My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all.

Acting career
Claudia has acted in Australian and New Zealand television and movies. She once played Portia in a tour of the Merchant of Venice. In 2004 Claudia Black was voted "#7 Hottest Scifi Babe" by Scifi WorldNet.

Claudia Lee Black (born 11 October 1972) is an Australian actress and voice actor known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in the science fiction television series Farscape Vala Mal Doran in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series the witch Morrigan in Dragon Age: Origins "Sharon 'Shazza' Montgomery" in Pitch Black and squadmate Samantha Byrne in the game Gears of War 3.