Claire Redfield

"Okay..Ditto" -Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Degeneration

Claire Redfield is one of the main characters in the Resident Evil series appearing in Resident Evil 2 and later in Resident Evil Code: Veronica. She is a nineteen year old college student and motorcyclist. She was present in Raccoon City during the T-Virus outbreak, and was a fundamental figure in the anti-umbrella movement.

Raccoon City Outbreak
"You lose, big guy!" -Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2

Claire is the kid sister of Chris Redfield, who was one of the main characters from the original game. She comes to Raccoon City in search of her brother, but finds something much worse. After she is saved from nearly being eaten alive by a virus carrier, Claire and Leon Kennedy hatch a plan to get out Raccoon City as soon as they can. After they are separated, Claire explores the deserted police station, eventually running into the corrupt Chief Irons and Sherry Birkin, the daughter of two important Umbrella researchers, William Birkin & Annette Birkin. As Sherry and Claire look for a way out of the city, they are stalked by the inhuman T-103. The monster follows them all the way to Umbrella's underground lab until it is tricked into jumping into a massive smelting pot by Claire. In the process of preparing the escape train out the facility, the T-103 returns in it's true form and is defeated by Claire, thanks to a mysterious assistant. As Claire sets the train in motion, Leon appears and jumps aboard. After a brief battle with G-Type Birkin, the trio runs from the escape train, clearing the escape tunnel before the entire thing detonates. Not long after their escape, Leon urges her to leave them and go search for her brother.

Resident Evil Code: Veronica
"Chris, promise me, please promise that you will won't leave me alone again" -Claire Redfield Resident Evil Code: Veronica

A couple of months after her escape from Raccoon City, Claire headed over to Europe to finally find her lost brother Chris. Having no luck, she even got imprisoned at a small island far off in the sea. Due to her strong will to survive and to find her brother she is able to again find her way through the island once it has been attacked by an unknown enemy. Another viral outbreak happened on the island.

Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica
Claire Redfield is the heroine of the game. She meets Steve Burnside just outside the prison cells and they are instantly surrounded by zombies. There they make a decision to stick together to get off the island.

Biohazard: Degeneration


It is confirmed that Claire will be making an appearance in the new and upcoming CGI Film, Resident Evil: Degeneration, though not much is know about the storyline and her role in the movie.

Wardrobe


Claire's original outfit in Resident Evil 2 consisted of a black short sleeved, short legged cycling skinsuit worn under a red vest with a "Made in Heaven" design (which she gives to Sherry during the course of the game), red-colored jean shorts, brown boots, and black riding gloves. Her alternate outfit in the game consists of a leather jacket and pants with a "Let Me Live" design on the back and a red bandanna. In the N64 version, this outfit is colored purple and features the Angels Studio logo (the company that designed the N64 port) on the back.

In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, she wears a different red vest (this time with a "Let Me Live" design) over a short black T-shirt with jeans as her standard outfit. She wears an alternate outfit in the game's Battle Mode consisting of red and black hot pants and tank top with Umbrella's logo on the sides, and white boots. Claire is also shown wearing a third costume consisting of a red skintight unitard in the game's unlockable art gallery, but she never appeared in-game in this outfit.

The titles on the back of her jackets (in her original outfits and alternate ones as well) are homages to songs by the band, Queen. One of the games designers was once questioned about this link in an interview and expressed that they were indeed fans of the band and felt that the titles tied in so well with the theme of the games.

Resident Evil: Extinction
Claire appears in the movie continuity, where she is portrayed by Ali Larter.

In the third film of the movie trilogy, Claire appears as the leader of a convoy of survivors traveling across the ruins of the United States in the wake of the T-Virus pandemic that swept the globe. At the end of the film, she takes the survivors and flies to Alaska in an Umbrella helicopter.

Trivia

 * In Resident Evil 1.5 (the original prototype version of Resident Evil 2), a blonde-haired motorcyclist named Elza Walker was featured as the heroine of the game instead of Claire Redfield. She was unrelated to Chris Redfield and was instead a college student attending Raccoon University and wore a red and white leather suit with the Raccoon University logo (probably a uniform). Otherwise, the character was identical to Claire Redfield and the two even shared the same personal data. According to Research on Biohazard 2: Final Edition, Elza's backstory was similar to Claire's, in which she comes to Raccoon in search for a missing person. In Resident Evil 1.5, Elza's supporting characters were Sherry Birkin (like in the released version) and an early version of Robert Kendo (the gun shop owner). The reason for transforming Elza Walker into Claire Redfield was done to create a greater tie between the original game and the sequel without reusing an old character.


 * In the Nintendo DS game Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble there is a picture of Claire Redfield with a robotic face in the second level.


 * Although it is assumed she was trained in self-defense by her brother, there is no actual mention of Claire receiving any kind of military training prior to the events of Resident Evil 2. She appears to be the only protagonist in the series to be thrown into the events of the games with no formal preparation to defend herself. It seems she is a talented natural, able to adapt to the situation. This makes her the most "normal" protagonist of the series (aside from the Outbreak series protagonists).


 * Leon still keeps in touch with Claire Redfield through the Anti-Umbrella movement.
 * Claire is voiced by Alyson Court.