Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Claire Margaret Chitham (born 12 July 1978 in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress. She is best known for having played Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV show Shortland Street, from 1994 5 and 1997 2005 and Aurora Bay in Outrageous Fortune from 2006-2007. She was already acting by the age of nine, when she appeared in a stage adaptation of Pinocchio, playing the title character, at the Dolphin Theatre in Auckland. Her first television role was a guest appearance in The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990). Chitham initially had a recurring guest role in Shortland Street before signing on as part of the main cast for an eight year run. She was then joined by Antony Starr who played Waverleys brother Stratford Wilson, who later played her love interest Van West in the TV series Outrageous Fortune.