Biography

Claudia Mason was born and raised in New York City. Her mother was an actress and a dancer, and is a writer, editor and activist. Her father is a teacher. Growing up in such an artistic household heavily influenced Claudia, who started studying ballet at the age of five and trained at the prestigious School of American Ballet.

Claudia was a dance student at New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts when she was discovered at a music store by a scout from Elite Modeling Agency. She went on to become one of the original 90s supermodels, working with designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein. She was also featured on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, W, Mademoiselle, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro and numerous foreign publications. She starred in prestigious fashion campaigns for Versace, Revlon, Louis Vuitton, Christian Lacroix, Anne Klein, Fendi, Club Monaco, among others. She worked with all the world’s greatest fashion photographers from the late Richard Avedon to Bruce Weber, Patrick DeMarchelier, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Arthur Elgort and Mario Testino, to name a few.

MTV hired her to host their fashion special, "Fashionably Loud". She was also featured in Woody Allen’s film "Celebrity". However, it was her appearance in Enrique Iglesias’ music video for the song "Rhythm Divine" that caught Hollywood’s attention. She subsequently landed roles in the independent films SCHMOOZER, DISCOVERING DAISY, LAX, LIME SALTED LOVE, and a leading role in the independent feature film OUTPATIENT.

Her theatre credits include THE YEARS (HB Foundation Theatre), NYC; TWO SHIPS PASSING (Pan Andreas Theatre), LA, for which she was named Outstanding Female Actor In A Lead Role; A highly successful, critically acclaimed run of Tennessee Williams’ ORPHEUS DESCENDING directed by Lou Pepe at Theater/Theatre in LA, for which she produced as well as starred in. This production was nominated for the McCulloh Award for Best Revival of a Play by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) in 2011. Mason's performance was called "brilliant" by the LA Times. She also received Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actress for her portrayal of Carol Cutrere.

She has appeared on Television as a guest star on CBS’s CSI:NY, and How I met Your Mother; on Fox’s Kitchen Confidential, as well as on ABC’s October Road among others.

She starred in director/writer, Ramaa Mosley’s, short film GRACE, in a role that was written for her, and she had a starring cameo in THE BRASS TEAPOT, Ms. Mosley’s first feature film that was accepted into TIFF in 2012, where it was subsequently picked up by Magnolia Films.

She portrayed Charlotte in the U.K. indie, HERE LIES, the second feature film from London based writer/director Duncan Ward in 2014. That same year she starred as Venus, in an original play in NY called THE GODDESS, directed by Alice Jankell.

She continues to work as a high fashion model, most recently for Harper’s Bazaar Japan, Italian Vogue, Russian Vogue, Love Magazine, VVV and Twin.

Claudia’s first book, FINDING THE SUPERMODEL IN YOU, The Insider’s Guide to Teen Modeling (Skyhorse Publishing) came out in 2016.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

It's an inside job. - Claudia is often quoted saying this when asked about her motivational speeches.