Claire Keim was born on July 8, 1975 in Senlis, France. Her father was an architect < her mother was a dentist. As a teenager, she wanted to become an actress <, following Catherine Jacob, she went to Cours Florent. Then she joined castings < in 1993, Jean-Jacques Debout offered her her first lead role in the musical "Paul < Virginie".
Claire's career got launched in the TV series "Les Yeux D'Hélène" < she sang the theme song. She continued playing in films ("Le Sens Des Affaires", "Le Roman De Lulu") < turned to music, recording a duet with Marc Lavoine. Since then, Claire Keim spent her time between TV, theatre, cinema < music. In 2007, she became Bixente Lizarazu's girlfriend < in August 2008, their daughter Uhaina was born.