Claire van der Boom's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Rush (AU) Grace Barry

Main Movie Roles 2008 - The Square

BIOGRAPHY:

From early TV roles in Love My Way and East West 101, Claire has gone on to land the most prominent female role in the much anticipated Stephen Spielberg/Tom Hanks mini-series The Pacific.

This 10 part series is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Band of Brothers, and will be released internationally in 2010.

Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005, Claire has emerged as an exciting young talent. Claire debuted in her first lead role in a feature film, The Square, at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2008. The film, directed by Nash Edgerton, was released nationally on July 31.


TRIVIA:

• Born in Broome, WA.
• Attended Presbyterian Ladies College in WA.
• Started performing as a dancer on the stage when she was three.
• Graduated from NIDA in 2005.