Biography

As an actor and voice-over artist, Claudine's commercial clients include Verizon, Listerine, MasterCard, Betty Crocker, Disney World, Pillsbury, Kit Kat, JC Penney, Pepsi, Sony Music, Boston Market, and Secret Deodorant, among many others. Claudine has voiced countless promos for clients that include USA Network, ESPN, VH1, and MTV.

Claudine has performed for film and television under the direction of Woody Allen, T. Sean Shannon, Jon Brandeis, Stacie Passon and Karl Shefelman to name a few. She has inhabited roles such as the wacky sidekick, high-maintenance neurotic friend, psycho career woman with biological clock ticking and the ever-popular loving Mom on the brink of losing it. Claudine's improv chops are courtesy of Martin de Maat at The Second City. Claudine can be heard in the full-length animated films "Plan Bee" and "An Ant's Life," as the idealistic lead bee and the brassy ant that gets things done, as well as in other animated shorts and series. She can be seen in the upcoming feature film releases "Looking for the Jackalope" and "Concussion," which drew rave reviews when it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. "Concussion" was acquired by RADiUS and was released in theaters, VOD and on itunes.

As an interviewer for television, Claudine inspired Dan Rather to sing and play guitar in Tower Records, John Popper to show the world his booty, got into a (minor) brawl with Jon Bon Jovi and hung with Keith Richards for a pre-noon whisky. She's cooked alongside chef Marcus Samuelsson, parlez-vous-ed with Daniel Boulud, talked sweetbreads with Mario Batali, and slung hash with Anthony Bourdain. Claudine has instigated many more satisfying adventures with some of the greatest artists and pop icons of our times. Claudine has also directed and collaborated with talent that includes actor/comedian/political commentator John Fugelsang and rock journalist Anthony DeCurtis.

Claudine is an Emmy Award winning producer, native Brooklynite, fluent French speaker, published photographer, kick-ass Mom, excellent salad maker and is frequently the first one on the dance floor.
- IMDb mini biography by: Claudine Ohayon