Madeline Mulqueen
{{short description|Irish model and occasional actress (born 1990)}}
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| birth_place = Limerick, Ireland
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| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Green
| agency = Distinct Model Management
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Madeline Mulqueen (born 19 July 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/movie-star-jack-reynor-set-3927638|title=Movie star Jack Reynor set to marry his model fiancee Madeline Mulqueen next year - Irish Mirror Online|author=Alan Selby|work=irishmirror|date=28 July 2014 |accessdate=8 September 2014}} is an Irish model and occasional actress.
Background
Mulqueen was born in Limerick in 1990, and raised in Kildimo, County Limerick.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/meet-madeline-the-bandits-bridesmaid-beauty-27969244.html|title=Meet Madeline - the Bandits' 'bridesmaid' beauty - Herald.ie|work=Herald.ie|accessdate=8 September 2014}} She went to Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, she studied at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.{{cite web|url=http://kildimonews.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/kildimo-community-notes-we-july-10-2010.html|title=Kildimo News: KILDIMO COMMUNITY NOTES W/E July 10, 2010|author=Local News|date=5 July 2010 |publisher=|accessdate=8 September 2014}}
Career
Mulqueen started out with the Fíona Doyle agency, before being signed by The Martina Costelloe Agency. Mulqueen entered several regional modelling contests, including the South West Model Search, which she won,{{cite web|url=http://kildimonews.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/kildimo-community-notes-we-july-10-2010.html|title=Kildimo News: KILDIMO COMMUNITY NOTES W/E July 10, 2010|author=Local News|date=5 July 2010 |publisher=|accessdate=8 September 2014}} and was runner-up in the Miss Limerick contest in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/meet-madeline-the-bandits-bridesmaid-beauty-27969244.html|title=Meet Madeline - the Bandits' 'bridesmaid' beauty - Herald.ie|work=Herald.ie|accessdate=8 September 2014}}
Mulqueen appeared in the music video to the song "Horse Outside" by the Limerick comedy hip-hop duo The Rubberbandits. The video shows a wedding scene, with Mulqueen playing the sought-after bridesmaid at the wedding.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/model-steals-limelight-from-bandits-2465677.html|title=Model steals limelight from Bandits|date=2010-12-18|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=2010-12-18|first=Ken|last=Sweeney}} This role brought Mulqueen national attention{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/whos-that-girl-meet-the-rubberbandits-new-love-interest-90508-Feb2011/#slide-slideshow2|title=Who's that girl? Meet the Rubberbandits' new 'love' interest|author=Susan Daly|work=The Daily Edge|date=24 February 2011 |accessdate=8 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/madeline-transforms-herself-into-a-star-30410442.html|title=Madeline transforms herself into a star - Herald.ie|work=Herald.ie|accessdate=8 September 2014}} as the video had received more than 11 million hits on YouTube as of August 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8|title=The Rubberbandits - Horse Outside - YouTube|work=YouTube|date=8 December 2010 |accessdate=8 September 2014}} came second on the Irish Singles Chart in the hunt for the Christmas number one, and was called "the biggest song in Ireland in a generation".{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/meet-madeline-the-bandits-bridesmaid-beauty-27969244.html|title=Meet Madeline - the Bandits' 'bridesmaid' beauty - Herald.ie|work=Herald.ie|accessdate=8 September 2014}} As a result of the video, Mulqueen became the most googled woman in Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/RUBBERBANDITS+BABE+IS+IRELAND'S+MOSToogleD%3B+Madeline+is+real+net...-a0245585933|title=RUBBERBANDITS BABE IS IRELAND'S MOSToogleD; Madeline is real net sensation. - Free Online Library|publisher=|accessdate=8 September 2014}} Following the success of "Horse Outside", Mulqueen appeared on comedy programme Republic of Telly on RTÉ Two,{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/republic-of-telly-has-the-last-laugh-as-it-lands-new-series-30354122.html|title=Republic of Telly has the last laugh as it lands new series - Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|date=14 June 2014 |accessdate=8 September 2014}} and then appeared in the second celebrity special of TV3's Come Dine with Me, which aired in December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/come-dine-with-who-408013-Apr2012/|title=Come Dine with…WHO? · The Daily Edge|author=Sinead O'Carroll|work=The Daily Edge|date=5 April 2012 |accessdate=8 September 2014}}
Mulqueen has been critical of the Irish modelling industry, saying she finds it "disheartening to see a lot of the focus on over-sexualising models".{{cite web|url=http://www.sundayworld.com/entertainment/showbiz/channel-hoping-madeline-mulqueen-hits-the-high-life|title=Channel hoping - Madeline Mulqueen hits the high life / Sunday World|work=Sunday World Site|accessdate=8 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908201919/http://www.sundayworld.com/entertainment/showbiz/channel-hoping-madeline-mulqueen-hits-the-high-life|archivedate=8 September 2014}}
Personal life
Mulqueen lives in Dublin. She is married to Irish-American actor Jack Reynor. They became engaged in Hong Kong{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/movie-star-jack-reynor-set-3927638|title=Movie star Jack Reynor set to marry his model fiancee Madeline Mulqueen next year - Irish Mirror Online|author=Alan Selby|work=irishmirror|date=28 July 2014 |accessdate=8 September 2014}} in March 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jack-reynor-madeline-mulqueen-engaged-3236366|title=Jack Reynor and Madeline Mulqueen engaged after Transformers star proposed - 3am & Mirror Online|author=Owen Tonks|work=mirror|date=13 March 2014 |accessdate=8 September 2014}} a year after meeting.
In October 2012, Mulqueen was assaulted in the Grafton Street branch of McDonald's. She had come to the defence of a member of staff during a dispute with a customer about payment. The customer punched Mulqueen on the jaw.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/model-madeline-mulqueen-punched-in-face-in-fast-food-restaurant-on-grafton-street-28816478.html|title=Model Madeline Mulqueen punched in face in fast food restaurant on Grafton Street - Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|date=2 October 2012 |accessdate=8 September 2014}}
External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{instagram|madelinemulqueen}}
- {{IMDb name|4295313}}
References
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