Clare was born and brought up in North London and started acting at Anna Scher Children's Theatre. She graduated from Cambridge with a degree in English Literature and went on to train at The Poor School. An actress, dancer, stilt walker and aerialist, Clare's theatre credits include The Taming of The Shrew at Wilton's Music Hall, Lola in The Legend of Lola Montez for NTC, What The Women Did at Southwark Playhouse and Masha in Three Sisters at the Greenwich Playhouse. Her screen work includes the title role in In Search of Emily Brontë for Channel 5/Samphire Productions. She speaks good Russian and French.