Claire Dearing

Claire Dearing was Jurassic World's former operations manager and the founder of the Dinosaur Protection Group. She is Owen Grady's love interest and Maisie Lockwood's guardian.

## Claire Dearing

### Aliases

Aunt
Miss
Parents of the New World (with Owen)
Mom
Redhead

### Occupation

Operations Manager (formely)
Leader of the DPG

## Appearances

### Appears in

*Jurassic World*
*Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom*
*Jurassic World: Dominion*
*The Evolution of Claire*
*Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous* (mentioned)
*Off The Grid*
*The Yosemite Six*

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Growing

Claire Dearing was born in 1985 in the east coast of Vermont, in The United States of America. Growing up in a two-acre land with her parents and her older sister, Karen. Dearing developed an interest in science and animals in general since a young age, which appeared to be strange to her few friends and family. She practiced many activities such as tap dance, being a scout and others. She would adopt a blue-tongued skink and name it after Sally Ride, the astronaut.

#### Care For Animals

When Dearing became twelve she became aware of prehistoric animals being brought back to life through *The San Diego Incident of 1997.* Despite the public opinion, Dearing's motives were the opposite, she saw the opportunity to preserve the once extinct animals and save them from suffering a terrible death, after discovering the incidents in the failed dinosaur park. The teenager became obsessed with such creatures and teased her sister many times.

Sometime during that same year, Dearing discovered her neighbor had been treating his dog poorly, so she decided to take action. Claire began researching animal cruelty laws and observed how the man treated his pet during the rest of the year for six months. She called the authorities, but yet she had no proof. Until one day, the man left the dog unattended for two weeks which finally meant the dog would be released. Dearing was involved during the whole process of saving the dog, later adopting him and naming him Roo.

As she grew, Dearing volunteered in the Red Cross and a Animal Shelter, in the shelter, Dearing came upon another dog, she slowly gained the animals trust and eventually took her in as her own, naming her Earhart. During her finals years of high school, a viral marketing happened that caught her attention, Jurassic Park was being reopened, she was particurally excited about the news.

#### College

Before enrolling into any universities, Dearing figured that if she wanted her cause to be heard, she had to be of a higher influence, so she decided to course law. In the year of 2003, she officially began college, she shared a dormitory with a young woman called Regina. Dearing almost always stood out in science classes, however she struggled with poetry, only passing because of the help of her roommate.

With her friend circle getting larger, she went on several dates with a man named Jackson, however their relationship did not work out. As an extra curricular activity, Dearing began lifting weights as a way to become healthier. Claire visited her family many times during holidays. Sometime in her freshman year, one of Claire's teachers offered to mentor her as she decided to become a U.S. Senator, that way she was certain she could be heard. In result, Dearing applied to many internships, being accepted to Bright Minds.

In that same year, her family had been going through hard times. Dearing barely spoke to her sister, and Dearing's father had made some uncreative financial decisions, which affected Claire's position, so she survived from many loans and her own income. As Claire was accepted into Bright Minds, her mother worried that it would take her away from her family. Dearing's parents went through marriage counseling following the occasional fights. Following her acceptance, Claire was greeted by Karen, who drove her home and caught her up on the family drama. Upon her arrival, Claire was happy to see her parents and obviously her pets, saying her finally goodbyes before she took flight to Costa Rica.

### Bright Minds

#### Costa Rica

In the airplane, Claire was placed next to a young business man, Justin Hendricks, a man who she caught feelings for, during the entirety of the flight they shared a conversation about their lives and common interests, only to find out that they were actually heading for the same place. Upon arriving at Costa Rica, they were taken to a shuffle-van where they met Tanya and Eric Skye, a pair of twins that they formed an alliance with. The group was taken to a ferry where they met the rest of the interns involved the Bright Minds project, including Wyatt , Veronica Torres and Amanda.

As soon as they got to Nublar, they were driven to the hotels and taken to their assigned rooms, Claire luckily happened to be in the same room as Tanya. In the following morning, Dearing and the interns finally got to meet Simon Masrani, while he took them on a tour around the park, with the first live dinosaur species they see being a juvenile triceratops called Lovelace. Beverly Jamison and Bertie took the group to the Hammond Creation Lab where the group got to meet the man behind it all, Henry Wu.

