The English actress Claire Forlani starred in more than 50 films, the most striking of which was the touching melodrama "Meet Joe Black", where Brad Pitt played the male role, as well as the crime drama about football fans "Hooligans".
Young years and the beginning of a career
The famous actress Claire Forlani was born July 1, 1972 in Twickenham, England, in the family of Pierre Luigi Forlani and Barbara Dickinson. The girl’s father worked as a music manager, so from childhood she was familiar with the creative field and show business.
From an early age, Claire grew up as a talented child and showed artistic abilities. Parents saw this, and began to support her daughter in her desire to connect life with acting and build a career.
At 11, they sent her to the London School of the Arts.
Later, Claire's parents moved to San Francisco, so the girl spent the rest of her childhood in the United States.
In 1992, Claire made her debut in her first film, Gypsy Eyes, immediately gaining a large role as a girl named Katarina. Further, in the actress's beginning career, the comedy "Police Academy 7: Mission in Moscow" followed.
Popular movies with Claire Forlani
In 1995, a youth comedy about supermarket party party racers with Ben Affleck and Shannon Doherty, as well as starring stars Jason Muse and Jeremy London, was released.
A year later, work followed in the biographical drama "Basquiat", telling about the short life of a black artist Jean-Michel, who fell into an aristocratic society and trying to become famous. In this film, Claire Forlani got the image of a woman named Gina Cardinal.
A real breakthrough in the career of the English actress came after her main female role, Susan Perrish in the melodrama "Meet Joe Black." This is a remake of the 1934 film Death Takes A Day Off. The film tells about the Angel of Death, which dwells in the body of young Joe Black to find out the world of people, but soon falls in love with the beautiful Susan. In the film, male roles went to famous actors Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
Another famous film with the participation of Claire Forlani was the crime drama "Hooligans", which tells about the life of football fans, who often resort to aggression and street battles. Forlani played the sister of the protagonist. The male roles went to Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.
In addition to films, the English actress played in the series "Hawaii 5.0", "CSI: Crime Scene New York", "Naval Police: Los Angeles."
