Claire Forlani was born in the middle of winter on December 17, 1971 in the United Kingdom. She grew up in London, and began her acting education at the Arts Educational School at the age of 11. During her time at the Arts school she also studied dance. This led to her early performances on stage in “The Nutcracker” and “Orpheus in the Underworld”. Claire’s parents came from different backgrounds. Barbara Dickinson was an English woman who had devoted her life to her family. Coming from Italy, Claire’s father was Luigi Forlani, who made his living out of the entertainment business as a music manager. At the age of 19, the Forlani family moved to the United States, choosing San Francisco as their hometown. From there, she began featuring films.
Professional Career
Over the years, Claire Forlani has consolidated herself as a professional actress in Hollywood. Despite being British she has impersonated most of her characters with American accent. She holds 47 credits among movies, TV Series, miniseries and videos.
She also was the associate producer for the TV movie “Memron” in 2004, which is a story, directed by Nancy Hower about a company that declares bankruptcy. After this, their top executives get some time in prison and the former employees try to start over and move on with their lives. She also performs one of the lead roles on this movie playing Vangela Clay.
Claire has also been part of some talk shows and documentaries, adding up 11 performances under this category.
Filmography
She played the narrator’s voice in the documentary project “Unity” in 2015. In 2008 she attended the TV program “Xposé” and participated on “CMT Making Of: Beer for My Horses”. Other documentaries where she participated are “For Your Consideration”, “Making of 'Shadows in the Sun'”, “Antitrust: Cracking the Code” and “Spotlight on Location: Mystery Men”. Some other talk shows that had her as guest star include “Last Call with Carson Daly”, “Trackers”, “What's Hot in Music”, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “The Rosie O'Donnell Show”.
Claire’s most important leading roles have been in “Meet Joe Black” in 1998 where she plays the co-star Susan Parish. In “Basquiat”, 1996, Claire acts as Gina Cardinale. In “The Rock” she takes the female lead role as Jade Angelou, who is John Patrick Mason's daughter (played by Sean Connery). “Mallrats” in 1995; “Mystery Men” in 1999; “Boys and Girls” in 2000; “Antitrust” in 2001; “Green Street Hooligans” in 2005; “The Medallion” in 2007; and “Flashbacks of a Fool” in 2008 are some other movies where she plays a main character.
Her most remarkable participations on TV Shows include “NCIS: Los Angeles”, where she plays Lauren Hunter; the impersonation of Queen Igraine on “Camelot” and “CSI: NY” where she takes the role of Dr. Peyton Driscoll.
Personal Life
Claire Forlain got married with the Scottish actor Dougray Scott in Italy on June 8, 2007. Being Dougray’s second marriage, Claire became her husband’s twin’s stepmother. Eden and Gabriel Trevis Scott, born in 1998 were conceived during Dougray’s previous marriage with Sarah Trevis that ended in 2005.
The couple remained without children for 7 years. On December 27, 2014 this changed when Claire gave birth to a healthy boy they named Milo Thomas Scott.
| Birth Date: | 1 Jul, 1972 |
| Age: | 47 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Film actor Stage actor |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Twickenham |
| Education: | Arts Educational School |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | British actress |
| Twitter Id: | ClaireAForlani |
| Spouse: | Dougray Scott [M. 2007] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 7 million |
