Claudia Karvan is one of Australia’s most respected and acclaimed film and television actors.

She recently completed production on the fifth and final season of the popular Stan series BUMP, which she co-created and co-produced with Rough Diamond.  Her role in the series earnt her a nomination for an AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama and a Silver Logie Award Nomination for Most Outstanding Actress. She was recently seen in the Disney+ series THE CLEARING and on stage for The Old Fitz in SPARKLING DARKLY Monologues by Nick Coyle, and in the STC/STCSA co-production THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?.

Claudia also co-produced and co-created the first three series of the Nine Network’s DOCTOR DOCTOR and co-created, produced and starred in the Foxtel series SPIRITED and LOVE MY WAY.  Claudia is a two-time winner of both the Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress and the AFI Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in LOVE MY WAY.

Claudia has also starred in numerous Australian television series and miniseries including hosting BOOKS THAT MADE US for the ABC, DANCING WITH THE STARS for the Ten Network, the second season of THE OTHER GUY for Stan, NEWTON’S LAW, JACK IRISH, and THE TIME OF OUR LIVES for the ABC, for which she was awarded the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.  Her other television credits include PUBERTY BLUES, BLACK COMEDY, HALIFAX: RETRIBUTION, ORANGE IS THE NEW BROWN, BETTER MAN, THE BROKEN SHORE, THE SECRET LIFE OF US, MY BROTHER JACK, SMALL CLAIMS, and SAVED, which earned her the 2010 Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.

Her feature film credits include MOJA VESNA, JUNE AGAIN, THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, INFIDEL, THE DARKSIDE, 33 POSTCARDS, DAYBREAKERS, DATING THE ENEMY, THE LONG WEEKEND, HIGH TIDE, ECHOES OF PARADISE, PAPERBACK HERO and THE HEARTBREAK KID for which she was awarded Best Actress by the Film Critics Circle of Australia.

In 2023, Claudia Karvan was made a member of the Order of Australia for service to the film and television industry.