Claudia Black

Claudia Lee Black (born in Sydney, Australia on 11 October 1972) is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in the science fiction television series Farscape and as Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1.

Biography

Claudia Lee Black was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She was educated at the Kambala Girls School, in Sydney. She has spent most of her life in Europe and New Zealand.

Acting career

Claudia has participated in Australian television and movies. She portrayed a hermaphrodite named Jill Mayhew in the Australian television series "Good Guys Bad Guys". She also had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role of Greek lawyer Angela Kostapas.

For her role in Farscape, Black was nominated Best Actress by Saturn Award in 2001 and 2002, and won the award in 2005. She has appeared in the feature films Queen of the Damned and Pitch Black. Black also appears as Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1 as a regular cast member starting in season ten; she portrayed the same character in one season eight episode ("Prometheus Unbound") and eight season nine episodes. In 2004, she was voted "#7 Hottest Scifi Babe" by Scifi WorldNet.

In the fall 2007 NBC TV show "Life" Black was cast in the supporting role of Jennifer Conover for the initial pilot. Due to Claudia's second pregnancy, the part was recast and the role was given to actress Jennifer Siebel when the series was picked up. Interestingly, NBC still used footage of Black, and none of Siebel, when promoting the show's debut.

Popular at sci-fi conventions, Black showed her talent at singing and playing the guitar at the Farscape conventions.

Black has also appeared in theatre. She once played Portia in a tour of the Merchant of Venice. She has also had parts in "Spotlight On Women," "Portrait Of Dorian Gray," "Loose Ends," and "Pick Ups" for the Belvoir Street Theatre; "Little Women" and "The World Knot" for the Bicentennial Opera.

Black is also a professional singer of jazz and classical music.

Personal life

In order to film the mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, Black postponed her honeymoon in 2004.

According to an interview with TV Guide, Black gave birth to a boy in December 2005. She appears pregnant in the story arc of Stargate SG-1 beginning with the episode "Crusade". According to SG-1 co-star Michael Shanks, Black gave birth to her second son in November 2007.

Filmography

Title	Character	Year	Format	Notes
Moonlight (TV series)	The Cleaner	2008	TV	Episode: "Sonata"
WarGames: The Dead Code	R.I.P.L.E.Y. (voice)	2008	Film
Stargate: Continuum	Vala Mal Doran	2008	Film
Stargate: The Ark of Truth	Vala Mal Doran	2008	Film
Crysis	Helena (voice)	2007	Video game
Stolen Life (Machinama Movie)	Kieru (voice)	2007	Film
The Dresden Files (TV Series)	Liz	2007	TV	First appearance: "The Other Dick"
Stargate SG-1	Vala Mal Doran	2004–2007	TV	First appearance: "Prometheus Unbound"
Project Sylpheed	Narrator (voice)	2007	Video game
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	Fauna (voice)	2005	Video game
One		2005	Film
Naked in London		2005	Film	Only promo trailer
God of War	Artemis (voice)	2005	Video game
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Aeryn Sun	2004	TV
Lords of Everquest	Lady Briana (voice)	2003	Video game
Queen of the Damned	Pandora	2002	Film
Farscape: The Game	Aeryn Sun (voice)	2002	Video game
''BeastMaster	Huna	2001	TV
Xena: Warrior Princess	Amazon # 2	2000	TV	Episode: "Lifeblood"
Pitch Black	Sharon Montgomery	2000	Film
Farscape	Aeryn Sun	1999–2003	TV
A Twist in the Tale	Morgana	1999	TV	Episode: "Obsession in August"
Kôtetsu tenshi Kurumi	Steel Angel Mikhail	1999	TV	Voice, English version
Good Guys, Bad Guys	Jill Mayhew	1998	TV	Episode: "Naughty Bits"
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys	Cassandra	1997–1998	TV	Episodes: "Hercules on Trial" and "Atlantis"
Water Rats	Beth Williams	1997	TV	Episode: "All at Sea"
Amazon High	Karina	1997	TV
City Life	Angela Kosapas	1996	TV	series
A Country Practice	Claire Bonacci	1993–1994	TV	Episodes: "Burning Bright", parts 1 & 2
Police Rescue	Julia	1993	TV	Episode: "Double Illusion"
G.P.	Joanna	1993	TV	Episode: "A Thousand Flowers", part 1"
Seven Deadly Sins (TV miniseries)		1993	TV (mini)

Awards

• 2007 - The Constellation Awards, Best Female Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode: Stargate SG-1: Memento Mori

Notes

External links

• Claudia Black at the Internet Movie Database
• Claudia Black Online
• ClaudiaBlack.tk
• Claudia Black - Australian Film Commission