Claire Forlani
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Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
An actress whose fragile, fine-boned beauty has often gotten her cast as emotionally vulnerable, put-upon girlfriends, Claire Forlani has done strong work in this capacity in such films as Basquiat and Meet Joe Black. The daughter of an Italian father and a British mother, she was born in London on July 1, 1972. At the age of 11, she began studying dance and drama at London's Arts Educational School, where she trained for the next six years. She began her professional acting career in 1991, when she appeared in a number of productions for British television.After relocating with her family to San Francisco in 1993, Forlani made her American acting debut with a small but memorable role in the TV miniseries JFK: Reckless Youth (1993) as a young woman who dances her way into the heart and hormones of the young president. She subsequently had a minor part in Police Academy - Mission to Moscow (1994), and then landed more substantial work in Mallrats (1995) after impressing director Kevin Smith with her flawless impression of an immature young American. Forlani's work in Mallrats gave her enough exposure to garner the attention of various casting agents, as evidenced by her central role as the all-too accommodating waitress girlfriend of Basquiat's (1996) eponymous artist (Jeffrey Wright).The actress remained in troubled girlfriend mode for The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), in which she played Beat icon Neal Cassady's suicidal paramour, and then literally flirted with death in Meet Joe Black (1998). The film cast Forlani in her biggest role to date, that of a young doctor who falls in love with Death, as personified with blond highlights by Brad Pitt; although the film itself was the object of much critical ire, Forlani escaped relatively unscathed. After playing yet another imperiled girlfriend in Mystery Men (1999), Forlani switched gears to play a neurotic college student who ends up in bed with her best friend (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) in the romantic comedy Boys and Girls (2000). Forliani stayed busy throughout the 2000s, winning praise for her work in the critically acclaimed fantasy drama Northfolk (2003), which also starred James Woods and Nick Nolte. She appeared in director Christopher Guest's playful send-up of Hollywood during awards season, For Your Consideration, in 2006, though she is better known for her portrayal of medical examiner Peyton Driscoll in CSI: NY (2006-2007). In 2008 she joined the cast of the supernatural thriller Not Forgotten to play a supporting role, and returned to the small screen in 2011 to play the part of Igraine in Camelot, a short-lived television series from STARZ.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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48% | Black Beauty |
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— | 2020 |
53% | Five Feet Apart |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | An Affair to Die For |
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— | 2019 |
0% | Head Full of Honey |
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— | 2018 |
0% | Precious Cargo |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Running For Her Life |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Another Me |
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— | 2014 |
18% | Love's Kitchen |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Shannon's Rainbow |
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— | 2009 |
15% | Not Forgotten |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | False Witness |
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— | 2009 |
0% | Beer for My Horses |
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$0.6M | 2008 |
38% | Flashbacks of a Fool |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon |
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— | 2007 |
73% | Hallam Foe (Mister Foe) |
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— | 2007 |
52% | For Your Consideration |
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$5.5M | 2006 |
4% | In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale |
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$4.5M | 2006 |
43% | Shadows in the Sun |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Ripley Under Ground |
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— | 2005 |
47% | Green Street Hooligans |
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$0.2M | 2005 |
26% | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius |
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$2.6M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Memron |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Gone Dark |
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— | 2004 |
17% | The Medallion |
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$22M | 2003 |
56% | Northfork |
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$1.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Limit (Gone Dark) |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Pentagon Papers |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Triggermen |
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— | 2002 |
24% | Antitrust |
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$11M | 2001 |
11% | Boys and Girls |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Magicians |
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— | 2000 |
61% | Mystery Men |
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— | 1999 |
45% | Meet Joe Black |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Into My Heart |
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— | 1998 |
0% | Basil |
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— | 1997 |
68% | Basquiat |
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— | 1996 |
68% | The Rock |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Last Time I Committed Suicide |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Garage Sale |
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— | 1996 |
57% | Mallrats |
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— | 1995 |
0% | Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | JFK: Reckless Youth |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Gypsy Eyes |
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— | 1992 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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78% |
Domina
2021
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80% |
Departure
2019
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No Score Yet |
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
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No Score Yet |
Hawaii Five-0
2010-2020
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No Score Yet |
NCIS
2003
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44% |
Camelot
2011
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No Score Yet |
CSI: NY
2004-2013
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86% |
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Camelot
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Quotes from Claire Forlani's Characters
Susan Parrish: | I wish you could've known my father. |
William Parrish: | [About love] I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish. |
William Parrish: | [about love] I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish. |
Susan Parrish: | Oh, that's all? |
William Parrish: | Yeah. Be deliriously happy, or at least leave yourself open to be. |