Claudia Christian

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Claudia Christian
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    Claudia Christian (born Claudia Ann Coghlan, August 10, 1965)[3] is an American actress, singer, and author, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, as Captain Maynard on Fox's 9-1-1,[4] and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series Blood of Zeus.[5] She is also the voice of Lt. Helga Sinclair in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. She is the founder and CEO of the C Three Foundation, a proponent of the medication-based Sinclair Method for treating alcohol dependence.[6]

    Early life

    Christian was born in Glendale, California, the only daughter of Hildegard (née Christian), who worked as the director of Giorgio Beverly Hills,[7] and James Michael Coghlan. Her mother is from Germany and her father has Irish ancestry. Christian and her three elder brothers were raised in Connecticut. Her eldest brother was killed by a drunk driver while the family lived in Houston, Texas, and the family moved to California when she was 14.[8] She changed her name by deed poll from Coghlan to Christian and moved to Hollywood to begin her acting career.[9][10]

    Career

    Christian in Italy (2010)

    Her first screen appearance was on

    Riptide, Hunter, Quantum Leap, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, and It's Garry Shandling's Show, and as a series regular on Berrenger's.[11][12]

    She also appeared in TV movies

    Columbo: It's All in the Game.[17]

    Christian's film career launched with Clean and Sober opposite Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton, Never on Tuesday with Andrew Lauer and Peter Berg,[18] The Hidden with Kyle MacLachlan, 20th Century Fox's The Chase with Charlie Sheen, the Columbia comedy Hexed, and Adam Rifkin's The Dark Backward.[8][19]

    Christian in Los Angeles (2009)

    From 1994 to 1998, Christian appeared as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5. She left the science fiction series when contract negotiations for the fifth and final season broke down. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski maintains that she chose to leave of her own accord,[20] while Christian stated that she wished to return for the final season but was released when she requested a reduction in the number of episodes in which she would appear so she could complete another project.[21] Christian did appear in the series finale, reprised her role in Babylon 5: In the Beginning and Babylon 5: Thirdspace, collaborated with cast members on the album The Be Five, and conceived her own interactive fan convention, Claudia Con UK, which took place in the UK.[22]

    Christian posed for a nude pictorial in the October 1999 issue of Playboy.[23][24]

    Following the success of Babylon 5, Christian's guest starred on series including

    The Reaping[29] and appeared in the films The Garden with Lance Henriksen[30] and Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal.[31]

    As of 2020, Christian appears as Captain Elaine Maynard on the Fox series 9-1-1 and as the voice of the goddess Hera in the Netflix series Blood of Zeus. She also plays the title role in the Anne Manx radio series[32] and voices characters in major video games including Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare,[33] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Pizza Morgana.[34] and recently Xal'atath World of Warcraft.

    Author

    Christian in 2007

    Christian is the author of both fiction and non fiction books. Her non fiction works include her initial memoir, My Life with Geeks and Freaks,[35] her updated autobiography Babylon Confidential: A Memoir of Love, Sex, and Addiction,[36] Journeys: Inspirational Stories of Recovery from Alcohol Addiction Using a Breakthrough Scientific Method[37] and a cook book co-authored (with Mark Michel), Snack Hacks.[38][39] She also wrote the introduction for the 2nd edition of The Cure for Alcoholism: The Medically Proven Way to Eliminate Alcohol Addiction.[40]

    Her fictional works are The Misadventures of Miss Emma Bradford (aka Emma Bradford and the Mystery of Queen Tut),[41] Wolf's Empire: Gladiator,[42] and The Original: The Trials of Sara Larkin.[43]

    Together with Chris McAuley, Christian has also created Dark Legacies, a science-fiction universe.[44] The first of the multimedia projects is a comic-book thriller, funded on Kickstarter in 2022.[45]

    Advocate

    Christian in a convention in Utrecht, Netherlands (2005)

