Claire Chitham

Acting

Claire Chitham

Born

1979-07-12 (47)

Place of birth

New Zealand

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Claire has been one of New Zealand’s most recognisable screen actors ever since her debut on long-running soap Shortland Street at the age of 16. For eight years she played loveable Waverly Wilson and became one of the show’s long-standing favourites, a role which she reprised for the 25th anniversary special in 2016. After leaving the show, Claire moved quickly to an award-winning turn in cop show Interrogation. She followed that with two seasons at New Zealand’s most outstanding and awarded drama series Outrageous Fortune, as gang-chick Aurora Bay. In 2016, Claire appeared as the lead in standout black comedy Fresh Eggs for TVNZ, alongside Danielle Cormack and John Rhys-Davies. More recent…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Shortland Street poster
5.3

The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.

Shortland Street

1992

Shortland Street poster
5.3

The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.

Shortland Street

1992

East of Eden poster
8.0

In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.

East of Eden

2026

Power Rangers poster
7.1

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

Power Rangers

1993

Power Rangers poster
7.1

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

Power Rangers

1993

Legend of the Seeker poster
7.4

The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world.

Legend of the Seeker

2008

The Ray Bradbury Theater poster
6.9

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

Outrageous Fortune poster
6.7

After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.

Outrageous Fortune

2005

Canal Road poster
3.3

Canal Road is an Australian television drama series on the Nine Network. The series was produced in-house, under producer Susan Bower, in collaboration with writers Sarah Smith, John Ridley and Dave Warner, and directed by Kevin Carlin. It was filmed at Channel Nine’s GTV Studio 11 and on location in and around Melbourne. The series reportedly cost A$10 million to produce. The 13-part series went to air from 16 April 2008. The series debuted to mixed critical reception and only average ratings, which were further eroded when the series was moved to a later timeslot. Nine removed Canal Road from its schedules after the seventh episode, which drew in only 360,000 viewers; however the eighth episode was still made available online. Nine aired the remaining episodes during August and December 2008. Canal Road was released on DVD on 4 August 2008 in Australia.

Canal Road

2008

Celebrity Tipping Point NZ poster
NR

Daniel Faitaua takes the tried-and-true Tipping Point formula and infuses it with a distinctly Kiwi flavour, alongside some some of Aotearoa's favourite famous faces

Celebrity Tipping Point NZ

2026

Blind Bitter Happiness poster
NR

Blind Bitter Happiness captures the messy awkwardness of family life, the hard and hilarious truths of childhood, and the hilarity in our seemingly banal everyday battles.

Blind Bitter Happiness

2023