Norton was born in 1963, and grew up in Bandon, County Cork, before moving to London in order to pursue an acting career.
I went to London.
Homosexuality was only decriminalised in Ireland in 1993, following years of campaigning from LGBTQ+ rights groups, and same-sex marriage was legalised in 2015.
In an interview with the Irish Independent, Norton said: “I moved where the gays were.