Claire Kiriakis
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| Claire Brady | |||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Olivia and Ava White (2006-2007) Alina Foley (2008) |
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| First appearance | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Left town | ||||||||||
| Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Clairebear; Little | ||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | Onscreen September 27, 2005 | ||||||||||
 Martha Madison and Olivia and Ava White as Belle Black and Claire Kiriakis |
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 Jay Kenneth Johnson and Olivia and Ava White as Philip and Claire Kiriakis |
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Claire Brady (born Claire Kiriakis onscreen September 27, 2005) is a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives. She was previously portrayed by identical twins Olivia and Ava White from January 2006 to December 2007 and Alina Foley in 2008.
[edit] Character history
Claire was born in St. Luke's Catholic Church delivered by maternal grandmother Marlena Evans. She is the daughter of Shawn Brady and Belle Black and the granddaughter of Bo Brady and Hope Williams and John Black and Marlena Evans. At the time of her birth, it was not known that Shawn was her father. A little after Thanksgiving, Claire became sick for an unknown reason. Belle and Philip rushed baby Claire to the hospital where she was hospitalized and eventually her liver failed and she was given last rites. In a horrible twist of fate, Claire's biological uncle, Zack who was only 5 at the time, died in a hit-and-run. Zack's liver was a perfect match for little Claire and she received his liver when he died. Near her first birthday, the truth about her paternity was revealed.
Philip left Salem and Shawn was ready to spend time with his daughter but Belle turned him down. She told him that he needed to straighten up his life before he could spend time with Claire. Just as he was straightening out, Philip returned, demanding full custody of Claire. Belle and Shawn planned (along with Max and Mimi) to kidnap little Claire from Philip. They did and Belle, Shawn, and Claire soon left for Canada. Once in Canada, they stayed in a shelter until Chelsea and Nick came with more money for them. After the retrieval of the money, they soon stowed away on a cruise ship that was heading for Australia. However, Philip was able to catch up with them on the cruise ship. They escaped and jumped ship with Claire in their arms. They soon landed on a deserted island. They needed to get off that island quick because Claire had cut her finger on Shawn's knife and had blood poisoning. Shawn built a raft and they soon landed safely on an island called "Tinda Lao."
Luckily, that island had inhabitants, including Gabby and her father Duck who owned a local hotel. Claire received the medicine she needed and they stayed. Philip caught up to them but Gabby lied and finally convinced Philip that they were not there. Soon, Philip discovered that Belle, Shawn and Claire were still on the island and confronted them. Duck came out while the group was talking and shot Shawn in the arm. In the midst of the chaos Gabby handed Claire to Philip who made a run to get off the island on a boat. Shawn wasn't seriously injured and he told Belle to take off after Philip before he got to far. Belle was able to catch up with Philip and tried to talk some sense into him that all four of them could be a family. Meanwhile, Shawn was back the hotel being bandaged when Bo and Steve showed up. Shawn ran off to track down Philip, Belle and Claire but he was still shaky from the gun shot wound but he managed to find them. Shawn tried to convince Philip like Belle did but Philip couldn't agree to those terms. Shawn collapsed from his wound and Philip told Belle that she could stay or leave with him on the boat. Belle reluctantly went with Philip but told Shawn "God Punishes Sinners" leaving Shawn confused. After Philip and Belle had disappeared from site Bo showed up and found Shawn. Shawn told Bo what Belle kept saying but he didn't understand why and the two headed back to the hotel where Gabby put together GPS out of God Punishes Sinners. Bo, Steve and Shawn all got on the helicopter Bo and Steve had flown to the island on and located Philip's boat and Shawn was dropped on to the boat. Philip easily discovered Shawn and the two went down below since a typhoon was heading their way. During the storm the three adults talked again and Philip came around to realize that all three could provide Claire with the home she needed. The storm was getting worse and eventually hit the boat tearing it to pieces. The rescue crew was able to save Philip, Belle and Shawn but Claire was lost at sea.
The rescue squad search for Claire but changed the mission to recovery devastating Belle who insisted that her daughter was alive especially when she was visited by her father, John, who was in a coma still. Soon after, Claire's life jacket was recovered, apparently cut with a knife. They relisted Claire as missing and soon tracked her to a baby beauty pageant called "USADORABLE". It is revealed that a woman by the name Evelyn Quarry had found Claire and brought her back to the States and began entering her in beauty pageants as a boy. Evelyn’s scam came to a crashing halt when Belle was able to locate her daughter at the hotel the beauty pageant had been held at by singing her favorite song. In 2008, her parents left to sail the world taking Claire with them. Her last name was never finalized on the show.
