From Playboy to Carrigstown for Jenny Dixon

Ex-school teacher Jenny Dixon hit the headlines two years, when she revealed she was a frequent guest at Hugh Hefner’s mansion in Los Angeles, during her summer holidays.

And there was a picture of her posing with the iconic Playboy publisher, to prove it.

But LA wasn’t all exotic celeb’ parties — among others, she met Simon Cowell, Jamie Foxx and the founder of Motown music. The Dubliner had a plan. A science and maths teacher in a boys’ secondary school, she wanted to train with top acting coaches and get noticed. It worked — she quickly picked up roles in short films, did TV work and some modelling.