    Christian is an advocate of The Sinclair Method (TSM), a

    TEDx talk on the subject, podcast appearances, contributions to magazine articles,[48][49] and her television, newspaper and magazine interviews.[50][51]

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    1984 Calendar Girl Murders Kara Television movie
    1986 A Masterpiece of Murder Julia Forsythe Television movie
    1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas Eliza Allen Also known as Gone to Texas
    1987 The Hidden Brenda Lee Van Buren
    1988 Police Story: Monster Manor Officer Barbara 'Babs' Altoon
    1988 Clean and Sober Iris
    1989 Never on Tuesday Tuesday
    1989 Shannon's Deal Molly Temple
    1989 Tale of Two Sisters Liz
    1990 Danielle Steel's Kaleidoscope Meagan Television movie
    1990 Mad About You Casey
    1990 Maniac Cop 2 Officer Susan Riley
    1990 Think Big Dr. Irene Marsh
    1990 A Gnome Named Gnorm Samantha
    1991 Lies of the Twins Felice
    1991 The Woman Who Sinned Judy Reinhardt
    1991 Strays Claire Lederer Television movie
    1991 The Dark Backward Kitty
    1991 Arena Quinn
    1993 Hexed Hexina
    1993 Relentless: Mind of a Killer Leeann Hardy Television movie
    1994 The Chase Yvonne Voss
    1997 Lancelot: Guardian of Time Katherine Shelley
    1997 Mercenary II: Thick & Thin Patricia Van Lier
    1998 A Wing and a Prayer Shelley Lowe
    1998 Babylon 5: In the Beginning Commander Susan Ivanova
    1998 Babylon 5: Thirdspace Commander Susan Ivanova
    1998 Snide and Prejudice Renate Müller
    1999 Haunting of Hell House Lucy
    1999 Running Home Jules Daniels
    1999 The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All Andrea 'Andy'
    1999 Final Voyage Maxine 'Max'
    2000 Love & Sex Woman in gallery Cameo
    2000 True Rights Elaine Kilgore
    2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Helga Sinclair Voice role
    2002 Half Past Dead FBI Agent Ellen 'EZ' Williams
    2002 The Failures Anna
    2005 The Garden Dr. Cairns
    2006 The Dot Man Lieutenant Colonel Dunst
    2008 Serbian Scars Maggie Co-producer
    2010 Meteor Apocalypse Kate Dematti
    2012 Overnight Sandy
    2012 Rise of an Exile Hannah Benedict Pre-production
    2014 Watercolor Postcards Cheryl
    2014 California Scheming Mom
    2014 The Writer with No Hands Herself
    2014
    One Little Pill
         		Herself and The Narrator Documentary
    2014 Red Marlena
    2017 Chicanery Abigail Blunt
    2017 The Dot Man Lieutenant Colonel Dunst
    2018 Dirty Dead Con Men Donna
    2023 Babylon 5: The Road Home Commander Susan Ivanova Voice role; Direct-to-video[52]
    TBA The Pipeline Asta Folkart Post-production
    TBA Dreadnought: Invasion Six Lord Marshall (voice) Pre-production

