Claudia Black

Claudia Black
Claudia Black
	Black in 2013
Born	Claudia Lee Black; 11 October 1972; Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Jamie Thurkettle (m. 2004; div. 2016)
Children	2

Claudia Lee Black (born 11 October 1972) is an Australian actress and voice actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in Farscape, Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1 and Sharon "Shazza" Montgomery in the film Pitch Black. She has had prominent roles in video games, such as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted, Morrigan in Dragon Age, Admiral Daro'Xen and Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect and Samantha Byrne in Gears of War 3, Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 5.[1] She also had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr. Sabine Lommers in The CW's Containment.

Early life

Black was born and raised in a Jewish family[2] in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She studied at the Anglican Kambala School, in Sydney.[3] She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.[3] Her parents are Australian medical academics Jules and Judy Black.[4]

Career

Claudia Black with Ben Browder at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2004

Black has acted in Australia and New Zealand in television and movies. She portrayed an intersex woman named Jill Mayhew in the Australian television series Good Guys, Bad Guys.[3] She had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role of Greek lawyer Angela Kostapas.[3]

Black gained international recognition for her role in Farscape, and was nominated for a Saturn Award in the Best Actress category in both 2001 and 2002, and won the award in 2005. She has appeared in the feature films Queen of the Damned and Pitch Black. After Farscape ended, Black appeared as Vala Mal Doran in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Prometheus Unbound"; her performance was well-received and she was invited to reprise her role in the show's ninth season when series regular Amanda Tapping went on maternity leave. Black returned to the series as a regular cast member for the tenth and final season, and also starred in Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, films which wrapped up the series' story lines. Black co-starred with Ben Browder in both series.

In the NBC TV show Life (2007), Black was cast in the supporting role of Jennifer Conover for the initial pilot.[5] Due to Black's second pregnancy, the part was recast and the role was given to the actress Jennifer Siebel when the series was bought by the TV network. NBC still used footage of Black, and none of Siebel, when promoting the TV series' debut.

Popular at science fiction conventions, Black showed her talent at singing and playing the guitar at the Farscape conventions, and in 2007 sang on the debut album of musician and fellow Farscape actor Paul Goddard.[3]

Black has performed in theater. She played Portia in a tour of the Merchant of Venice.[3] She has had parts in Spotlight on Women, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Loose Ends and Pick Ups for the Belvoir street theatre; Little Women and The World Knot for the Bicentennial Opera.[3]

Since 2007, Black has been a prolific video game voice actress. She has gained particular attention for her work with BioWare's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. Her son Odin Black voiced her Dragon Age character's son in Dragon Age: Inquisition. She also played Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series.[6]

In 2008, she narrated the audiobook "Swallowing Darkness" by Laurell K. Hamilton.

In 2014 she voices the vendor Tess Everis in the game Destiny and again in 2017 for Destiny 2.

In 2014, Black also had a voice-over role in Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha in the episode "Rasing Gazorpasorp".

In 2016, she appeared in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as Engineer Audrey "Mac" MaCallum.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Pitch Black	Sharon "Shazza" Montgomery
2002	Queen of the Damned	Pandora
2007	Stolen Life	Kieru (voice)
2008	Stargate: The Ark of Truth	Vala Mal Doran	Direct-to-video
2008	WarGames: The Dead Code	R.I.P.L.E.Y. (voice)
2008	Stargate: Continuum	Vala Mal Doran / Qetesh
2011	Rango	Angelique (voice)
2012	Justice League: Doom	Cheetah (voice)	Direct-to-video
2012	Strange Frame	Parker C. Boyd (voice)
2012	The Alchemist Agenda	Ariel
2013	Rain from Stars	Donna

