18 Facts About Claire Meade

Claire Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty, portrayed by Judith Light.

Light's performance as Claire has resulted in a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, when Claire was a recurring regular in season one.

Claire Meade was updated to a primary castmember in the second season.

In "Sofia's Choice", Claire Meade mentioned she and Bradford were married for 38 years.

Claire Meade tells Daniel her drinking was a result of the affair her husband had with Fey Sommers.

Claire Meade tells him she and Fey went to confront Bradford and force him to choose.

Bradford planned to do his best to keep his marriage afloat while Claire Meade tries to stay sober for Daniel's sake.

Claire Meade is showing signs she might be leaning back towards the bottle as evidenced in "Sofia's Choice".

Claire Meade admits to being sober at the time of the murder, saying she wanted to see her "Burn, and burn, and burn", because Fey took away the only man Claire Meade ever loved in her life.

Grace and Daniel agree Claire Meade could get medical help and, subsequently, receive a lighter sentence, and the pair decide to follow this course of action.

Daniel's sister, Alexis ruins their plan when she accuses Daniel of hiring and sleeping with Grace, thus making it harder for Claire Meade to receive a reasonable conviction.

Days later, in jail, Claire Meade finds out Wilhelmina is sleeping with her husband.

Claire Meade later gets arrested moments shortly after reconciling with Bradford, who was in a hospital after he had a heart attack during the ill-fated wedding, and he tells her she was the only one he had ever loved.

Claire Meade dies as she was being driven back to prison.

Fey's diary reveals in an attempt to kill Claire Meade, Fey had sent a bottle of poisoned perfume to Bradford to give to Claire Meade as a "souvenir" that would drive her to madness and kill her.

However, Amanda chooses to withhold this evidence as she blames Claire Meade for killing her mother.

Claire Meade holds Claire at gunpoint, but she is saved by Wilhelmina, who takes the gun from Tyler, being shot in the process.

Claire Meade assures Claire that they "are good", finally ending the feud.