Best known for her four year stint as Commander Susan Ivanov on the syndicated sci-fi series, "Babylon 5", raven-haired beauty Claudia Christian got her start with a 1984 guest-spot on "Dallas" (CBS), which she parlayed into regular roles on short-lived series like "Berringer's" and "Blacke's Magic" (both NBC), as well many guest-starring appearances in episodic TV. She made her feature debut as a exotic dancer whose body became host for an alien being in "The Hidden" (1987), was part of the fine ensemble of "Clean and Sober" (1988) and delivered a performance that made "Hexed" (1993) worth watching, playing a once overweight model whose long-ago arson resulted in 32 deaths. Christian liked everything about her four years on "Babylon 5" except the dirty dealing that led to her departure, and if it's any consolation, the series did not survive long without her. (Although she was featured in two TV-movie spin-offs that aired on TNT in 1998.) Since then, she has acted in Phillipe Mora's "Snide and Prejudice" (1997) and starred in "A Wing and a Prayer", a 1998 USA Network movie.
In 2001, Christian used her voice to bring the character Helga Sinclair to life in the animated feature "Atlantis: The Lost Empire." She then portrayed EZ Williams in the crime action feature "Half Past Dead" (2002).
- Also Credited As:
Claudia Ann Christian
- Born:
August 10, 1965 in Glendale, California, United States
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Job Titles:
Actor, Singer, Salesgirl, Waitress
Milestones
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1980 Moved back to California with family
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1984 Made acting debut with guest appearance on Dallas (CBS)
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1985 First time as series regular, the short-lived Berrenger s (NBC)
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1986 Portrayed the female lead in CBS movie, Houston: The Legend of Texas
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1986 Second crack as series regular, playing Laurie Blacke in Blacke s Magic (NBC)
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1987 Feature debut, The Hidden , playing an exotic dancer who becomes host for an alien being
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1988 Acted in Clean and Sober
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1993 Guest-starred on Columbo: It s All in the Game (ABC)
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1993 Won praise for her comic turn as a once overweight fashion model whose long-ago act of arson killed 32 people in Hexed
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1994 Starred as Commander Susan Ivanova in syndicated sci-fi series Babylon 5
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1997 Acted in Phillipe Mora s Snide and Prejudice , the story of Hitler s rise as acted out by the inmates of a tony asylum
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1998 Starred opposite Jeff Yagher in USA Network movie, A Wing and a Prayer
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2000 Acted in True Rights , a mock documentary about shock television
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2001 Voiced the character of Helga in the Disney animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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2002 Cast in the action-crime feature Half Past Dead
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Born in Glendale, California
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Raised in Connecticut