Jamie Dornan grateful to father who insisted mother’s death would not define him

Jamie Dornan grateful to father who insisted mother’s death wouldn’t define him (Amanda Benson/ BBC)

Jamie Dornan said he is grateful to his late father for insisting he could live a “fulfilled, positive and happy life” despite the death of his mother during his teenage years.

The Tourist star Dornan, 41, said he was “thankful” to his obstetrician father Jim who had told him straight that his mother Lorna “wasn’t going to survive” after being diagnosed with cancer when he was 14 years old.