claire was born and raised in the bay area and moved to new york to study acting at nyu when she was 18. her schooling was with the meisner and stonestreet studios before she graduated in 2021 with a BFA. most recently she attended the 2024 sundance film festival with alexandra qin’s short “thirsty girl”.

she is half chinese and half white; loves pasta, climbing big rocks, reading, photography, circus stuff, and the movies. her favorite film is “y tu mama tambien” and her dream role is to be the horse puppet in war horse. when not acting, you can catch her slinging drinks at her pop up restaurant in her brooklyn apartment.