Clare Kramer
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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, but raised in the town of Delaware just
north of Columbus, Ohio since the age of four, Clare Kramer first
became interested in acting after being asked to represent the
Wendy's fastfood chain, as Wendy, at the age of 14. Upon graduating
from High School, Clare moved to New York City to study at New York
University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, earning a BFA
degree. Clare moved to Los Angeles, California shortly thereafter to
pursue her acting career there.
While in New York, she appeared in numerous stage plays including
one turn as Helen Keller in the stage version of The Miracle Worker,
the lead role in Light Up the Sky at the acclaimed Lee Strasberg
Theater Institute, Beyond Therapy at the John Houseman Theater, and
Beginnings at Circle in the Square. She began appearing in small and
bit parts in films like
In & Out (1997) and
Vig (1998) (TV).
Clare first rose to attention in 2000 in the cheerleading comedy
Bring It On (2000) appearing
alongside
Kirsten
Dunst and
Eliza
Dushku in playing the hard-nosed cheerleader Courtney. At the
same time, she was cast in a recurring role as Glory, the vain
hell-goddess on
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)
which also gained her some acclaim on television as one of Buffy's
most popular adversaries.
Clare has worked in both major studio and independent films, the
most notable being the independent feature
Ropewalk (2000) and a supporting
part in
The Mallory Effect (2002). She had a
minor part in
Roger
Avary's feature adaptation of
Bret Easton Ellis'
The Rules of Attraction (2002), as
well as the villainous lesbian seductress Lucy In the Sky in the
short film
D.E.B.S. (2003). She was also cast
in lead roles in
The Skulls III (2003) (V), the
independent film
Mummy an' the Armadillo (2004), and
Guy in Row Five (2005). She had an
amusing small part in
L.A. D.J. (2004).
Clare also appeared on television in a few guest appearances on
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996),
"The Random Years" (2002), and
"Tru
Calling" (2003). She continues to work for both stage and
movie roles most recently with the horror flick
The
Gravedancers (2006).
She is also active in various charity functions first working in
Central Ohio's Recreation Unlimited back in 1992 and as a summer
camp counselor in 1993 at a YMCA camp for children with physical
disabilities. During summer months from 1992 to 1997 she taught
young adults with development disabilities at the Young Adult
Institute in New York. She worked during the summer of 2000 at LA's
Camp Laurel and participated in a 2002 bicycle race to raise money
for Children International. Clare is also the official spokesperson
for kids 4 kids, an organization that provides financial aid and
toys for kids battling cancer.