1. Claire Underwood is a fictional character in House of Cards, played by Robin Wright.
38 Facts About Claire Underwood
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Claire Underwood is the wife of the show's protagonist Frank Underwood and the main protagonist in the final season.
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Claire Underwood is a lobbyist and runs an environmental nonprofit organization, but in later seasons ascends to the positions of Second Lady of the United States, First Lady of the United States, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Vice President of the United States, and finally the 47th President of the United States.
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Unlike the original character Claire Underwood has her own storylines.
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Claire Underwood was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for this role at the 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th and 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
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The Frank Underwood character was written out of the show as having died, and Claire became the main character of the show's sixth and final season.
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Claire Hale Underwood is originally from the exclusive Highland Park enclave of Dallas, Texas.
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Claire Underwood subsequently achieved a masters in public health from Harvard University.
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Claire Underwood is from a wealthy family, and the show characterizes her as a "Dallas Debutante" and "Lily White".
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Claire Underwood has a difficult relationship with her mother, Elizabeth Hale, who despises Frank and is disappointed in Claire for marrying him.
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Claire Underwood is a woman "who will stop at nothing to conquer everything".
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The Independents Sarah Hughes echoes this description, saying Claire Underwood is so dedicated to the couple's schemes that it is clear she will execute them herself if Frank wavers.
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When he is shot during a campaign event, Claire Underwood privately admits that she feels nothing for him.
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Claire Underwood has an affair with her speechwriter Tom Yates, with Frank's approval.
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Claire Underwood is the CEO of an environmental group while serving as her husband's primary accomplice.
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Claire Underwood herself has an affair with an old boyfriend, Adam Galloway.
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When Galloway leaks an intimate photo of Claire Underwood to appease his jealous fiancee, Claire Underwood intimidates him into publicly stating that he fabricated the picture, ruining his reputation.
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Claire Underwood remains an enigma even as she reveals more and more disturbing secrets from her past.
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In Season 3, Claire Underwood feels the need to be something more "significant" than the First Lady, and asks Frank to nominate her to a United Nations post.
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Season three ends with Claire Underwood leaving Frank as he prepares to go to the New Hampshire primary.
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However, he sandbags her prospective candidacy by endorsing a political ally's daughter, in order to keep Claire Underwood focused on his campaign.
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Claire Underwood retaliates on the day of the South Carolina primary by covertly leaking a photo of Frank's father with a Klansman, imperiling Frank's candidacy.
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Claire Underwood calmly admits what she did and proposes that she join him in the ticket as his vice president.
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When Frank recovers from surgery, he agrees to let Claire Underwood be his vice president.
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In season 5, Claire Underwood's story begins as the opening scene of the season: shooting a propaganda commercial in order to stir up fear.
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Claire Underwood is faced with a series of diplomatic crises: Russian soldiers have taken over an American base, and the Russians and Chinese are vying for possession of a boat in Antarctica that has a stowaway American working for the Russians.
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Around this time, Claire agrees to an open election in Ohio for not only the President, but the Vice President, in order to avoid a possible Conway-Underwood administration.
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Frank resigns and Claire Underwood is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
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Claire Underwood makes enemies of Bill Shepherd and his sister Annette, two political power brokers who oppose her agenda.
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Claire Underwood makes a shaky alliance with him by promising to protect him in return for his help getting rid of Durant, who she fears will testify against her regarding her and Frank's crimes.
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Meanwhile, Claire Underwood grows suspicious of Usher, who is secretly working with the Shepherds.
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When Stamper confronts her about what Frank left him in his will, Claire Underwood says that she is pregnant with Frank's child.
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The Shepherds try to undermine her by developing a voting app that would essentially steal the upcoming midterm elections; Claire Underwood retaliates by having Duncan, who created the app, arrested for treason.
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Claire Underwood has "chilly poise" but the "coolly regal doyenne" softens over the course of the first season according to New Republics Laura Bennet.
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Claire Underwood was nominated for both Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Claire Underwood continued to be the show's only nominations at the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 8th Critics' Choice Television Awards, both hosted in early 2018.
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Claire Underwood later went on to receive her sixth and final nomination for the role for the Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Claire Underwood became one of only seven actresses that received six or more nominations in the category for the same show.