When she found out that she wanted to become an actress, she enrolled in Los Angeles High School of Art and graduated in 1995. She shows great talent in acting by being chosen to participate in the film. The little witches 1996, film that was directed by Jane Simpson.
Apart from working on some productions for the big screen, the young Clea shared her time to be able to be in the cinema and also in the theater and television. I participate in many TV movies and in some episodes of series such as Emergencies or Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
His leading character came in 1998 thanks to the film The Faculty, a production of the horror genre that gave her the opportunity to become known and was directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Her great talent later led her to be in Wallflowers shot in 1999, where she was also able to star in a starring role. That same year, he worked alongside actors of the stature of Charlize Theron Y Johnny depp in the science fiction thriller The Face of Terror.
1999 was a great year for Clea, since in addition to being with them in the horror film she was also able to share credits with Angelina Jolie Y Winona ryder in the dramatic movie Interrupted innocence by James Mangold.
Clea, in addition to dedicating herself to acting, became a specialist in Tae Kwon Do, a technique that allowed her to appear in another scary film by John carpenter called Ghosts of mars shot in 2001.
Two years later, in 2003, he again worked under James Mangold in Identity. With the director Alejandro Gómez Iñárritu he was able to make the film 21 grams; and in 2004 he can be seen in another horror production The Scream of Takashi Shimizu.
His love life was somewhat affected when rumors spread that he was bisexual and had had relationships with some women. The actress has never publicly declared her sexual choice, but the romance she had with actor James DeBello was known.
In 2008 he was next to Patrick Wilson Y Anne Hathaway on Passengers, and was in a short film titled It’s Not Easy Being Green, with Carla Gallo and Leisha Hailey.