[1] Briggs grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received her B.A.H.

[2] After graduating, she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts[2] in New York City.

[3] In 2014, she became famous for playing the character of Perry in the LGBT web series Carmilla.

[5] In 2016 she played the main antagonist—the Dean—in Carmilla as her character Perry was possessed by the Dean.

[6] In 2017, along with her Carmilla co-star Natasha Negovanlis, Briggs launched her own web series called CLAIREvoyant; the series was successfully funded through the Independent Production Fund and an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than US$25,000.