 There, Claire worked at a cabaret bar where she sang and performed her show ‘Thanks For the Mammaries’.She began working as a stand-up comic in Toronto and signed with Mark Breslin’s Yuk Yuk’s chain of clubs all over Canada and was a finalist on the Comedy Network’s Great Canadian Laugh-off.In 2003, she was nominated in the Best Actress category for a MECCA (Montreal English Circle Critics Award) for her portrayal of Louise in Daniel MacIvor's "Marion Bridge."