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Most Recent Role: Vala Mal Doran (Season 10+) on Stargate SG-1
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday: 10-11-1972
She is currently best known for her portrayal of Aeryn Sun in the science fiction television series Farscape, for which she 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 appeared in the independent film Naked in London, in an episode of season 8 of Stargate SG-1, six...

Most Recent Appearance

 
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1: Continuum
Tuesday 29 July 2008 on SciFi

While attending the execution of the last System Lord, Ba'al, SG-1 are somehow transported back to Earth, sans Teal'c and Vala. Soon after they realize their timeline had been altered after a fleet of Goa'uld motherships have closed in on Earth led by none other than Lord Ba'al, his Queen Qetesh...

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She is represented professionally by the firm Sue Barnett & Associates. (edit)
She appeared as Vala in 29 episodes of Stargate SG-1 during the last three seasons of the show. (edit)
In 1997, Claudia got a co-starring role for the show Amazon High as the Amazon Karina. However, the only episode ever made of this series was the pilot. When the show did not get picked up, the pilot episode was chopped up and parts were included into the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Lifeblood". (edit)
She did the voice of Aeryn Sun in the 2002 video game entitled Farscape: The Game. (edit)
Popular at sci-fi conventions, Black showed her talent at singing and playing the guitar at the Farscape conventions. (edit)

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Claudia Black: I am constantly amazed how many illegal things actors get paid to do. Kiss other people's spouses, sometimes even get naked with them, drive cars at fast speeds in chase sequences, blow stuff up with explosives, muck about with firearms. The illegal action stuff is always fun, the kissy stuff is a little bit embarrassing and you always have to pray that the person has brushed their teeth. (edit)
Claudia Black: Farscape is the one thing that's between me and waitressing at this point. I never lose my sense of humility in the fact that I might be straight back to waitressing after this. And each time your profile is raised, the harder it is to step back into the apron and say, 'Do you want fries with that?' (edit)
Claudia Black: I cannot tell you how proud I am to join the esteemed ranks of the Space Babes. (edit)
Claudia Black: I did everything the hard way with therefore fewer guarantees of getting anywhere. If you wanna fast track it, suck up to people and be nice, don't be honest, take off your clothes on screen and off at any opportunity, be prepared to have plastic surgery on every part of you and network like hell. (edit)
Claudia Black: The crew are the faces you see every morning and last at night before you go home. I spend more time with those people than I do with my friends and family, so they're forever a part of you and who you become as an actor so I hope I see them again. (edit)

Other Appearances

 
Star
A Country Practice
Claire Bonacci (1993)
A Country Practice (1994)
Claire Bonacci
City Life
Angela Kostapas
Farscape
Aeryn Sun
Stargate SG-1
Vala Mal Doran (Season 10+)
Steel Angel Kurumi
Mikhail
Recurring Role
Stargate SG-1
Vala
Guest Star
Beastmaster
Wild Child
Huna
Good Guys Bad Guys
Naughty Bits
Jill Mayhew
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules on Trial
Cassandra
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Atlantis
Cassandra
Moonlight
Sonata
The Cleaner
Police Rescue
Double Illusion
Julia
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10.0
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"Talented"
Claudia Black is the best in sci-fi show especially in FARSCAPE i thought she did very good id love to act like her id love to meet her she is the best australian actress ever
Continue » Posted Jun 6, 2007 7:37 pm PST
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"Talented"
Very good actress who we need to see more of!
Continue » Posted Mar 1, 2007 9:43 pm PST
9.8
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"Original"
In Farscape as Aeryn Sun...can you get any better?
Continue » Posted Feb 15, 2007 3:03 pm PST
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"Gorgeous"
The ultimate lady of Sci-fi!
Continue » Posted Feb 7, 2007 9:20 am PST

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"Give him/her a show!"
Claudia Black has single handedly revitalised the long-running Stargate SG1. The show would be dead without her.
Continue » Posted Aug 14, 2006 5:05 am PST
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Stars In

 
A Country Practice
A Country Practice follows the lives of the doctors, nurses, and quirky characters who live in the small country town of Wandin Valley. more
A Country Practice (1994)
A Country Practice (1994) was the less-successful revamp of the popular Channel 7 series of the same name. The shooting locations, cast and production changes led to the show only lasting one season. more
City Life
City Life is perhaps best described as Melrose Place down under. This truly remarkable New Zealand series lasted only one season (but what a season!) and it still has a very small but dedicated... more
Farscape
Five years ago, astronaut John Crichton attempted to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his ship, Farscape 1, at great speeds across the solar system. He went much further though and was sucked... more
Stargate SG-1
This sequel to the 1994 movie Stargate chronicles the further adventures of SGC (Stargate Command). It turned out that the Goa'uld Ra was only one of many alien System Lords who used the... more
Steel Angel Kurumi
Onmyou Prayer recited by Claudia Black : Supreme gods, bless us so that calamities do not befall us. May there be peace and happiness, and long life, and may our descendants prosper and... more