she has not revealed any information regarding the exact salary of her. According to some online sources, the average salary for artists ranges from $46,042 to $62,999.

Chrissie Heughan’s personal life

As mentioned above, Chrissie is the mother of two popular actors Sam Heughan and Cirdan Heughan . However, there is no detailed information about her father. According to sources, her husband left his family and went to live on an island in Canada.

He only returned after his children grew up and later died of leukemia. Cirdan, on the other hand, had to fight hard to keep his children together, to make sure they had adequate food to eat and shelter to live in. She even worked as a shoemaker at one point.

It is your hard work that has paid you well now. Both of her children are in a very good place now and she is also living the life of her dreams with them.

Social media

Sam Heughan is quite active on social media. In fact, he is active on both Instagram and Twitter. As of 2020, he has around 679k followers on his Twitter account, where he goes by the name @SamHeughan. Likewise, he is also very popular on Instagram with around 2.6 million followers. On his Instagram, he is active as @samheughan.

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