Claire Stansfield
{{Short description|British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and model}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|08|27}}
| birth_place = London, England, UK
| occupation = Film/television actress, Director, Fashion Designer, Model
| alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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| years_active = 1986–2004
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Claire Stansfield (born 27 August 1964){{cite book|title=Who's Who of American Women : 2004–2005|year=2004|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|publication-place=Chicago, Ill |isbn=0-8379-0430-7|page=1314 |edition=24th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGwqNgH95nMC&q=STANSFIELD%20%2C%20CLAIRE%20%2C%20apparel%20designer%20%3B%20b%20.%20London%20%2C%20Eng%20.%20%2C%20Aug.%2027|access-date=6 July 2024 |chapter=STANSFIELD, CLAIRE}} is a British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer, and former model who is best known for her recurring role as Alti in several episodes of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and guest-starring roles on Cybill, Frasier, and The X-Files.
Life and career
Stansfield was born in London, England to an English father and German mother. She was brought up for most of her youth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and despite having a British passport she considers herself a Canadian.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} As a teen she worked as a model in Canada and the UK before turning to acting. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London before moving to Hollywood. In the early 1980s, she dated and got engaged to Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran.
Besides her role as Alti in Xena: Warrior Princess, Stansfield's other roles include Sid in two episodes of the cult TV series Twin Peaks, one episode of Frasier as Kristina, and the eponymous "The Jersey Devil" in an episode of The X-Files. She also appeared in one episode of the 1990s TV series The Flash as the humanoid android A.L.P.H.A. and guest-starred in an episode of Cybill. In 1998, she starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in the Angolan set film, Sweepers. The film was shot and partly produced in South Africa. She co-starred as one of the antagonists in the 1994 action thriller film Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes.
Stansfield directed The Lovely Leave in 1999, based on the short story of the same name by Dorothy Parker.
Stansfield founded C&C California, a clothing line specialising in 1970s-style T-shirts, in partnership with Cheyann Benedict in 2002.{{cite magazine | last =Shea | first =Christine | title =C&C T Shirts | magazine =Time | date =16 February 2004 | url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993340,00.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080517064821/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993340,00.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =17 May 2008 | accessdate = 21 November 2007 }} C&C was acquired by Liz Claiborne in 2005.{{cite press release | title =Liz Claiborne Inc. Announces Acquisition of C & C California, Inc. | agency =PR Newswire | date =6 January 2005 | url =https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/prnewswire/access/774822201.html?dids=774822201:774822201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+06%2C+2005&author=&pub=PR+Newswire&desc=Liz+Claiborne+Inc.+Announces+Acquisition+of+C+%26+C+California%2C+Inc.&pqatl=google | accessdate =21 November 2007 | archive-date =16 January 2017 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170116005333/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/prnewswire/access/774822201.html?dids=774822201:774822201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+06,+2005&author=&pub=PR+Newswire&desc=Liz+Claiborne+Inc.+Announces+Acquisition+of+C+&+C+California,+Inc.&pqatl=google | url-status =dead }}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1987
| Oklahoma Smugglers | Girlfriend | |
| 1991
| {{sortname|The|Doors|The Doors (film)}} | Warhol Eurosnob | |
| 1992
| Nervous Ticks | Lu | |
| 1992
| Julie | |
| 1993
| Greta Brakus | |
| 1994
| Bullet for Breakfast | Alegra | |
| 1994
| {{sortname|The|Favor|The Favor (1994 film)}} | Miranda | |
| 1994
| Sensation | Paula | |
| 1994
| Kara Sellar | |
| 1995
| Gladiator Cop | Julie | |
| 1995
| Joanne | |
| 1997
| Steel | Duvray | |
| 1997
| R.J. Tilda | |
| 1998
| Sweepers | Michelle Flynn | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1986
| Kristine | Episode: "Accidental Victims" |
| 1990
| Sid | Episodes: "2.4", "2.5" |
| 1991
| {{sortname|The|Flash|The Flash (1990 TV series)}} | Alpha | Episode: "Alpha" |
| 1992
| Sibs | Anissa | Episode: "The Eleanor Roosevelt Story" |
| 1992
| Evan | Episode: "The Bounty Hunter" |
| 1993
| Raven | Marta Kelsy | Episode "Checkmate" |
| 1993
| Route 66 | Unknown | Episode: "Everybody's a Hero" |
| 1993
| {{sortname|The|X-Files}} | Jersey Devil | Episode: "The Jersey Devil" |
| 1994
| Meg | Episode: "I'm Not Ready for My Closeup, Dr. DeRuzza" |
| 1994-2001
| Frasier | Kristina Harper | Episodes: "Can't Buy Me Love", "Don Juan in Hell: Part 2" |
| 1995
| Rachel Schulman | Episode: "Lower East Side Story" |
| 1995
| Jordan | Episode: "Accountus Interruptus" |
| 1996
| Cybill | Dolores | Episode: "Where's Zoey?" |
| 1998
| Tarah James | Episode: "Model Behavior" |
| 1998–2001
| Alti | Recurring role (season 4–6) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0822694}}
- http://www.candccalifornia.com/
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