Early life

Claire Forlani was born in 1972 in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara (née Dickinson), who was English, and Pier Luigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At age 11, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to study acting. During her six years at the school, she also studied dance, which led to performances on stage in The Nutcracker and Orpheus in the Underworld.

Career

Forlani's parents moved to San Francisco in 1993, in order to allow for wider casting opportunities in Hollywood films. Subsequently, Forlani was cast in the television mini-series J.F.K.: Reckless Youth and the film Mission to Moscow]]. In 1995, she played the supporting role of Brandi Svenning in Mallrats. In 1996, Forlani appeared in a supporting role as Sean Connery's daughter in the film The Rock. She continued to appear in both widely released and smaller-budget films, such as Basquait directed by Julian Schnabel, In 1998, she starred with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black. 1919 she starred with Ben Stiller and Geoffrey Rush in "Mystery Men"She then appeared in Antitrust, a thriller released in January 2001. Forlani was the new face of L'Oréal in 2001. She has been ranked no. 51 (2000) and no. 89 (2001) in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women", no. 85 (2001) in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women" and was slotted in Loaded's "Hot 100 Babes". In 2003, she co-starred with Jackie Chan in The Medallion. 2005 "Green Street Hooligans" With Charlie Hunnam and Elijah Wood.2007 "Hallem Foe" with She Starred with Jamie Bell and "Flash Back of Fool" with Daniel Craig.

In autumn 2006, Forlani joined the cast of CSI: NY in a recurring role as a medical examiner, Dr. Peyton Driscoll. In February 2007, Forlani portrayed Tori Bodeen in the film version of Nora Roberts's best-selling book Carolina Moon. In 2008, she starred opposite Daniel Craig in Flashbacks of a Fool. In 2011, Forlani played Queen Igraine in Camelot

In 2011, Forlani made an appearance in NCIS: Los Angeles as Agent Lauren Hunter, replacing Henrietta Lange (Linda Hunt) temporarily as the operations director at NCIS for the end of season 2. She later appeared in season 3's finale 2012

Forlani has appeared in a series of television commercials for Dewar's Scotch whisky,

In 2015, Forlani was one of the narrators of the documentary, Unity.

Personal life

In June 2007, Forlani married Scottish actor Dougray Scott. On December 27, 2014, they welcomed their son Milo Thomas Scott. Forlani is also stepmother to his two children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Gypsy Eyes	Katarina
1994	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow	Katrina
1995	Mallrats	Brandi Svenning
1996	Rock, TheThe Rock	Jade Angelou
1996	Basquiat	Gina Cardinale
1996	Garage Sale	Julia	Short film
1997	Last Time I Committed Suicide, TheThe Last Time I Committed Suicide	Joan
1998	Basil	Julia Sherwin
1998	Meet Joe Black	Susan Parrish
1998	Into My Heart	Nina
1999	Mystery Men	Monica
2000	Magicians	Lydia
2000	Boys and Girls	Jennifer Burrows
2001	Antitrust	Alice Poulson
2002	Triggermen	Emma Cutler
2003	Northfork	Mrs. Hadfield
2003	Medallion, TheThe Medallion	Nicole James
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Mary Malone Jones
2004	Gone Dark	Monica Prince	Video; AKA The Limit
2005	Green Street	Shannon Dunham
2005	Ripley Under Ground	Cynthia
2007	Hallam Foe	Verity Foe
2007	In the Name of the King	Solana
2008	Flashbacks of a Fool	Adult Ruth
2008	Beer for My Horses	Annie Streets
2009	Not Forgotten	Katie
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Christine
2011	Love's Kitchen	Kate Templeton
2013	Another Me	Ann Delusey
2016	Precious Cargo	Karen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Press Gang	Judy Wellman	Episode: "Chance Is a Fine Thing"
1992	Press Gang	Judy Wellman	Episode: "In the Picture"
1993	J.F.K.: Reckless Youth	Ann Cannon	Television film
2003	Pentagon Papers, TheThe Pentagon Papers	Patricia Marx	Television film
2004	Memron	Vangela Clay	Television film
2005	Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project	Allison	Television film
2005	Shadows in the Sun	Isabella Parish	Television film
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Doris Frehman	Episode: "Crouch End"
2006-2010	CSI: NY	Dr. Peyton Driscoll	Recurring role
2007	Carolina Moon	Victoria "Tory" Bodeen	Television film
2009	False Witness	Pippa Porter	Television miniseries
2011	Ice	Jacqueline	Television miniseries
2011	Camelot	Queen Igraine	Main role
2011-2012	NCIS: Los Angeles	Lauren Hunter	Recurring role
2012	Scruples	Billy Winthrop Ikehorn	Television film

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