From the time she took her first steps at the age of 9 months,
Claudia Lee has had a passion for performing and parents who
encouraged her to follow her dreams.
Born in Lafayette, Indiana on June 20, 1996, Claudia Lee Mirkowski
was taking ballet lessons before her 3rd birthday. By the time she was
8, she decided that she wanted to learn the native language of her
Polish-American immigrant father. He happily embraced the idea and
accommodated his daughter’s wishes, sending her to a private school in
Poznan, Poland that summer. Seven years and many classroom hours later,
Claudia is fluent in Polish and gladly translates for her American-born
mother, Denise, and her father’s side of the family.
At age 13, Claudia embarked on a journey that would change the course
of her life. While studying acting and filmmaking at the School of
Creative and Performing Arts (SOCAPA) summer camp in Vermont, her
roommate introduced her to Harry Abrams, president of the Abrams Artists
Agency. The prestigious talent agency offered to represent Claudia, and
with her mother accompanying her, she relocated to Los Angeles in the
summer of 2009.
During her first seven weeks in California, Claudia filmed a national
Comcast commercial with Zachary Levi (Chuck, Less Than Perfect). Her
summer was filled with other exciting auditions and meetings with
producers. One of Claudia’s first accomplishments, after the Comcast
commercial, was landing a role in the short film The Circus Girl,
in which she plays Elizaveta, a young Russian villain traveling with a
struggling circus family. This challenging role helped solidify
Claudia’s determination to pursue a career in film.
Shortly after completing The Circus Girl, Claudia won her most
prominent role to date—a recurring role in Season 3 of the popular
sitcom Zeke and Luther, which airs throughout the world on Disney
XD and the Disney Channel. As the character Bridget, a waitress at a
donut shop, Claudia played the love interest of Luther (Adam Hicks),
allowing her to demonstrate her comedic acting abilities.
Recently, Claudia was cast to play the role of “Magnolia Breeland,”
the younger sister of “Lemon Breeland” (Jaime King) on the CW series
Hart of Dixie. Her first episode is scheduled to air on November 7.
Despite being busy with acting and school, Claudia remained
interested in music, and began working with producer Max DiCarlo (Elton
John, Donna Summer, RBD). In November 2010, she released her first
single and music video, "It Gets Better", inspired by the "It Gets
Better Project:, a national campaign against bullying. She recently
completed her first country music album, Hollywood Sunset, to be
released in early 2012. The first single, "Hollywood Sunset", was
released nationwide on September 26, 2011.
