Claire Coffee
Claire Elizabeth Coffee is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adalind Schade in the NBC fantasy drama Grimm.
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Claire Coffee
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- Born
- 1980 · San Francisco.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actress · film director
- Education
- Northwestern University · Northwestern University School of Communication
- Languages
- English
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Claire Elizabeth Coffee is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adalind Schade in the NBC fantasy drama Grimm.
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Claire Coffee (born 1980) is an American actress and film director. The actress was born in San Francisco. Claire Coffee studied at Northwestern University and Northwestern University School of Communication. Languages used include English.
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Early life
Early life
Coffee grew up in Monterey, California. She attended the Santa Catalina School for girls and has a degree in Theatre from Northwestern University.
Career
Career
She had a recurring role on The West Wing as Cassie Tatum in 2003. Between 2007 and 2009, Coffee played nurse Nadine Crowell on General Hospital. 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
Personal life
Coffee married musician Chris Thile on December 23, 2013, at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee. They have one son. Coffee resided with her son and husband in Portland, Oregon, where the show Grimm was filmed, until 2016. The family now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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- 1.Claire Coffee. TVGuide.com.
- 2.Hoppes, Lynn. Actress Claire Coffee set for fantasy football draft. ESPN.
- 3.Cabrera, Marc. Marc Cabrera, The Beat: Salinas actor increases screen time. Monterey County Herald. 31 July 2011.
- 4.Davison, Rachel. Q&A: Claire Coffee, Northwestern alum and 'Grimm' actress. The Daily Northwestern. 13 May 2015.
- 5.Dodd, Stacy. Claire Coffee. Variety. April 2, 2006.
- 6.Ehrich Dowd, Kathy. Claire Coffee of Grimm Weds Musician Chris Thile. 2013-12-28.
- 7.Instagram.com. 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…".
- 8.Eades, Chris. New GH Mama!. ABC Soaps In Depth. 2015-12-29.
- 9.Claire Coffee Welcomes Son Calvin Eugene. 2015-05-15.
- 10.Claire Coffee live Vlog. 2016-05-13.
- 11.'Prairie Home' host Chris Thile is moving — but not to Minnesota. Star Tribune.
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