At the end of the day, the interns visited the peaceful greenhouse while also commenting on Dr. Wu's behavior. Back at her room, Dearing discovered a journal belonging to Isobel James underneath her bed, a woman who came to pass away an year prior during a failed attempt of Bright Minds, linking the discovery to the rumors of "The Phantom Interrns".

#### Tasks

During most days, Dearing would do the so required chores but while also slowly figuring out the truth behind Isobel James. On the second day the interns were assigned with field work, where they rescued Lovelace from being stuck on a hole, while proper medical attention was coming, Dearing discovered a way to sooth the frightened animal down with Jazz Music, removing a branch that was stabbing the animal, this caused the interns to be shouted at,

Dearing was already settled in. Two weeks into the program she was in the supply shed, organizing training supplies, she heard noises coming from behind, noticing that it was in fact Jessica and the internship mentor sneaking up on her. In the following morning, Dearing and Hendricks drove a gyrosphere through the valley, when they suddenly came across Pearl, a juvenile Brachiosaurus, she charged at the gyrospehere playing around with it, as that was her known behavior, Dearing and Hendricks escaped from a unintentional attack from the herbivore and escaped alive, this led to Claire along with her friends to figure out a way to make Pearl stop attacking gyrospheres.

Dearing along with her closer friends were assigned to watch over Pteranodon eggs by Dr. Wu, which he was extremely precatious about, next she assigned along with Hendricks to feed the islands *T. Rex*, barely escaping with their lives. For Dearing's joy, their plan had worked, the new project for pearl was a complete success. But as she tried to gather more information on her sidelined case, Tim O' Donnel the veterinary, had nothing to comment about.

#### Solving Mysteries

Coming close to cracking the case, Dearing discovered why the Brachiosauruses had been suffering from diverse sickness around the park, it was all written on James' journal. She prepped a mission into a lagoon where such acid could be found. Without anyones knowledge, Dearing and Hendricks left for the research and gathered the necessary proof that was needed, after their success, Dearing engaged in a kiss with Justin.

In the following days, Dearing finally spoke to her family about her discoveries and listened to their advice on wether she should tell Hendricks or not. After the conversation she joined her friends into investigating one of their prime suspects, Wyatt, they found a tranquilizing dart wrapped inside a towel including many suspicious gatherings, which led to them thinking he's a spy.

Dearing and Hendricks took a jeep and drove to the carnivore quarantine, assuming that Masrani would be there so they could warn him about the supposed spy. Upon their arrival they discover the Skye Twins had been behind everything, the two were caught and confronted by Dearing judging the ethics. The twins' actions caused the system to malfunction, opening up the door that led into the paddock. The group are faced by the female Velociraptor as they guide it back into the paddock. Dearing shuts the door on its tail, trapping it for a while, the twins climb a tree and escape through the walls. Dearing was the last in line while climbing the tree, but the raptor tried to attack, Hendricks gave up his attempt to escape to help Claire.

The two remaining humans hide from the predator as it lurks around the bushes, Hendricks picks up weapons and sets out agaisnst the raptor, the last Dearing hears of Hendricks is his screams of pain. Dearing confronts the animal and stuns it with a bear spray, before checking on Justin as he takes his finally breathes. Following the incident, Claire's injuries were tended for, the twins were arrested and framed, while their sisters, Victory Skye treatment was funded by Masrani. Dearing's discovery helped Dr. Wu figure out a cure for the Brachiosauruses.

### Jurassic World

#### Ranking Up

Following the internship, Dearing was officially hired in the managements of the park growing into higher ranks over the years, spending less time on the mainland, visiting her family only three times and never seeing them again for years. Jurassic World opened in 2005 and it was a success, Dearing had managed to make partnerships with many well known companies, even contributing with the Lockwood Family and their administrator, Eli Mills.

#### Modeling a Hybrid

With the approval of Masrani, Dearing and Dr. Wu began operating on a hybrid project in which Dearing took heavy input on. In 2012, they had successfully bred two specimens of a new species called Indominus Rex. During that same year, Dearing met animal behaviorist Owen Grady, she quickly became interested in him as they went on a single date and decided things would not work out between them. As it happened with people before her, Dearing had became entirely devoted to her work, ignoring her true motives and what she fights for, forgetting that dinosaurs are living beings. She became Operations Manager having Zara Young as her personal assistant.

