Claire Forlani was born 1 July, 1972, in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK. Her father belongs to Italy and her mother was a British women. When Claire was 11 years old she attended Arts Educational School in London, here she started performing. She got a 6 years training of from here. She started performing on stage and she got the attention of different makers. As a result of this, she started her career on British Television.

Claire’s parents moved on San Francisco in 1993.  She got a chance of working in Mini-Television Series named “J.F.K: Reckless Youth”. She also featured in a movie “Police Academy: Mission to Moscow”. In 1996, she appeared in a block buster movie “The Rock”. She then appeared in Antitrust, a thriller released in January 2001 to mixed reviews. Forlani was the new face of L’Oreal in 2001.