Claire Elizabeth Coffee (born April 14, 1980) is an American actress.[1] She is best known for her role as Adalind Schade[2] in the NBC fantasy drama Grimm.

Claire Coffee
Born
Claire Elizabeth Coffee

(1980-04-14) April 14, 1980 (age 44)
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Children1

Early life

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Coffee grew up in Monterey, California.[3] She attended the Santa Catalina School for girls and has a degree in Theatre from Northwestern University.[4][5]

Career

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She had a recurring role on The West Wing as Cassie Tatum in 2003.[6] Between 2007 and 2009, Coffee played nurse Nadine Crowell on General Hospital. Most recently, she played attorney Janie Ross on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and appeared for six seasons on the NBC series Grimm as the Hexenbiest Adalind Schade.

Personal life

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Coffee married musician Chris Thile on December 23, 2013, at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee.[7] On May 19, 2015, Coffee announced the birth of their son, Calvin Eugene Thile.[8][9][10] Coffee resided with her son and husband in Portland, Oregon, where the show Grimm was filmed, until 2016.[11] The family now resides in Brooklyn, New York.[12]

Filmography

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Section source:[1]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Leave No Trace Hillary
2005 Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough Jenny Bellamy Video
2008 Wednesday Again Lisa Olson
Remarkable Power Dana
2009 Mafia Lending Services Gina Short
Chelsey & Kelsey Are Really Good Roommates Chelsey
2013 Inventing Adam Spencer
2014 Grind Autumn Short
2016 Buddymoon Polly
2018 The Competition Gena Mauldin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Mind of the Married Man Young Couple "When We Were Nice"
2002 The Random Years Denise "Inherit the Windbreaker"
Leap of Faith Deesa "The Baby Snugglers"
Off Centre J'Sandra "Diddler on the Roof"
2003 The West Wing Cassie Tatum "The California 47th", "Red Haven's on Fire", "Life on Mars"
2004 Americana Gwen TV film
2005 McBride: It's Murder, Madam Marilyn Fletcher
Cold Case Kelly Witkowski (1977) "Creatures of the Night"
2006 13 Graves Gillian Becker TV film
Strong Medicine Cassandra Turley "Unorthodox Treatment"
Bones Special Agent Tricia Finn "The Woman at the Airport"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Cindy Jansen "Rashomama"
Psych Sally Reynolds "Weekend Warriors"
NCIS Nikki Cranshaw "Singled Out"
Death Row Missy TV film
My Boys Claire "Mixed Signals"
2007 CSI: Miami Wendy Legassic "Deep Freeze"
2007–2009 General Hospital Nadine Crowell Main role
2009 This Might Hurt Claire Keating TV film
The League Claire "Mr. McGibblets"
2010 The Good Guys Eve "Common Enemies"
2011–2012 Franklin & Bash Janie Ross Recurring role (seasons 1 & 2)
2011–2017 Grimm Adalind Schade Recurring role (seasons 1 & 2), regular (seasons 3–6)
2012 Holly's Holiday Holly Maddux TV film
2013 Royal Pains Maya "Pregnant Paws"
2014 Chelsey and Kelsey Chelsey
2017 Kevin Can Wait Irene "Neighborhood Watch"
2018 S.W.A.T. Kira "Never Again", "The Tiffany Experience", "Track"
2019 The Sisterhood Ashley Shields TV film
A Daughter's Plan to Kill Katie
2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Danielle Main role
2021 A New Lease on Christmas Becky TV film
2022 Law & Order Andrea Rankin "Camouflage"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Mary Griffin (voice)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Claire Coffee". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  2. ^ "Claire Coffee". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. ^ Hoppes, Lynn. "Actress Claire Coffee set for fantasy football draft". ESPN. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ Cabrera, Marc (31 July 2011). "Marc Cabrera, The Beat: Salinas actor increases screen time". Monterey County Herald. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ Davison, Rachel (13 May 2015). "Q&A: Claire Coffee, Northwestern alum and 'Grimm' actress". The Daily Northwestern. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ^ Dodd, Stacy (April 2, 2006). "Claire Coffee". Variety. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  7. ^ Ehrich Dowd, Kathy (2013-12-28). "Claire Coffee of Grimm Weds Musician Chris Thile". Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Claire Coffee on Instagram: "GRIMM Season Finale! @christhile & I had a baby! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S MORE INTENSE!! JK, it's definitely childbirth, but watch tonight…"". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  9. ^ Eades, Chris (2015-12-29). "New GH Mama!". ABC Soaps In Depth. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  10. ^ "Claire Coffee Welcomes Son Calvin Eugene". 2015-05-15. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  11. ^ "Claire Coffee live Vlog". 2016-05-13.
  12. ^ "'Prairie Home' host Chris Thile is moving — but not to Minnesota". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
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