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Claudia was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As a child she moved to the US with her mother and grew up in San Francisco, California. She caught the acting bug at the age of 7 when she saw her uncle Bruno Barroso perform on stage. Years later she toyed with the idea of becoming an actress herself. She attended classes at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and soon after appeared in her first independent shorts. Shortly thereafter she landed her first lead role in Show Me Your Tattoo (1999). Claudia soon realized that acting was her call in life. In 2000 she directed, produced and starred in her first short movie called "Desire". In 2002 she decided to pursue her acting career in Los Angeles, two months after her arrival she landed an agent and two months later her first national commercial with the brilliant Director Spike Lee. Later she landed a part in Lost Focus, directed by Sanford Fleishman. In 2003 she joined SAG and dropped her last name and is now known as Claudia.

Claudia has appeared in a few US TV shows such as: The Practice (1997), Boston Public (2000), The District (2000), NCIS (2003) and others. Claudia appeared in several US national commercials like: Coors Lite, United Way, Washington Mutual, Kmart and Sony Playstation. She also made small appearances in Kicking & Screaming (2005) with Will Ferrell, _Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)_ with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Claudia is a strong actress capable of getting into the fabric of her character and bring out through her interpretation what is the force behind each action she takes.

She is the niece of famous Brazilian actor <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0057796/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Bruno Barroso</a>.

In 2000 she ventured out to Europe (Lisbon/Portugal) to open a
nightclub.

Studied acting at the renowned American Conservatory Theater in San
Francisco, California.

Learned the martial art of Muay Thai Kickboxing and Boxing at the
&quot;Fairtex&quot; in San Francisco, California.

Manager of famous Brazilian painter Marco Angeli.

She and cinematographer <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0760150/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Adam Sampson</a> became friends after working together
in the movie Lost Focus in 2003.

She was introduced to Actor/Director/Producer <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0741048/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Marcio Rosario</a> in 2004 and they
became very good friends.

Met <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0284259/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Felipe Folgosi</a> in Los Angeles and became friends.

She is good friends with actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1785066/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Juliana Bellinger</a>.

Took the leap and moved out of Los Angeles to Northern California. She now devotes her time between her photography and as an Energy Healer as an EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Practitioner and Reiki Master. She has said that she will always have a place in her heart for acting and that if Spielberg needs her he can give her a call! (June 2008)

Still lives in Los Angeles, but since late 2005 she put her
career on hold to study Quantum Physics and Neuroscience, and now
devotes her time to a more Spiritual life. (May 2007)

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