Claudia Black
Claudia Black

Claudia Lee Black is an Australian actress and voice 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. She has had prominent roles in video games, such as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted, Morrigan in Dragon Age, Admiral Daro'Xen and Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect and Samantha Byrne in Gears of War 3, Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 5. She also had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr. Sabine Lommers in The CW's Containment. Black was born and raised in a Jewish family in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She studied at the Anglican Kambala School, in Sydney. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Her parents are Australian medical academics Jules and Judy Black.

Since 2007, Black has been a prolific video game voice actress. She has gained particular attention for her work with BioWare's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. Her son Odin Black voiced her Dragon Age character's son in Dragon Age: Inquisition. She also played Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series.

In 2014 she voices the vendor Tess Everis in the game Destiny and again in 2017 for Destiny 2 and she she had a voice-over role in Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha in the episode "Rasing Gazorpaso". In 2016, she appeared in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as Engineer Audrey "Mac" MaCallum and n 2008, she narrated the audiobook "Swallowing Darkness" by Laurell K. Hamilton.

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Claudia Black awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2013 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Winner BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Nathan Fillion, Carl Lumbly, Michael Rosenbaum, Bumper Robinson, Phil Morris, Carlos Alazraqui, Claudia Black, Paul Blackthorne, Olivia d'Abo, Alexis Denisof, Robin Atkin Downes, Grey Griffin) Justice League: Doom
2013 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Winner BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Nathan Fillion, Carl Lumbly, Michael Rosenbaum, Bumper Robinson, Phil Morris, Carlos Alazraqui, Claudia Black, Paul Blackthorne, Olivia d'Abo, Alexis Denisof, Robin Atkin Downes, Grey Griffin) Justice League: Doom
2005 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Winner Saturn Award Best Actress on Television (Claudia Black) Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2014 Canadian Screen Awards, CA Nominee Canadian Screen Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series (Claudia Black) Haven
2013 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Nominee BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award Best Female Vocal Performance in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (Claudia Black) Justice League: Doom
2007 SFX Awards, UK Nominee SFX Award Best TV Actress (Claudia Black) Stargate SG-1
2006 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress on Television (Claudia Black) Stargate SG-1
2003 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Claudia Black) Farscape
2002 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Claudia Black) Farscape
2001 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actress on Television (Claudia Black) Farscape
2000 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Genre TV Actress (Claudia Black) Farscape
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