A versatile
actor and performer, Claudia Christian made one of her most memorable
performances in her feature film acting debut in the cult classic "The
Hidden" where she played a stripper with a male alien trapped inside
her body. With a host of diverse film credit, Christian continues to have
a successful long-standing career as an actor. Currently she is starring
opposite Steven Seagal in "Half Past Dead" which will be released
in over 2500 theatres nationwide this Nov. This past summer, saw Claudia
as the lead role of Helga Sinclair in Disney's animated release
of "Atlantis", also starring Michael J. Fox and James Garner.
Other memorable films among Christian's work include her role as Iris
in Warner Brothers critically acclaimed feature "Clean and Sober"
starring Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman, the leading role as Hexina
in Columbia's comedy "Hexed," opposite Charlie Sheen in 20th
Century Fox's "The Chase" and as a lesbian photographer in the
quirky feature "Never On Tuesday," among others. She has also
starred in two HBO features, "Running Home" and "Substitute
3," co-starring Treat Williams.
Currently hitting the film festival circuit and receiving critical acclaim
and numerous awards, Christian portrays the lead as an overweight Jewish
housewife in the indie film "True Rights." Additionally, Claudia
recently sold her first screenplay, "White Buffalo," which will
begin production in the fall of 2002. This film will be her directorial
debut.
In addition to her film credits, Christian's work in television is also
extensive and includes the lead role as the bisexual Commander Susan Ivanova
in the Warner Bros. syndicated internationally recognized top cult television
series "Babylon 5" (aired 1994-1997). She has also starred in
two TNT produced telefilms based upon the series. "Babylon 5"
has developed an enormous European following and has twice won the Hugo
award for best science fiction television series. Christian received Sci-Fi
Awards and Universe Awards best actress nominations for her role in the
series. In 1998, SFX named Claudia "Sexiest Woman in Sci-Fi."
Other television credits include numerous movies of the week such as:
the starring role in the 1998 USA Network's "A Wing and a Prayer,"
Faye Dunaway's daughter in ABC's 1993 "Colombo," starring roles
in Danielle Steel's 1990 "Kaleidoscope," NBC's 1986 "A
Masterpiece of Murder" opposite Bob Hope and Don Ameche, and with
Sharon Stone in ABC's 1984 "The Calendar Girl Murder's, among many
others. Claudia has also had various series regular roles on television
programs such as "Freaks and Geeks," "Berrenger's"
and "Police Story," as well as guest starring roles on "Family
Law," "NYPD Blue" and "Highlander," just to name
a few.
Christian typifies the true Renaissance woman as she likes to explore
many interesting areas. She wrote both lyrics and music for her first
CD "Taboo" which she co-produced with Michael Jay (Celine Dion).
She also has produced and sang on two additional albums, "Claudia
Squared" and the jazz & blues album, "Trying to Forget."
Her long awaited fourth CD "Once Upon a Time" has her working
again with the extremely talented musician and her Babylon 5 co-star Bill
Mumy and recent winners of the John Lennon Song writing award, Share and
Bam Ross. Always expanding her musical horizons, Claudia recently went
to Scotland last summer and recorded the album for the first ever Sci-Fi
Musical "Area 51."
Christian also stars on the Internet series "Love Bytes," (which
just got picked up by ilive.com) a sitcom about a dating service that
actually gets viewers dates. Also an author, Claudia has written a series
of children's books entitled "The Misadventures of Miss Emma Bradford."
Her voice can be heard in numerous animated television series such as
"Wild Thornberry's" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider." Currently,
her voice can be heard as the character "DeWinter"
in Westwood Studio's live-action internet on line game entitled "Earth
and Beyond" and her voice can also be heard in "The Summoner2"
for playstation. She also recently narrated the five part mini series
for VH1 titled "below the waist: men, women and music" .
In her rare spare time, Claudia enjoys listening to opera, painting, playing
her piano, collecting antiques and hosting marvelous dinner parties. Multilingual,
she speaks Italian and French and is learning German. She currently resides
in Los Angeles.