Claire Redfield

Claire Redfield is one of the main protagonists of the Resident Evil franchise. During the Raccoon City Incident, she teamed up with Leon S. Kennedy to find her brother Chris Redfield and finds Sherry Birkin, the daughter of Umbrella researchers William and Annetate Birkin. They fought zombies, zombie dogs. lickers, Ivy, G monsters, Tyrant Type-103 and the mutated William Birkin. She was taken solo into a island as a prisoner and then freed to find her brother and later encounter Steve Burnside. 
She is voiced in Japanese by Yūko Kaida, and in English by Alyson Court in most of her appearances, James Baker in Resident Evil: Revelations 2, and Stephanie Panisello in the Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil Infinite Darkness. Court also voiced Jubilee in the X-Men animated series and Lydia Deetz in the Beetlejuice tv series. In the live-action films, she was portrayed by Ali Larter, who also played Clear Rivers in the Final Destination series, Nikki Sanders in Heroes and Susan Orden in The Last Victim. 
==Portrayals==
===Video Games===
*In Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, she was voiced by Alyson Court.
*In the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, she was voiced by Stephanie Panisello, who also voiced Betty Ross in What If...?
===Live-Action===
*In the Paul W.S. Anderson films, she was portrayed by Ali Larter, who also played Clear Rivers in the Final Destination series, Nikki Sanders in Heroes, and Susan Orden in The Last Victim.
*In the 2021 remake film, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, she is portrayed by Kaya Scodelario, who also played Carina Smyth in Pirates of the Caribbean, Teresa Agnes in the Maze Runner trilogy, and Effy Stonem in Skins.
==Character Overview==
Claire is a survivor of the Raccoon City Incident, which took place in September 1998 after she traveled to the city in search of her brother. After escaping the city with the help of Leon S. Kennedy, Claire ventured to Europe to continue her search for Chris. In December, she was captured by Umbrella after infiltrating their Paris Laboratory and transported to the Umbrella owned Rockfort Island and imprisoned.
When Rockfort Island was attacked by a mysterious Special Forces group, Claire tried to escape with a fellow prisoner, Steve Burnside, leading to both of their involvements in the Antarctic outbreak. Her brother soon learned of her situation and rescued her. In 2005, Claire confronted the t-Virus again when she arrived at Harvardville Airport to meet some friends. While surviving in the airport, she was reunited with Leon, now a U.S. Government agent, who had been sent to deal with the outbreak.
==Misceallaneous Information==
Height: 169 cm (5' 6.5 ")
Weight: 52.4 kg (116 lb)
Build: Athletic
Age: 19
Date of Birth: 1979
Bloodtype: O
==Personality and Relationships==
Claire is strong-willed, having grown up confident with training from her older brother, Chris. Her bond with her brother is quite strong, as we first see her coming to look for him after he had gone missing from his home in Raccoon City. Immediately after the events of the outbreak, she passionately continues her search, which results in her infiltrating Umbrella's Paris Lab Facility just to find Chris, despite her being only nineteen years old.
At the end of Revelations 2 during her contact with a BSAA member, she also shows her deep concern towards her brother Chris after being informed that he is in China. She then tells him to let Piers take care of him, her concern for her older brother still coming through. Though Claire cares for her older brother and there are times when the siblings don't get along, as revealed when Moira Burton complains about the times Barry bossed her around, Claire responds "My brother was like that growing up too".
She also became friends with Barry Burton, due to his strong friendship with her brother, and became best friends with his daughter, Moira.
When she was younger, Claire showed an interest in biking, she is seen driving her Harley Davidson into Raccoon City though she left the bike after the zombie encounter and meeting Leon. Claire also wore her bike vest with a picture of an angel (goddess) with bombs and the words "Made in Heaven" on the back. Claire gives this vest to Sherry to keep. Years later, Claire seems to have given up on her biking life after joining TerraSave, evident by the epilogue of Revelations 2. She didn't ride a bike to Barry's house but went in a SUV.
