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Claire Chitham
ActorBorn July 12, 1979 (45 years)
Claire has been one of New Zealand’s most recognisable screen actors ever since her debut on long-running soap Shortland Street at the age of 16. For eight years she played loveable Waverly Wilson and became one of the show’s long-standing favourites, a role which she reprised for the 25th anniversary special in 2016. After leaving the show, Claire moved quickly to an award-winning turn in cop show Interrogation. She followed that with two seasons at New Zealand’s most outstanding and awarded drama series Outrageous Fortune, as gang-chick Aurora Bay. In 2016, Claire appeared as the lead in standout black comedy Fresh Eggs for TVNZ, alongside Danielle Cormack and John Rhys-Davies. More recently, Claire acted in rom-com Falling Inn Love - the first Netflix feature film to be shot in New Zealand.
Filmography
| 2022 | Don't Make Me Go · as Jacqueline |
| 2021 | Blind Bitter Happiness Pilot · as Lulu |
| 2019 | Falling Inn Love · as Shelley |
| 2019 | Mean Mums (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 2019 | Fresh Eggs (TV Series) · as Penny |
| 2014 | The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Series) · as Sophie Grainger |
| 2011 | The Cup · as Angela |
| 2008 | Legend of the Seeker (TV Series) · as Bianca |
| 2007 | Canal Road (TV Series) · as Kristen Flowers |
| 2005 | Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) · as Aurora Bay |
| 1995 | Riding High (TV Series) · as Hannah |
| 1993 | Power Rangers (TV Series) · as Mrs. Finch |
| 1992 | Shortland Street (TV Series) · as Waverley Wilson/harrison |
| 1990 | The New Adventures of Black Beauty (TV Series) · as Isambard |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) · as Rosalyn Auffmann |
| 1985 | Neighbours (TV Series) · as Chantelle Rebecchi |