From joining a convent in the Sisters of Loreto to being the runner-up in the first series of Big Brother, Anna found success again after turning her sights to a different career
Anna Nolan is one of Ireland’s greatest career chameleons, from joining a convent in the Sisters of Loreto to being the runner-up in the first series of Big Brother - she has lived several lives.
Read more: Vincent Browne’s life after retiring from TV3: RTE career, life with wife Jean and two children She is close to her parents and sadly lost her father in 2016. Speaking about the heartbreak of his passing, she wrote for the Irish Independent: “My father was a man who loved his children and his partner. He loved jazz and classical music. He loved to go to Howth for fresh fish and he loved cooking. He loved life.
She described the experience as “like the army” due to the strict schedule, she told The Irish Times: “Up at 5.45, prayers at six, Mass at 6.30. Breakfast at seven. I did a kind of human development theology course with lots of other training nuns and priests... It tests whether you’re committed or not.”
Big Brother and television career Anna made her major TV debut in 2000 when she joined the first series of Big Brother - finishing the reality show as the runner up.
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