### Jurassic World Incident

#### Meeting Investors

In December 2015, Dearing prepared for a meeting with Verizon representatives in the elevator until the time came up. She greeted the investors and explained their idea of the genetically fabricated species, she clarified their doubts, managing to forge a sponsoring with Verizon Wireless. During that same time, her nephews Zach and Gray Mitchell were visiting the island, but as she was busy handling business offers she assigned her assistant to watch over them explaining that she could meet them as soon as she was ree\lased from work. One of Camp Cretaceous counselors, Roxie, continuously tried to inform Dearing her nephews would not be attending the camp.

Dearing went into the control center sharing a brief conversation with Lowery Cruthers and Vivian Krill as they were doing their respective jobs. Later on Simon Masrani landed on the helipad next to the control center waiting for Dearing to join him, even with her great fear of heights. On the way to the Indominus paddock, Dearing informed Masrani about the parks status and current progress. When they got to the paddock, Dearing briefed everything up to Masrani as soon as they got to the observation tower, unsure about what they had created, Masrani asked Claire to contact Owen Grady as he would be an appropriate evaluator for the security.

#### Contacting Owen

Much to her dislike, she had to do what was demanded, she drove to Owen's Bungalow near a lake in the mean time Karen makes a call upset about the fact she isn't spending time with her nephew, Claire tries to make up for it but made it even worse. Dearing was initially unamused by the sight of Grady until he teasingly snapped at a mosquito that flew by Claire, avoiding any conflict Dearing skips right to the point telling why she came there in the first place, but Grady brings up the fact they had went on dates years prior, angering Claire as she remarks the reasons why he was to blame.

Eventually she convinces Grady and takes him to the Indominus paddock, where he would still make jokes and tease her even now and then. Dearing gave Owen the basic information about the hybrid and how it managed to do unspeakable things in such short time of its life. It isn't until Owen brings up the fact that there are claw marks on the walls that terrify Claire completely,

#### Hybrid Breaking Loose

Dearing heads out into her car leaving Grady and park workers to investigate the paddock, Claire contacts the control room while she is on her way back, she asks Cruthers where the hybrids current location is, turns out the Indominus never left at all. The creature tricked the humans into getting inside her cage, Claire isn't able to do anything other than listening to the sounds of death coming from the paddock. Dearing is left outdated as people were acting without her consent.

A while later she walks into the room relentlessly, trying to assure the situation will be handled shortly by the ACU. Once again Grady comes into the scene causing havoc in the control center yelling at Dearing's disbelief, upon noticing that they sent men after the hybrid, Grady tried to call the mission off, only to make Dearing yell at him and put him back in his place. They observe the screen and discover the Indominus removed her tracking implant by herself, and once again the creature sweeps most of the floor only leaving a few survivors left.

Owen tries to argue with them, convincing Claire to commence the evacuation of the island, now noticing how dangerous this could really be, in spite of the worries of the park never being able to open again. After evacuation in the gyrosphere valley began, Zara called Dearing telling her Zach and Gray had disappeared and she was desperately looking for them, Dearing proceeds to call Zach and he answers her but as she tries to tell them to go somewhere safe the connection fails. Claire tries to get a team of rangers to seek them, but as none of them were available she had to do something herself.

#### Search For the Mitchells

Dearing approaches Grady nervously, telling him she needs his help, but as he questions their age Claire isn't able to pull it off like she expected. Somehow she convinces Owen to go with her as she tries to call Zach again but that only makes their situation worse in the other end. But their ride was suddenly interrupted by something way larger.

Grady steps out of the vehicle and moves towards a heavily injured *Apatosaurus* crying in pain, as she saw the creature Dearing was left in shock. Even with Owen's orders to stay in the car, Claire hopped out and walked toward the enormous herbivore. Grady stroked the animals head as it was struggling to keep its last breath. Dearing for once was reminded that dinosaurs were in fact animals and the sight of the dying creature made she remember the many mistakes she had made and how she stopped being her true self for a very long time, Dearing shed tears while also giving the animal a gentle affection. When the animal passes, Grady and Dearing come across numerous deceased animals of the same species, murdered by the same *monster*.

Following the Mitchells' steps they find a wrecked Gyrosphere, initially Claire was terrified thinking they had been eaten by the hybrid but Grady had discovered their footprins that led to a waterfall leaving them to theorize that the boys jumped, the partners share another argument while Dearing tries to bring her old adventure spirit back in a unexpected way. Dearing and Grady track the boys into the old park's visitor center, the boys had somehow fixed a jeep and driven away, but the Indominus was still around the area at the time, stalking Claire as she shed a tear, they took a chance and sprinted out of the building in time.

