Claire van der Boom
Claire van der Boom | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2003–Present |
Claire van der Boom (born 1983) is a Logie Award winning Australian actress. Of Dutch ancestry, she first became known to Australian audiences for her roles in the TV series Love My Way and East West 101. In 2008, she starred in the Australian neo-noir thriller The Square. Internationally, she is best known for her appearance as Stella Karamanlis in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, and her recurring role playing the ex-wife of Det. Danny Williams in the 2010 remake of Hawaii Five-O.
Biography
Van der Boom was born in Broome, Western Australia. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College in Perth, where she studied drama, graduating in 1999. She also graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005.
Acting career
Following graduation, van der Boom appeared in the Australian TV series Love My Way and East West 101. Her first major role in a feature film was in The Square, opposite Joel Edgerton and directed by Nash Edgerton. It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2008. It was released in the USA in 2010 by Apparition (company).
She had a prominent role in the Steven Spielberg-produced mini-series The Pacific. This 10-part series, which is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Band of Brothers, was largely filmed in Australia and was released internationally in March 2010. The role of Stella required her to speak Greek.
In 2008, Van der Boom appeared on Australian TV as Grace Barry in Channel 10's police drama Rush, but her character was killed off in episode 11, which aired 11 November 2008. Josef Ber's character, Sergeant Dominic "Dom" Wales, was originally scripted to be killed off. However, during production of the first season, Van der Boom had her USA green card approved which required her to relocate. She was nominated for a TV week Silver Logie for her work.[1]
She stars in the 2010 released psychological thriller Red Hill, opposite Ryan Kwanten and directed by Patrick Hughes.[2] Also in 2010 she starred in the comedic LGBT short 'Baby Cake' which screened at multiple festivals around the world.
In 2010, she portrayed Sister Berenice Twohill in the telemovie Sisters of War, directed by Brendan Maher in which she won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress in 2011.[3]
Van der Boom starred in the 2011 telemovie Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away, the true story of the notorious drug smuggler David McMillan. She played McMillan's doomed lover Clelia Vigano.
She played the role of reporter Juliette Gardner in the first three episodes of the Australian police procedural "City Homicide"; the episodes aired in February and March 2011.
She portrays the ex-wife of Danny Williams (Scott Caan) in the new Hawaii Five-0 series.
In 2012, Claire was cast in two Off-Broadway world premiere productions of internationally renowned playwrights. She played 'Karen' in David Rabe's An Early History of Fire (The New Group) and took over the role of 'Sally' (originally played by Julianne Nicholson) in the extended season of Sam Shepard's Heartless (Signature Theatre).[4][5][6]
Van der Boom had previously worked with Shepard in Tough Trade, the original series pilot for Epix. She played Billie Tucker in the "one-hour drama about a three-generation Nashville music dynasty with a penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce."[7]
In the 2015 film 5 Flights Up with Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton van der Boom played 'Young Ruth' to Keaton's 'Ruth'.
In November 2014, Universal Pictures secured the international distribution rights to the Australian feature Love Is Now, starring van der Boom, Eamon Farren and Anna Torv. In 2015 she appeared in Stephen Suettinger's movie, A Year and Change as Vera.
Van der Boom was in films Chronic (film), (best screenplay at 2015 Cannes Film Festival), in Dear Eleanor, and in Alison Eastwood's "Battlecreek". She appeared in the two top rated episodes of Constantine, portraying the character of Anne-Marie who has secluded herself away from society in the guise of a Catholic nun in Mexico, as a result of the Newcastle incident. She also has a shaky past with John Constantine and introduced him to the life he now leads.
In 2015 she was in the world premiere of Scott Caan's play "The Trouble With Where We Come From" at The Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles.
She was a series regular in the 2016 10 part NBC series Game of Silence (U.S. TV series)
In 2016 she played the infamous femme fatale Phyllis in the world premier theatre adaptation of Double Indemnity (novel) for Melbourne Theatre Company.
Music career
In 2003, van der Boom recorded vocals for a track titled "Do What You Want" produced by Jason Hearn. This track was later remixed by Infusion, Max Graham and Jacob Todd. The Infusion remix is featured on the critically acclaimed Balance 005 compilation mixed by James Holden.[8] It is most notably found on renowned DJ Tiëstos album In Search Of Sunrise, Volume 4 (2005).[9]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Reflections | Kate | Short |
2007 | Katoomba | Annie | |
2008 | The Square | Carla Smith | |
2009 | Inside The Square | Herself | Video Documentary Short |
2010 | Red Hill | Alice Cooper | |
Baby Cake | Ruby | Short | |
2011 | Engine Block | Dawn | |
2012 | Beneath The Sheets | Evelyn | |
2013 | Record | Sophie | |
2014 | Ruth & Alex | Young Ruth | |
Love is Now | Audrey | ||
2015 | Chronic | Alice | |
A Year and Change | Vera | ||
2016 | Valley Heist | Michelle | Short |
Broke | Terri | ||
Dear Eleanor | Caroline Potter | ||
2017 | Battlecreek | Alison | |
American Exit | Sofia | Post-Production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | The Shark Net | Woman Bowler | 1 Episode |
2007 | Love My Way | Billie | 7 Episodes |
2008 | East West 101 | Elvira Todic | 1 Episode |
Rush | Grace Barry | 10 Episodes | |
2010-12,15,17-18 | Hawaii Five-0 | Rachel Edwards (2010-17) Rachel Hollander (2017-present) |
11 Episodes |
2010 | 25TH Film Independent Spirit Awards | Herself | Television Special |
The Pacific | Stella Karamanlis | 1 Episode | |
Sisters of War | Sister Berenice Twohill | Television Movie | |
Tough Trade | Billie Tucker | ||
2011 | Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away | Clelia Vigano | |
City Homicide | Juliette Gardiner | 3 Episodes | |
2013 | Masters of Sex | Shirley | 1 Episode |
2014 | Low Life | Shelley | 5 Episodes |
2014-15 | Constantine | Anne Marie Flynn | 2 Episodes |
2016 | Game of Silence | Marina Nagle | 10 Episodes |
2017 | Pulse | Frankie Bell | 8 Episodes |
References
- ^ Lynch, Sean. "Interview - Claire van der Boom". Web Wombat. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Kay, Jeremy (18 February 2010). "Momentum climbs Arclight's Red Hill". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Mills, Vanessa (3 May 2011). "Broome actor, Claire van der Boom, wins Silver Logie". abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Groves, Don (28 November 2012). "Claire puts the accent on variety". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "An Early History of Fire". broadway.com. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Claire Van Der Boom Replaces Julianne Nicholson in Sam Shepard's Heartless Off-Broadway". broadway.com. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "T Bone Burnett Joins Epix' 'Tough Trade'". thewrap.com. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "James Holden - Balance 005 (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "In Search Of Sunrise, Volume 4 (2005)". moodbook.com. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
External links
- Use dmy dates from March 2012
- 1983 births
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- Actresses from Western Australia
- Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
- Australian film actresses
- Australian people of Dutch descent
- Australian television actresses
- Living people
- Logie Award winners
- National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
- People from Broome, Western Australia