Claudia Lee

Claudia Lee
Claudia Lee in 2011
Born	Claudia Lee Mirkowski Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	2009–present

Claudia Lee (born Claudia Lee Mirkowski) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her roles as Magnolia Breeland on Hart of Dixie, as Bridget on Zeke and Luther, and as Whitney in The Outcasts.

Early life

Lee was born Claudia Lee Mirkowski in Lafayette, Indiana, to Denise and Klaudius Mirkowski. At the age of 3, her parents enrolled her in dance classes, where she studied ballet, jazz and tap-dancing for 10 years. When she was 8 years old, Lee expressed a desire to learn her father’s native language, Polish, so her parents sent her to school in Poznań, Poland for one month every summer for five years. Claudia also has an older brother with whom she shares a "great bond" and influences her characters.

Long interested in music, Lee began taking piano lessons when she was 10. At age 13, she attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts (SOCAPA) summer camp in Vermont. There, her roommate introduced Lee to an agent from Hollywood who was instrumental in bringing her to Los Angeles.

Career

Acting

Lee and her family arrived in Hollywood in January 2010. Within her first few weeks, Lee landed a role in a national TV commercial for Comcast with actor Zachary Levi (Chuck, Less Than Perfect). She was then cast in a short film, The Circus Girl, as Elizaveta, a young Russian villain who is traveling with a struggling circus family.

Following The Circus Girl, Lee went on to television series Zeke and Luther and Hart of Dixie. In August 2012, Lee was cast in the Universal Studios film Kick-Ass 2, which was based on the second volume of the Kick-Ass comic book series by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film, directed by Jeff Wadlow, was released in August 2013.

In 2014, Lee appeared in the Fox comedy series Surviving Jack.

Singing

In 2010 Lee began working with music producer Max DiCarlo. In November of that year, Lee released her first song and music video, "It Gets Better", inspired by a national campaign aimed at stopping bullying. Lee's debut album, Here Right Now, was released in February 2012. "Hollywood Sunset", a song on the album, had previously been released in September 2011. The next two singles from the album, the country-rap song "3 Leaf Clover", and "Take My Hand" that Lee performed on Hart of Dixie, were released in 2012.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Circus Girl	Elizaveta	Short film
2013	Kick-Ass 2	Brooke
2015	The Girl in the Photographs	Colleen
2017	The Outcasts	Whitney
2018	Haunting on Fraternity Row	Liza
2021	Wild Indian	Rebecca
2021	Send It!	Sky

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Zeke and Luther	Bridget	4 episodes
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	Magnolia Breeland	Recurring role, 29 episodes
2014	Surviving Jack	Rachel	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2016	Girl Meets World	Francesca	Episodes: "Girl Meets High School: Parts One and Two"
2018	Famous in Love	Billy	Recurring role (season 2)

References

Footnotes

General sources

• Article in Billboard.com
• Article in Faze Magazine
• Article in Seventeen Magazine
• Article in Talk TV World
• Article in Talk Tunes World
• Article in The Hollywood Reporter
• Article in ClevverTV
• Article in Character Grades

External links

• Official website
• Claudia Lee at IMDb
• Claudia Lee on FanAccess
• Hollywood Sunset on YouTube
• It Gets Better on YouTube
• 3 Leaf Clover on YouTube