#### Pterosaur Attack

Dearing contacts the control room telling them the hybrids current location, but for their worry, Masrani was the one piloting ACU's helicopter. Claire and Owen sprinted to a hill that had a good view of the aviary and they observed the entire fiasco. The *Indominus* resisted every bullet and was strong enough to burst through the walls of the aviary, releasing a few pterosaurs. The pterosaurs got to Masrani's helicopter and took it down, as soon as Claire and Owen ran out of the foliage, they had to get down.

The two immediately return to the main street as pterosaurs had. a free buffet from all the humans gathered around in there. She along with Grady join the ACU troops and try to take them down. Dearing gets to a higher point and calls for the boys. they quickly spot her and run but a pteranodon gets in front and corners them to a wall, luckily Owen sedates it before it does anything. Shortly after a raging *Dimorphodon* attacks Owen, but Claire shoots and it and knocks it unconscious pulling him into a daring kiss. The gates to safety and open, the reunited group rushes inside getting inside a van and heading back to the raptor pen.

#### Hunting

They drive themselves to safety by sticking to the ACU team as its being leaded by Vic Hoskins. As they arrive Grady gives Hoskins a taste of his own medicine by punching him the face with Dearing verbally cussing, blaming him for the entire situation. Without Owen's will, the raptors were forced to become field weapons as they were their only hope regarding the escaped hybrid. As they prepare for the attack, Claire takes her nephew into a van, assuring that she'd keep them safe.

Soon the mission began with Grady leading the way with his motorbike, Zach comments on Grady's bravery also adding the word "boyfriend" in the sentence, leaving Dearing with a soft smile. Dearing watches the entire situation through a screen but as she notices the boy peeking through the window, she completely shuts their view. Suddenly the Indominus able to communicate with the raptors making them switch sides, Claire is shocked by the happening. Once things went south, Gray was feeling unsure and was uncomfortable with Dearing being thorn on how to make him feel better.

Their conversation is interrupted by a bloody hand on the glass from a dying man, Dearing takes off as the raptor responsible for it snarls at them, it begins to chase after the van along with another one, Dearing tries to help the boys as much as she can while they use tasers to keep them away. The boys scare the raptors into the jungle, Grady arrives with his motorbike, saying its time to leave. Claire communicates Lowery telling him to call in a chopper.

#### Main Street Showdown

The four survivors get into the Hammond lab as a shortcut to the control room, however they encounter Hoskins lurking in there. They confront him once again trying to talk him out of his actions, yet Delta had other plans, the raptor cornered Hoskins against a wall and devoured him. Claire leads the boys out of the Innovation Center, taking them outside into the main street. There they are cornered by every remaining raptor member, Owen manages to tame Blue as the Indominus is coming their way once again.

The raptors manage to fight the *Indominus* for a good portion of time until Blue is knocked out and the two others suffer tragedies. Once they get to a safe spot, Gray tells Claire they need something bigger to defeat the hybrid, Dearing has an idea and leaves. Claire heads off to a paddock contacting Lowery, asking him to open up the gates, as much as Lowery went against the idea, she used insults to get him to do it. The Nublar Rex was standing in front of her, Claire lights a flare and runs off, Dearing leads the enormous predator into the main street, jumping into the sideways. She quickly reunites with her human allies as they watch the hybrid being defeated by the T. Rex and Blue with the help of the Mosasaurus.

### Birth of an Activist

#### Different Ways

After the battle, Owen was forced to let Blue go as they were able to catch the ferry back to Costa Rica. Inside the shelter Claire reunites with her sister and shares a loving hug with her. At the end Dearing decides to stay with Owen for the better. The two return back to California, living inside Grady's van but due to many, many indifferences and arguments they end their relationship again. That same time Dearing attended public debates on the incident speaking against lawsuits and admitting to them mistakes she committed herself.

#### Dinosaur Protection Group

By the time of February 2017 Isla Nublar's volcano, Mount Sibo was declared active once again due to tectonic activity, however the government of Costa Rica had not announced it to public yet. In March Dearing founded an activist group called Dinosaur Protection Group basing in San Francisco, she hired many people those including, Zia Rodriguez and Franklin Webb her closest friends at the time. The groups website informed people about general dinosaur information and what's been happening on Nublar throughout the years.

