Claire Hampsey

Claire is a New York City-based actor and writer. Her recent credits include FBI (CBS), Escape at Dannemora (Showtime), She's Gotta Have It (Netflix), Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, and Grits, a pilot for CMT.

Her work has been featured in the Festival de Cannes and the Tribeca Film Festival. She has also worked on Academy Award, SAG Award and Golden Globe winning projects. She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

Claire received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and History from the University of Connecticut where she was also a member of the Scared Scriptless Improv Troupe for 4 years. Since graduating, she continues to study and evolve as an actor at studios throughout NYC regularly. She currently takes weekly scene study, voice, and acting classes at the Anthony Meindl Actor Workshop and on-camera classes with Ted Sluberski.

Her recent feature screenplay, The Captives, has been selected for the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival, the 2020 San Angelo Revolution Film Festival, where it was nominated for best feature screenplay, and the 2021 Austin Revolution Film Festival. It was a quarter-finalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and is a finalist in the upcoming 2020 Rainbow Cinema Awards Screenwriting Competition. The film is currently in pre-production.