Claire Winters

Raised in Tampa, Florida, Claire began acting at 13 playing Frankie in a local production of The Member of the Wedding. Various Cratchit children in the annual A Christmas Carol later, she headed off of The Interlochen Arts Academy to finish high school. Claire then moved to New York City to continue her studies and simultaneously begin her acting and waitressing careers. The acting stuck, and she eventually graduated from the MFA Program in Acting at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Her regional theater credits include roles in Shakespeare, Pirandello, and various contemporary playwrights at Shakespeare Sedona, The Guthrie Lab, American Conservatory Theater and The George Street Playhouse, among others. Her favorite film roles include the tortured feminist filmmaker Constance Van Horn in Filmic Achievement and the younger version of Kate Burton's character, Cindy Whiting, in HBO's Empire Falls. Claire also enjoys creating work from the ground up. She developed an adapt