Claire Stansfield was born in London, England. Her father is English and her mother is German. They moved to Canada when Claire was very young so even though she has a British passport she feels as though she is a Canadian. She went to school in Toronto, Ontario and grew up around the High Park area.
      For a time Claire worked as a model in her teens but felt she wasn't that good at it. Even so, she did runway shows, as she was already six feet tall at sixteen, a bit of magazine work and some commercials.
      Claire considers herself lucky in that she had the opportunity to do a lot of traveling. Of course it helped that her mother is a flight attendant for Air Canada, which meant a lot of cheap airline tickets were thrown Claire's way. In all the places she has had the opportunity to visit, Claire especially loves Australia.
      She speaks German and spent most of her summers in a town outside of Cologne in Germany with her beloved grandmother Kai; whom she named her production company, Kai Productions, after.
      Claire settled down for two years in London in the 80's where she enrolled at London's Central School of Drama. When her studies ended and her parents cut off her cash, she followed her father to California and decided to try her luck in Hollywood. Her father remarried a fantastic woman and Claire now has a brother and a sister. Her mother lives in Vancouver Canada, but always goes with Claire on location.
      Since dipping her toes in the Hollywood waters, Claire has continued to find steady work in various roles in both feature films and television. But it was her part as the evil Alti in the hit television series "Xena: Warrior Princess", that showcased Claire's talents and brought her to the attention of a huge fan base. Photo: Unknown

Bio info from the Official Claire Stansfield.