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Claude Akins

Claude Akins (1926-1994), American character actor of Westerns and war films; Joe Burdette in Rio Bravo, Sheriff Lobo in B.J. and the Bear; nearly 100 films, 180+ TV episodes.

Claude Jarman Jr.

Claude Jarman Jr. (1934-2025), American actor, won the Academy Juvenile Award for playing Jody Baxter in The Yearling (1946), later starred in Intruder in the Dust and Rio Grande, then led the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch (born 30 October 1937, Paris) is a French director, screenwriter and producer, founder of Les Films 13, whose Un homme et une femme (1966) won the Palme d'Or and two Oscars; known for interlocking narratives and music-driven editing.

Claude Rains

Claude Rains (William Claude Rains, 1889-1967), London-born stage and screen character actor; Hollywood debut as The Invisible Man (1933); Captain Renault in Casablanca; four Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations, no wins.

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert (Emilie Claudette Chauchoin, 1903–1996), French-born American actress of Saint-Mandé and New York, Oscar-winning star of It Happened One Night, Midnight, The Palm Beach Story, and Three Came Home.

Claudia Black

Claudia Black (born 1972) is an Australian actress known as Aeryn Sun in Farscape and Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1, and voice of Chloe Frazer and Morrigan; a separate Claudia Black, PhD, is an addiction clinician and author.

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale (Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale, 1938–2025), Italian actress born in Tunis to Sicilian parents, star of The Leopard, 8½, The Pink Panther and Once Upon a Time in the West; discovered via a 1957 Tunisian beauty contest, died at 87 in Nemours, France.

Claudia Christian

Claudia Christian (born 1965, Glendale, California) is an American actress best known as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, also a video game voice actor, memoirist, and advocate for naltrexone-based addiction treatment.

Claudia Ciesla

Claudia Ciesla is a Polish-German model and actress who established her career in Bollywood, appearing in films like Khiladi 786, while also working as a nutritionist and wellness entrepreneur.

Claudia Gerini

Claudia Gerini (born 1971, Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, and director, star of Viaggi di nozze, Non ti muovere, The Passion of the Christ, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Suburra; David di Donatello winner who debuted as director with Tapirulàn (2022).

Claudia Haro

Claudia Martha Haro, born 1967, is an American former actress known for Casino (1995), New Nightmare (1994), and Gone Fishin' (1997), and ex-wife of Joe Pesci; she was sentenced in 2012 for the attempted murder of Garrett Warren.

Claudia Jennings

Claudia Jennings, stage name of Mary Eileen Chesterton (1949-1979), was an American model and actress, Playboy Playmate of the Month November 1969 and Playmate of the Year 1970, who starred in 1970s drive-in films like The Unholy Rollers and 'Gator Bait before dying in a 1979 Malibu car crash. Not the Mississippi obituary subject of the same name.

Claudia Jessie

Claudia Jessie (Claudia Jessie Peyton), English actress born 1989 in Moseley, Birmingham; plays Eloise Bridgerton in Netflix's Bridgerton since 2020; earlier WPC 56, Vanity Fair, Line of Duty; Buddhist, vegan, no social media.

Claudia Jordan

Claudia Angela Jordan (born 1973) is an American model, actress, and radio/TV host from Providence, Rhode Island, known as a Price Is Right Barker's Beauty, Deal or No Deal's case #1 model, a Celebrity Apprentice and Real Housewives of Atlanta contestant, and host of Fox Soul's Side Dish.

Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan (born 1972, Sydney) is an Australian actress, producer, and co-creator of Love My Way, Spirited, and Bump; AFI and Logie winner, OAM 2023, Chauvel Award 2016.

Claudia Kim

Claudia Kim, born Kim Soo-hyun in Seoul in 1985, is a South Korean actress and model known for roles in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marco Polo, and Fantastic Beasts.

Claudia Sulewski

Claudia Sulewski (Claudia Sulewski O'Connell), American YouTuber, host, and actress; BeyondBeautyStar creator, first Teen Vogue YouTube host, star of I Love My Dad and Shrinking, founder of Cyklar.

Claudia Wells

Claudia Wells is an American actress who played Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future (1985), replacing Melora Hardin and later replaced by Elisabeth Shue; she left acting for her ill mother, runs Armani Wells, and returned via Still Waters Burn.

Claudia Winkleman

Claudia Winkleman, British TV presenter and former travel writer, co-hosted Strictly Come Dancing 2010–2025 and hosts The Traitors UK since 2022, winning a 2023 BAFTA; her 2026 BBC One chat show ran seven episodes before she quit.

Claudine Auger

Claudine Auger (Claudine Oger, 1941-2019), French actress, first French leading Bond girl as Domino in Thunderball (1965) opposite Sean Connery; later French, Italian, and Spanish films, giallo thrillers, and stage work.

Claudine Barretto

Claudine Barretto (born 1979) is a Filipino film and television actress, "The Optimum Star," known for Mula sa Puso, Marina, Anak, and Milan; a two-time FAMAS Best Actress who moved from ABS-CBN to GMA in 2009 and back in 2015.

Claudine Longet

Claudine Longet (Claudine Georgette Longet, 1942–2026), French-born singer and actress, Andy Williams's first wife; gold-selling 1967 debut Claudine, The Party (1968); convicted of negligent homicide in the 1976 shooting of skier Spider Sabich.

Claudio Cataño

Claudio Cataño, Colombian actor, director and screenwriter; grandson of poet Mario Rivero; plays Colonel Aureliano Buendía in Netflix's Cien años de soledad and won the 2025 Platino Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries.

Claws (TV series)

Claws is an American TNT comedy-drama (2017–2022, four seasons) created by Eliot Laurence, starring Niecy Nash as Florida nail salon owner Desna Simms, whose manicurists launder money for the Dixie Mafia.

Clay Davis

Clay Davis (R. Clayton Davis) is the fictional corrupt Maryland state senator in HBO's The Wire, played by Isiah Whitlock Jr. in 25 episodes across five seasons, famous for the catchphrase "sheee-it" and acquitted of corruption in season five.

Clay Jensen

Clay Jensen is the male protagonist and narrator of Jay Asher's 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why and of Netflix's four-season adaptation, played by Dylan Minnette, ninth on Hannah Baker's tapes.

Clay Morrow

Clay Morrow (Clarence 'Clay' Morrow) is the SAMCRO president and Jax Teller's stepfather in FX's Sons of Anarchy, played by Ron Perlman; a First 9 member ousted in season 4 and killed by Jax in season 6.

Clayface

Clayface (Basil Karlo, Matt Hagen) is a shapeshifting DC Comics Batman villain first appearing in Detective Comics #40 (1940); multiple characters hold the mantle, and a 2026 DC Studios horror film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen.

Clayface (film)

Clayface is a 2026 American body horror film directed by James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries as an actor whose experimental treatment turns him into living clay.

Claymore (クレイモア) (manga)

Claymore (クレイモア, Kureimoa) is a dark fantasy manga by Norihiro Yagi, serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump then Jump Square 2001–2014, 27 volumes, about half-Yoma warrior Clare hunting Yoma; adapted into a 2007 26-episode Madhouse anime.