1. Claudia Lee Black was born on 11 October 1972 and is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in Farscape, Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1 and Sharon "Shazza" Montgomery in the film Pitch Black.
15 Facts About Claudia Black
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Claudia Black has had prominent roles in video games, such as Admiral Daro'Xen and Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect, Chloe Frazer in Uncharted, Morrigan in Dragon Age, Whitney Chang in The Amazing Spider-Man, Tess Everis in Destiny, and Samantha Byrne in Gears of War 3, Gears of War 4, and Gears 5.
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Claudia Black had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr Sabine Lommers in TV series Containment.
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Claudia Black studied at the Anglican Kambala School in Sydney.
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Claudia Black has lived in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
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Claudia Black has acted in Australia and New Zealand in television and movies.
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Claudia Black had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role of Greek lawyer Angela Kostapas.
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Claudia Black gained international recognition for her role in Farscape and was nominated for a Saturn Award in the Best Actress category in 2001,2002 and 2005, winning in the latter.
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Claudia Black has appeared in the feature films Queen of the Damned and Pitch Black.
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Claudia Black returned to the series as a regular cast member for the tenth and final season and starred in Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum films that wrapped up the series' story lines.
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Claudia Black played Portia in a tour of the Merchant of Venice.
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Claudia Black has had parts in Spotlight on Women, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Loose Ends and Pick Ups for the Belvoir Street Theatre and Little Women and The World Knot for the Bicentennial Opera.
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Since 2007, Claudia Black has been a prolific video game voice actress.
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Claudia Black has gained particular attention for her work with BioWare's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series.
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In 2014, Claudia Black had a voice-over role in Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha in the episode "Raising Gazorpazorp".