Claire Forlani

Claire Antonia Forlani (born July 1, 1972) is an English actress.

Early life

Claire Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara (née Dickinson), and Pierluigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of 11, Forlani entered theArts Educational School in London, where she began to study acting. During her six years at the school, she also studied dance, which led to performances on stage in The Nutcracker andOrpheus in the Underworld.

Career

Forlani's parents moved to San Francisco in 1993, in order to allow for wider casting opportunities in Hollywood films. Subsequently, Forlani was cast in the television mini-seriesJ.F.K.: Reckless Youth and the film Police Academy: Mission to Moscow. In 1995, she played the supporting role of Brandi Svenning in Kevin Smith's Mallrats. In 1996, Forlani appeared in a supporting role as Sean Connery's daughter in the blockbuster action movie The Rock. She continued to appear in both widely released and smaller-budget films. Forlani was cast in the 1998 film Deep Rising, but, due to creative conflicts, left the set during the first few days of filming. That same year, she starred with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, her most financially successful film. She then appeared in Antitrust, a thriller released in January 2001 to mixed reviews. Forlani was the new face of L'Oréal in 2001. She has been ranked #51 (2000) and #89 (2001) in Stuff magazine's 100 Sexiest Women, #85 (2001) in FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women and was slotted inLoaded's Hot 100 Babes. In 2003, she co-starred with Jackie Chan in The Medallion.

In Autumn 2006, Forlani joined the cast of CSI: New York in a recurring role as a medical examiner, Dr. Peyton Driscoll. In February 2007, Forlani portrayed Tori Bodeen in the movie version of Nora Roberts's bestselling book Carolina Moon. In 2008, she starred opposite Daniel Craig in Flashbacks of a Fool.

Personal life

In June 2007, Forlani married actor Dougray Scott, with whom she has two stepchildren.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Gypsy Eyes	Katarina	Debut
1994	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow	Katrina
1995	Mallrats	Brandi Svenning
1996	Basquiat	Gina Cardinale
	The Rock	Jade Angelou
1997	The Last Time I Committed Suicide	Joan
1998	Basil	Julia Sherwin
	Into My Heart	Nina
	Meet Joe Black	Susan Parrish
1999	Mystery Men	Monica
2000	Boys and Girls	Jennifer Burrows
2001	Antitrust	Alice Poulson
2002	Triggermen	Emma Cutler
2003	The Medallion	Nicole James
	The Pentagon Papers	Patricia Marx	Daniel Ellsberg's Wife
2004	Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius	Mary Malone Jones
2005	Green Street	Shannon Dunham
	The Shadow Dancer	Isabella Parish	Titled Shadows in the Sun in the United States
	Ripley Under Ground	Cynthia
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes -- "Crouch End"	Doris Freeman
2006–07 2010	CSI: NY	Dr. Peyton Driscoll	Season 3 (nine episodes) Seasons 4 & 6 (one episode each)
2007	Hallam Foe	Verity Foe
	Carolina Moon	Tory Bodeen
2008	Flashbacks of a Fool	Ruth Davies
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Solana
	Beer for My Horses	Annie
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Christine
	False Witness	Pippa Porter
	Not Forgotten	Katie
2010	No Ordinary Trifle	Kate Templeton
2011	Camelot	Queen Igraine

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