Claudia Mason was born and raised in New York City. Her mother was an actress and a dancer. Her father is a playwright and novelist and was a theatre critic for the New York Times. Growing up in such an artistic household heavily influenced Claudia, who started studying ballet at the age of five and trained at the prestigious School of American Ballet.

Claudia was a drama student at New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts when she was discovered at a music store by a scout from Elite Modeling Agency. She went on to become one of the world’s top models, shooting with  designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Versace, Armani, Gucci, Valentino, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein. She was also featured on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, W, Mademoiselle, Elle , Cosmopolitan, and numerous foreign publications.

MTV hired her to host their fashion special, “Fashionably Loud”. She was also featured in Woody Allen’s film “Celebrity”. However it was her appearance in Enrique Iglesias’ music video for the song “Rhythm Divine” that caught Hollywood’s attention. She subsequently landed roles in the independent films SCHMOOZER, DISCOVERING DAISY, LAX, LIME SALTED LOVE, and a leading role in the independent feature film OUTPATIENT.

Her theatre credits include BOXING DAY PARADE (Intar), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Gramercy Arts), NYC; THE YEARS and BEYOND THERAPY (HB Foundation Theatre), NYC; TWO SHIPS PASSING (Pan Andreas Theatre), LA, for which she was named Outstanding Female Actor In A Lead Role. She most recently completed a highly successful, critically acclaimed run of Tennessee Williams’ ORPHEUS DESCENDING in LA, for which she produced as well as starred in. This production is nominated for Best Revival of a Play by the LADCC for LA Theatre in 2010. She also received Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actress for her portrayal of Carol Cutrere in ORPHEUS DESCENDING.

She has appeared on Television as a guest star on CBS’s CSI:NY, and How I met Your Mother; on Fox’s Kitchen Confidential, as well as on ABC’s October Road amongst others.

She has just completed shooting the lead in a short film, that was written for her to star in, by up and coming director / writer, Ramaa Mosley.

Her second trip down the red carpet of fashion is about to commence in London where she will be shooting with famed fashion stylist Katie Grand for both  Love Magazine and Russian Vogue alongside fellow top models Alesandra Ambrosio and Anna Beatriz Barros, proving that she can be a girl both on and in film!