Claire Radcliff

Claire Radcliff is a fictional vampire and one of the main characters on the ABC television series The Gates. Played by actress Rhona Mitra, the character was introduced in the series pilot episode.

Biography
Claire Radcliff lived in a nice, upper-middle class home in the insular community known as The Gates with her husband Dylan and her daughter Emily. At some point after Emily was born, he husband revealed himself to be a vampire and turned Claire into a vampire as well. However, Claire did not maintain the same self control over her vampiric urges as her husband, and he often found himself cleaning up after her and correcting her mistakes. Moving to The Gates helped to shield them from the outside world.

In 2010, Claire met a contractor named Mark Woodley. Woodley had been driving through the neighborhood and nearly struck her daughter Emily with his truck. He swerved to avoid her, but collided with a power box, causing a severe laceration on his head. Claire invited him inside her house to tend to his injuries, but the sight of his blood proved too much for her. Using her feminine charm to seduce him, she drank Mark's blood, killing him. She hid the body in a wine cabinet, but when her husband learned what she had done, he was forced to dispose of the remains in a more efficient manner. (Pilot)

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by Grant Scharbo and Richard Hatem.