Later that year Dearing and the group began to fear the dinosaurs maybe threatened by the waken volcano, bringing this topic to the USA government, with many people going against the idea of rescuing the dinosaurs, with the creation of Extinction Now! and the oppositions of Dr. Ian Malcolm. However in January 2018, the eruption date was predicted to take place in June, and there was no word on wether the dinosaurs would be saved or not.

### Rescue Operation

#### Contacted by Lockwood

Just one day before the eruption of Mount Sibo, Dearing was entering the Headquarters through the elevator bringing a cup of coffee as she was reading her phone. As she walked inside she was greeted by her allies who were bickering as usual, Rodriguez hands the phone to Dearing as she was speaking to congresswoman Delgado, Dearing manages to persuade Delgado to support their cause just as they turn on the news. Dr. Malcolm is testifying to wether the dinosaurs should be saved or suffer extinction once more, unfortunately Malcolm prefers to let the animals die, saddening Claire. Only to make things better, Dearing receives an exciting call from the Lockwood Manor.

Dearing is driven to the State by a shuffle as she is greeted by Iris Caroll who allows her inside, as Claire is observing the decorations inside she's interrupted by an old ally of hers, Eli Mills. The entreupener proposes a rescue operation to rescue 11 species of dinosaurs from their iminent reexinction, including Blue, the last member of her kind. Claire is summoned by her great expertise and knowledge on the island but Mills also intrigued her on calling Owen Grady.

She visits Grady on his homestead in the Sierra Nevada mountains, they head for a drink and share a conversation after catching up following their separation. Grady initially refuses the proposition, leaving Claire saddened. She leaves him to reconsider the mission and goes to prepare herself as the plane would take off in the morning.

#### Return to Nublar

In the following morning, Dearing along with Webb and Rodriguez embark on the private plane to leave for Isla Nublar. As they enter the aircraft, they are surprised to see Grady joining them after implying he wouldn't join the cause. After the ride to Costa Rica, they fly over the sights of Isla Nublar and upon their arrival, they're greeted by the master of the operation, Ken Wheatley, the hired mercenary for the job.

They soon leave for the mission and head through familiar territory, Dearing and Grady are quizzed by Wheatly during the ride until they make it to the former Main Street and a Brachiosarus wanders by. Rodriguez is the first one to go see it as she had never seen a dinosaur before, Claire is supportive of her decision and contemplates the animal along. With no more distractions, Dearing and Webb are dropped off in a security bunker as the others would head out in the field to search for Blue. Dearing used her old prints to access the parks system and Webb reactivated it with his hacking skills.

#### Betrayal

Through the mission and away from their awareness, Wheatly betrays Grady, injuring and capturing Blue and keeping Rodriguez hostage for her paleoveterinarian skills. Dearing and Webb are cut off and sealed inside the bunker so they had no exit, thet discover about the betrayal and act quickly to discover a solution. They look for an alternative in the sewer system, however the eruption proccess was already beggining and dinosaurs were on the loose. A lone Baryonyx approaches and terrorizes the two, Dearing and Webb evade the creature through dripping lava by using a chair and a emergency hatch to escape the scene, leaving the creature in there. Dearing and Webb are left stranding on the fields of Nublar and the volcano errupts in their surroundings.

#### Eruption of Mt. Sibo

Away in the distance, a startled Owen runs down a hill from a stampede of fleeding dinosaurs as the volcano ash consumes the island. Dearing and her companion join Grady and escape through the dinosaurs. They find shelter behind a log and a single gyrosphere as the dinosaurs destroying the wood leaving only the vehicle behind. Webb and Dearing enters the gyropshere leaving Grady out due to space. A Carnotaurus surronds them and threatens to attack them, luckily the lone T. Rex came to the rescue and neutralized the smaller carnivore.

A volcanic sonic explosion evades the carnivores and boosts the gyrosphere to roll down the hill, Grady is sealed out and chases after the sphere along the dinosaurs. The hill leads to a cliff where dinosaurs fell to their deaths, Grady was unable to stop it and they fall down into the ocean. Dearing and Webb struggle to get out as the water porgressively got stronger, Grady dives in and attempts to rescue them. Their attempts are fauty until Grady uses his knife and Dearig kicks the doors open.