Claudia Ferri is “Raquel”, a Cuban expat, and member of the Palm Beach elite in the much-awaited “Palm Royale”, streaming on Apple TV on March 20, 2024, alongside Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Carol Burnett, Ricky Martin, Laura Dern, Kaia Gerber and Josh Lucas.

Claudia’s lineage and background are multi-ethnic. She grew up hearing Italian, French, Arabic, and English spoken among parents, cousins, aunts and uncles, thanks to relatives from the four corners of the globe. On her maternal side, Irish, Scottish, French & Indigenous. Her paternal heritage is Mediterranean with traceable roots in Mauritania (North West Africa). She works on screen in English, Italian, French, Spanish and in numerous foreign accents.
Some of Claudia’s TV credits include Québec’s Judge France Charbonneau in “Bad Blood”, La Capitana from Peru in “Queen of the South” and AMC’s “The Killing” as Indigenous band chief Nicole Jackson.

She voiced characters in the mega-popular video game Assassin’s Creed II; Lineage and became Ezio Auditore’s mother in the live-action short movies of the same video game. She landed her first job as an actress in the role of Maura Ramirez, Lt. Ramirez’s Cuban wife (Aidan Quinn), in “The Assignment”, also sharing the screen with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. View the Full credits list.

Claudia has garnered several nominations and awards for her work in various languages in film and television:

* Won – Outstanding Female Performance in Film or Television – ACTRA Awards as the first generation Italian Canadian (series lead) Elena Batista, in the TV comedy “Ciao Bella” filmed in double shoot (French and English) for The CBC and Radio-Canada.

• Nominated – Best Supporting Actress – Jutras Awards & Canadian Comedy Awards for her role as the neurotic sister Anna Barberini – “Mambo Italiano”
• Nominated – Outstanding actress in film or television – ACTRA Awards – for her portrayal of the touching Portuguese mother Anna Maria in “A Date with Miss Fortune”
• Nominated – Best leading actress in a dramatic series – Canadian Screen Awards’ Gémeaux – for her interpretation of the Colombian drug trafficker Paloma Hermosa “La Marraine” (The Godmother).

Ms. Ferri was named “2022 ACTRA Montreal Woman of the Year” for her continued mark as an actress, her philanthropy & community work, as well as her impact as an activist.

• Invited as a guest speaker by the Italian Canadian National Congress for their international Women’s Day event: “Women in Cinema” held March 17, 2024

Representation: 

Manager Worldwide Lesa Kirk – Open Entertainment, Agents in USA Tom Markley and Lauren Gibson – Metropolitan Talent Agency

Agents in French Quebec Geneviève Turco & Maya Gosselin – Agence RBL. Agent in Italy (Rome) Mario Squillante – Studio Squillante.