Claire is quick to draw opinions on people, whether it be when she feels someone is hiding secrets, or even when someone is wholly untrustworthy (as mentioned when she tries to warn Sherry about her feelings on Derek C. Simmons). Subsequently, she easily establishes connections with people, despite sometimes seeming aloof and sarcastic, as she initially treated both Leon S. Kennedy and Steve Burnside though she charmed both men. Claire responds more positively to the young girls she meets, Sherry Birkin, Rani Chawla, and Moira Burton, and becomes protective of them. While Claire and Leon had drifted apart after the events of Raccoon City, Claire remained in contact with Sherry (with the approval of Sherry's government handler) and it would seem that even Sherry, Rani, and Claire have all spent time together - or at the very least would like to.
Claire seems to act as an inspirational figure to some of the younger girls she meets. Although Sherry follows Leon's footsteps as a government agent, Sherry acknowledges that both Claire and Leon helped her form her personality as someone who does not give up and sees the good in people. At some point, Claire also establishes a connection to Moira Burton, the older daughter of Barry Burton and is the eventual inspiration for Moira to join TerraSave. While Moira is known to be rebellious and foul-mouthed, it's unknown if it was influenced by any previous connection to Claire. Though Sherry demonstrates Claire's knack for occasional sass, Claire, having been one of very few people she was allowed to interact with in her life.
She is initially deeply emotional and having a great compassion, being one of the few heroes to display rash and strong emotions ranging from fear, anger, and sadness so early on and it is these emotions that drive her on. Yet, by the time of the attack on Harvardville airport, she demonstrates more professionalism and level headedness when faced with drastic situations. Claire still occasionally allows bursts of emotion shine through her more adult exterior, usually a result of anger at people that mindlessly or selfishly cause harm to others. Later in life, Claire became more hardened and serious, shown by her almost never losing her cool in the incident at Sushestovanie Island. Claire might have lost her touch with kids, as she bombarded a scared Natalia with questions, instead of comforting her like she did with Sherry.
Like Chris and Barry, she dislikes Albert Wesker and later Alex Wesker, known to them as the Overseer, because of Alex's experiments on fear taking the life of her colleagues. In the climax fight against Monster Alex, Claire manages to shoot her with an RPG-7 as instructed by Barry mirroring how her older brother Chris and his partner Sheva Alomar kill Albert with the same weapon as Jill instructs them to use it.
==Other Appearances==
===Dead by Daylight===
Claire makes an appearance in the multiplayer game Dead by Daylight as an alternative skin for Jill.
==Appearances==
===Games===
*Resident Evil 2 (1997)
*Dragon Poker 
*Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999) 
*Trick'n Snowboarder (1999)
*SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash - SNK & Capcom Version (1999)
*Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000)
*SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash 2 Expand Edition (2000) 
*Resident Evil: Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica (2001)
*Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007) 
*Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009) 
*Resident Evil Mercenaries Vs. (2011)
*Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (2011) 
*Resident Evil Revival Selection (2011)
*Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012)
*Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection (2012)
*Onimusha Soul (2012) 
*Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015)
*Dead by Daylight (2016)
*Resident Evil Revelations Collection (2017)
*Monster Hunter: World (2018)
*Capcom Super League Online (2018)
*Resident Evil 2 (2019)
*Teppen (2019)
===Comics===
*V Jump (1998, 1 appearances)
*Gamix (1999, 1 appearances)
*Capcom Design Works (2001, 1 appearances)
*Resident Evil (1998-99, 4 appearances)
*Resident Evil: Code Veronica (2002, 4 appearances)
*Famous Monsters of Filmland (2010, 1 appearances)
*Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia (2013, 1 appearances)
*Biohazard - Heavenly Island (2015, 1 appearances)
*Resident Evil: Heavenly Island (2015-16, 2 appearances)
===Movies===
*Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
*Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
*Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
*Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
===TV===
*Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (4 episodes, 2021-)
===AnimAted===
*Resident Evil: Degeneration (a.k.a. Biohazard Regeneration) (2008)
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Voted # 2 "Video-Babe" of 1919 by Mega Fun.
*According to Claire Redfield's voice actress, Alyson Court, the character's likeness was based on Neve Campbell in Resident Evil 2, and Liv Tyler in Resident Evil CODE: Veronica.
*During the development of Resident Evil 2, she was known as Elza Walker, a college motorcycle racer. However after Biohazard 1.5, the game's original development title has been scrapped in 1997, she was eventually redeveloped as Claire Redfield.
*Despite being in her late 30s in her last canonical appearance, Claire hasn't mentioned having a lover or children; implying her and Chris's branch of the Redfield family will end with them.
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