Published: 21:17 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 15:55 BST, 29 August 2026
When Irish football hero Troy Parrott’s new club sent a private jet to whisk their €20million signing from the Netherlands to Seville last week, his girlfriend Lauren Bowry certainly looked ready for life in La Liga.
Settled into the plush cream cabin alongside Troy’s sister Emmie, champagne glass in hand and immaculate in pale blue, the 25-year-old fashion and lifestyle influencer documented the journey to Spain for her followers.
It was a suitably glamorous beginning to an extraordinary new chapter for the couple.
Troy, 24, has just completed a blockbuster move from Dutch club AZ Alkmaar to Spanish side Real Betis in a deal worth an initial €16million which could rise to €20million with add-ons.
The Dubliner has signed a five-year contract until 2031, capping a remarkable rise for the Republic of Ireland striker– and his Spanish dream is already off to a promising start.
Lauren Bowry in the Real Betis stadium in Seville last week
On Tuesday night, Troy made his La Liga debut at Valencia’s famous Mestalla stadium, coming off the bench in the 71st minute as Betis secured a 1-0 victory.
So private jet one week, a winning La Liga debut the next, life is moving rather quickly for Troy – and for the stunning girlfriend accompanying him on the ride.
Not that Lauren is particularly unfamiliar with the finer things in life.
A glimpse at her Instagram account reveals countless designer handbags, luxury shopping trips, yachting at night and an enviable summer spent hopping between Miami, the Bahamas, Mallorca and Turkey.
Indeed, if this was life before her boyfriend became one of the biggest Irish football signings in recent memory, one can only imagine what Seville has in store.
So who exactly is the woman accompanying Irish football’s man of the moment to Spain?
While Lauren might now look every inch the thoroughly modern WAG, she has actually been pursuing fame in her own right since she was a teenager.
Her television career dates back to 2017, when, still in her teens, she appeared in 14 episodes of British reality series Stage School.