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Home and Away	Sandra	2 episodes
1993	Seven Deadly Sins	Extra	Miniseries
1993	G.P.	Joanna	Episode: "A Thousand Flowers"
1993	Police Rescue	Julia	Episode: "Double Illusion"
1993	A Country Practice	Claire Bonacci	4 episodes
1996–98	City Life	Angela Kostapas	26 episodes
1997	Amazon High	Karina	Television film
1997	Water Rats	Beth Williams	Episode: "All at Sea"
1997–98	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Cassandra	2 episodes
1998	Good Guys, Bad Guys	Jill Mayhew	Episode: "Naughty Bits"
1999	A Twist in the Tale	Morgana	Episode: "Obsession in August"
1999	Steel Angel Kurumi	Steel Angel Mikhail (voice)	English dub
1999–2003	Farscape	Officer Aeryn Sun	88 episodes
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Karina	Episode: "Lifeblood"
2001	BeastMaster	Huna	Episode: "Wild Child"
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Aeryn Sun	Miniseries
2004–07	Stargate SG-1	Vala Mal Doran	29 episodes
2007	The Dresden Files	Liz Fontaine	Episode: "The Other Dick"
2008	Moonlight	The Cleaner	Episode: "Sonata"
2010	NCIS	Velvet Road	Episode: "Borderland"
2011	90210	Guru Sona	3 episodes
2012	Haven	Moira	Episode: "Magic Hour"
2014–present	Rick and Morty	Ma-Sha, Ventriloquiver (voices)	2 episodes
2015	The Originals	Dahlia	6 episodes
2016	Containment	Sabine Lommers	13 episodes
2019–20	Roswell, New Mexico	Ann Evans	3 episodes
2019	Final Space	Sheryl Goodspeed (voice)	5 Episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Farscape: The Game	Aeryn Sun
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Lady Briana
2005	God of War	Artemis
2005	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	Fauna
2006	Project Sylpheed	Narrator
2007	Conan	A'Kanna
2007	Crysis	Helena
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Chloe Frazer
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Morrigan
2010	Mass Effect 2	Admiral Daro'Xen vas Moreh, Matriarch Aethyta
2010	Final Fantasy XIV	Narrator
2011	TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea	Elf Commander Fraya
2011	Gears of War 3	Samantha Byrne
2011	Rage	Mel, Sally
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Chloe Frazer
2012	Mass Effect 3	Admiral Daro'Xen vas Moreh, Matriarch Aethyta
2012	Diablo III	Cydaea, Mistress of Pain
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Whitney Chang
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Cydaea, Mistress of Pain
2014	Destiny	Tess Everis
2014	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Queen Marwen
2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Morrigan
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Chloe Frazer	Multiplayer only
2016	Gears of War 4	Samantha Byrne
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Leviathan
2016	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Audrey "Mac" MaCullum
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Chloe Frazer
2017	Destiny 2	Tess Everis
2017	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Jessica "Silent Death" Valiant
2018	Killing Floor 2	Mrs Foster	Mrs Foster Content Pack DLC
2019	Gears of War 5	Samantha Byrne

Awards

2009 – The Constellation Awards, Best Female Performance in a 2008 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series: Stargate: Continuum
2007 – The Constellation Awards, Best Female Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode: Stargate SG-1: "Memento Mori"
2004 – Saturn Award, Best Actress, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

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References

Ogilvie, Tristan. "The Ten Commandments of Gears of War 3". IGN.
Jewish Journal: "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con" by Adam Wills. 22 July 2009.
Claudia Black Online: Biography. Archived 9 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 7 January 2013.
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,155546
"Claudia Black was scheduled to be on the new NBC TV Show pilot called Life". Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
https://www.metacritic.com/person/claudia-black

External links

Claudia Black on IMDb
Claudia Black at Behind The Voice Actors
https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/74325/swallowing-darkness/

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[1] Ogilvie, Tristan. "The Ten Commandments of Gears of War 3". IGN.

[2] Jewish Journal: "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con" by Adam Wills. 22 July 2009.

[cbonline-3] Claudia Black Online: Biography. Archived 9 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 7 January 2013.

[4] ttps://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,155546

[5] "Claudia Black was scheduled to be on the new NBC TV Show pilot called Life". Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.

[6] ttps://www.metacritic.com/person/claudia-black