    Television series

    Year Title Role Notes
    1984
    T.J. Hooker
         		Betty MacRae Episode: "The Lipstick Killer"
    1984 Dallas Peter's friend Episode: "Some Do...Some Don't"
    1984 Falcon Crest Kate Mars Episode: "Tests of Faith"
    1984 Riptide Marion Gordon Episode: "Where the Girls Are"
    1984 Hunter Roxanne Hoffmeyer Episode: "Love, Hate, and Sporty James"
    1984 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Cassie Conroy Episodes: "Elegy for a Tramp", "Shots in the Dark"
    1985 The A-Team Cathy Rogers Episode: "Trouble Brewing"
    1986 Blacke's Magic Laurie Blacke Episodes: "Breathing Room", "Death Goes to the Movies"
    1985 Berrenger's Melody Hughes Series regular
    1987 The Highwayman The Highwayman's liaison, Dawn Episode: "Terror on the Blacktop"
    1987 Jake and the Fatman Lieutenant Alexandra 'Alex' Walker Episode: "Easy to Love"
    1987 It's Garry Shandling's Show Sylvia Episode: "Dial L for Laundry"
    1989 Quantum Leap Allison Episode: "Play It Again, Seymour"
    1990 Matlock Mickey Alder Episode: "The Blackmailer"
    1991 Murder, She Wrote Bonnie Jenks Hastings Episode: "Prodigal Father"
    1991 L.A. Law Susan Convers Episode: "Speak, Lawyers, for Me"
    1991 Dark Justice Dana Hollister Harrison Episode: "To Die For"
    1993 Columbo Lisa Martin Feature-length special: "
    It's All in the Game
    "
    1993 Space Rangers Marla Baker Episode: "Death Before Dishonor"
    1994–1997 Babylon 5 Commander Susan Ivanova Main cast, seasons 1-4
    1997 The Oz Kids Queen Aquareine
    1997 Total Security Cheryl Bankston Episode: "Pilot"
    1997 Highlander: The Series Katherine Episode: "
    Two of Hearts
    "
    1999 Freaks and Geeks Gloria Haverchuck Recurring role
    2000 Family Law Carla Sims Episode: "Are You My Father?"
    2001 Relic Hunter Inez Carson Episode: "All Choked Up"
    2002 She Spies Tanya Episode: "Spy vs. Spies"
    2002 NYPD Blue Catherine Lowell Episode "Better Laid Than Never"
    2003 Everwood Young Edna Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
    2004 Starhyke Captain Belinda Blowhard Main cast
    2005 Broken News Julia Regan Series regular
    2007 Nip/Tuck Gwen Episode: "Dawn Budge II"
    2010 Look: The Series Stella Series regular
    2011 Grimm Mrs. Clark Episode "Let Your Hair Down"
    2013 Criminal Minds Agent Gretchen Stern Episode: "Alchemy"
    2014 Castle Mrs. Logan Episode: "Law & Boarder"
    2014
    The Mentalist
         		Greta Fortensky Episode: "Black Market"
    2017 NCIS Louise Moreau Episode: "Willoughby"
    2017 Space Diner Tales Leila Walker Episode: "Pilot"
    2018–present 9-1-1 Captain Maynard Recurring role; 10 episodes
    2020 Blood of Zeus[53] Hera Series regular

    Video games

    Year Title Role
    1995 Solar Eclipse Major Delany "Raven" Kelt
    2002 Summoner 2 Sangaril, Logosarch, Rosalind, Dama Heras
    2004 Shrek 2 Fairy Godmother
    2009 Pizza Morgana Abbie Positive
    2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Multiple, including Aela the Huntress, Bryling, Legate Rikke, Sorli the Builder, and Wolf-Queen Potema (various other characters)
    2012 Guild Wars 2 Female Norn PC
    2012 Darksiders II Muria
    2012 Halo 4 Additional voices
    2014 Heroes of the Storm Lady of Thorns
    2015
    Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void
         		Rohana
    2015 Fallout 4 Desdemona, Mrs. Whitfield, Mistress of Mystery
    2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Captain Ferran
    2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire
    2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (voice)
    2018 Fallout 76 Shannon Rivers, Miss Annie, Willie Mae
    2020 Legends of Runeterra Tiana Crownguard
    2020 Fallout 76: Wastelanders Miss Annie, Mistress of Mystery, Raiders
    2024 World of Warcraft: The War Within Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire

    Awards and nominations

    Year Award Category Production Result
    1997 Saturn Award Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television Babylon 5 Nominated
    1999 Saturn Award Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television Babylon 5 Nominated
    2013 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game Darksiders II Nominated
    2016 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Nominated

    Writing

    Discography

    • Claudia Squared with Claudia Cummings (1996)
    • Trying to Forget by The Be Five (1998)
    • "Taboo" single (1998, Zard)
    • Once upon a Time (2001, Zard)

    References

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