ACTOR

Claudia Black

1972 - Today

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Claudia Lee Black (born 11 October 1972) 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. She 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. She also had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claudia Black has received more than 3,760,887 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Claudia Black is the 6,483rd most popular actor (up from 7,188th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Australia (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular Australian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Claudia Black ranks 6,483 out of 13,578. Before her are Mira Nair, Bae Soo-bin, Roland Møller, Murat Boz, Mary Eaton, and Patricia Quinn. After her are Mindy Sterling, Norman Alden, Michael Wong, Virginia Gregg, Engin Altan Düzyatan, and Anthony Michael Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Claudia Black ranks 267. Before her are Takashi Shimizu, Leila Hatami, Fabian Picardo, João Carlos dos Santos, Alexei Shirov, and Roland Møller. After her are Constantin Gâlcă, Salaheddine Bassir, Željko Rebrača, Ion Chicu, Masahiro Ando, and Richard T. Jones.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Claudia Black ranks 305 out of 1,143. Before her are Bob Morley (1984), Robert Stigwood (1934), Wilberforce Eaves (1867), Mark Edmondson (1954), Horace Rice (1872), and Nick Winter (1894). After her are Melissa George (1976), Bobby Pearce (1905), Leslie Boardman (1889), Josip Šimunić (1978), Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), and Pat Rafter (1972).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Claudia Black ranks 65. Before her are Emily Browning (1988), Jai Courtney (1986), Poppy Montgomery (1972), Tina Arena (1967), Jason Donovan (1968), and Bob Morley (1984). After her are Melissa George (1976), Teresa Palmer (1986), Isabel Lucas (1985), Eliza Taylor (1989), Cody Fern (1988), and Courtney Eaton (1996).

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Television and Movie Roles

Pitch Black
Shazza
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
Feb 18o 20006.846 / 10
Rango
Angelique (voice)
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.
Mar 2o 20116.852 / 10
Farscape
Aeryn Sun
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
7.9 / 10