Claire Margaret Chitham is a New Zealand television actress. Claire
rose to fame as Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV
show Shortland Street (1992) from 1994-5 and 1997-2005 and Aurora Bay in
Outrageous Fortune (2005) from 2006-2007.
Her first television role was a guest appearance in Neue Abenteuer mit Black Beauty (1990).
Chitham initially had a recurring guest role in Shortland Street which
went on to become core cast, with Chitham starring in the show for 7
years.
As Aurora Bay, Chitham appeared in the second and third seasons of
Outrageous Fortune - New Zealand's highest rating drama. Aurora was the
longtime love interest of Van West played by Antony Starr - her
character died dramatically after being hit by a bus while trying to
hide her ex boyfriends' stash of drugs.
In early 2006, Chitham married New Zealand musician, TV personality and
radio DJ Mikey 'Havoc' Roberts. It was reported in early 2009 that they
had separated. Chitham remained in their West Auckland marital home
following the split.
On 22 August 2007, she began appearing as Chantelle Rebecchi in the
Australian soap opera Nachbarn (1985).
In 2008 Chitham appeared in Episode 1 of the Australian television
series Canal Road (2007). Her character, Kristen, plays the wife of core cast
member Dt Snr Cnst Ray Driscoll, played by Grant Bowler, who also
played Wolf, her father in-law-to-be in Outrageous Fortune (2005).
In 2009 Chitham guest starred in the TV series Legend of the Seeker - Das Schwert der Wahrheit (2008) in
Season One Episode 18, entitled Mirror (2009). She also featured in Muller
Yoghurt advertisements screened in New Zealand and the UK and guest
starred as herself in the New Zealand comedy series The Jaquie Brown Diaries (2008).
Claire appeared as Angela Phillips in Australian feature film The Cup (2011). Based on the true story of the 2002 Melbourne Cup race, The
Cup was directed by Simon Wincer and starring Brendan Gleeson.
Having studied in New York and Los Angeles, Chitham has also appeared
in a number of stage productions, including Rabbit, by Nina Raine, The
Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, and The Only Child, by Simon Stone.
