Clare Grant
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Clare Grant (born August 23, 1979) is an American Actress.
Biography
Personal life
Clare Grant was born as Clare Camille Johnson in Memphis, Tennessee to Glenna and Clarence, for whom she was named.The two had one more son before divorcing, and then remarrying, each having another set of three children, making Clare the oldest of eight until one of her younger sisters tragically died, making her the oldest of seven. Before moving to Los Angeles, Clare was engaged to local Memphis musician, Grayson Grant, which is where the name Grant came from. Grayson eventually broke off their engagement and relationship with Clare. Having already worked for years as Grant, Clare kept the name after they split.
Career
Submersing herself in theater as a young child throughout school, Clare went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Performance from the University of Memphis. It was there she met director, Craig Brewer who cast her in two short indie films in Memphis, and again years later in BLACK SNAKE MOAN. Immediately after college, Clare began modeling for Elite Model Management in Miami and eventually overseas in the European markets for a short time as well. Before moving to Los Angeles, Clare worked on several independent films in Memphis until she landed a small but pivotal role in opposite Joaquin Phoenix in WALK THE LINE. After Walk the Line and several independent films, Clare made the move to Los Angeles. Since then, Clare has starred in projects along side actors such as Christopher Lloyd and Tony Todd in the Showtime original series MASTERS OF HORROR:VALERIE ON THE STAIRS, and Tommy Flanagan in the series TERRORVISION. Clare is also Playboy Magazine's Babe of the Month for November 2006. Recently, Clare played the lead role of Megan Graves in comic writer, Brian Pulido's independent feature film THE GRAVES. Once again, she played opposite Tony Todd as well as Bill Moseley. Currently, Clare is starring in another Craig Brewer project called $5 Cover about the current Memphis music scene.
Filmography
The Graves 2008 as Megan Graves
Terrorvision:Follower (2007) as Heather
House Of Fur (2007) as
Send in the Clown as Blair Watson
Black Snake Moan as Kell
Happenstance as Marissa
Masters of Horror:Valerie on the Stairs as Valerie
Walk the Line as Lissome Girl
The Smallest Oceans as Stripper
Resolutions of the Complacent man as Museum Currator
References
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1740127/
http://claregrant.com/
http://buchwald.com/v2/home.asp