Claire Oberman (born 1956) is a Dutch-born New Zealand actress, known for her role as Australian nurse Kate Norris in the television drama Tenko.
[1] Her other TV appearances include Fortunes of War as Mortimer, Paradise Postponed as Lonnie, Gentlemen and Players, as Alex Farrell in Trainer,[2] as Mrs. Jeffrey Fairbrother in Hi-de-Hi!,[3] as Sarah in To Be the Best,[4] Bugs and Eleventh Hour (2006).
[5][6] She also appeared in the films Patriot Games (1992),[7] and Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005), and starred in the German TV play Das schöne Ende dieser Welt [de] (1983).
[5] Oberman was raised in the rural township of Te Aroha in New Zealand where her parents owned a sports and toy store.
She studied at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, where she graduated with a Diploma in Acting in 1975.