In the first film, Claire is the operations manager of Jurassic World, a dinosaur theme park located on Isla Nublar.

In Jurassic World Dominion (2022), Claire and Owen remain a couple and are raising Maisie in seclusion to protect her from genetic companies eager to study her.

[1][2] In the first film, Claire is the park operations manager at the dinosaur theme-park Jurassic World, located on the island of Isla Nublar.

Claire had a date with the park's Velociraptor researcher Owen Grady before the events of the film, but they did not pursue a relationship due to their conflicting personalities and lifestyles.

To increase park attendance, Jurassic World has created a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus rex.

While Owen comforts a dying Apatosaurus that had been attacked by the Indominus, Claire emotionally bonds with it, altering her view of the park's dinosaurs as "assets".

Claire and her team later discover that Lockwood's aide, Eli Mills, is illegally auctioning the dinosaurs, and they work to stop him from shipping a new hybrid prototype, the Indoraptor.

In addition, the family allied with Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcolm, and Ramsay Cole on escaping Biosyn.

In an earlier script by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the character was named Whitney and she had a smaller part compared to Claire.

According to Trevorrow, Connolly "loves those Dickensian names that suggest a bit about the character, push the viewer in the direction the author wants them to go.

[6][7][8] Trevorrow wanted the film's characters to have distinct appearances, and said about Claire, "She starts out with this snow white pristine outfit, then it all just gets completely torn apart".

[10] Claire uses high heels throughout the film, and Howard learned how to run in them with advice from former fighter Pete Williams, who was working for the actress as her on-set driver.

[22][23] In April 2023, it was announced that the Jurassic Park and characters from it would be featured in the upcoming video game, Funko Fusion, set to be released in 2024.

[26] Jake Coyle of the Associated Press stated that of all the characters, Howard "makes the biggest impact as a corporate cog whose controlled world is imploding.

[29] Michael Haskell of MovieWeb wrote that Howard "is definitely giving it her all and seems invested in the franchise as a whole, but the character of Claire Dearing leaves a lot to be desired".

In Dominion, Bartlett found her most impressive when acting without Pratt, stating that Claire's dinosaur encounters are "much tenser" because she is "more fallible and more likely to get eaten than the impossibly competent Owen".

[31] Before the release of Jurassic World, filmmaker Joss Whedon criticized a clip of the film that showed Owen and Claire arguing about the treatment of the park's dinosaurs.

"[34] After Jurassic World was released, some film critics also found its depiction of Claire to be sexist, including its push for her to become a maternal figure.

[33] Marlow Stern, writing for The Daily Beast, found the film to be about "a woman's 'evolution' from an icy-cold, selfish corporate shill into a considerate wife and mother".

[35] Meredith Woerner of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "For a boss at a massive corporation, Claire commands remarkably little respect.

[34] Devin Faraci of Birth.Movies.Death stated that the film treats Claire as "a broken person simply because she has a dedication to her job and doesn’t want kids".

"[38] In Fallen Kingdom, Claire briefly wears high heels early in the film while at the DPG office, before switching to boots for the island rescue mission.

[41] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter opined that Fallen Kingdom "remains old-fashioned in its treatment of Howard's character, who mostly screams and runs while Owen gets things done.