| Claire Phelps | |
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| Name: | Claire Phelps |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Role: | Henchwoman / Ally |
| Age: | 32 |
| Date of birth: | April 16, 1964 |
| Birthplace: | France |
| Date of death: | March 12, 1996 (briefly, later revived by Ethan Hunt)
March 16, 1996 |
| Place of death: | TGV, near London and Paris |
| Cause of death: | Shot by Jim Phelps |
| Nationality: |  French
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| Alias(es): | Marjorie Gardner |
| Affiliation: | Impossible Mission Force Jim Phelps |
| Profession: | Operative of the IMF |
| Expertise: | High intelligence Manipulation Charisma |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Significant other(s): | Love Interest: Ethan Hunt |
| Played by: | Emmanuelle Béart |
| First appearance: | Mission: Impossible |
| Last appearance: | Mission: Impossible (1998 video game) |
| “ | Ethan's right behind me. Listen to me, Jim. Is it such a good idea to kill him? We take the money. Ethan takes the blame. No one else has seen you alive. No one will believe him. | ” |
–Claire talking to Ethan Hunt (disguised as Jim Phelps) | ||
Claire Phelps (April 16, 1964 - March 16, 1996) was an anti-villain/supporting protagonist who appeared in 1996 film Mission Impossible and his 1998 accompanying video game. She was the wife of rogue IMF director, Jim Phelps, and Ethan Hunt's lover and friend.
Physical Appearance[]
Claire has a youthful appearance due to her glowing complexion and facial structure which is consisting of oval face shape, snub nose, a pair big wide-set blue eyes and plump lips. She has a long dark blonde/light brown wavy hair. Moreover, Claire possess a slim figure.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Little is known about Claire's early life other than she was born in France on April 16, 1964. Before 1996, she joined Jim Phelps' Impossible Mission Force team and got married to him.
Treason of the IMF[]
Claire and the IMF team attempt to retrieve the CIA non-official cover list from the American embassy in Prague. They failed with Phelps getting shot, Claire killed in a car bombing, and the rest of the team except Ethan Hunt eliminated by unknown assassins and supposed tech malfunctions.
After Ethan realizes "Job 314" refers to Bible verse Job 3:14, "Job" being the mole's code name, Claire arrives at the safe house, explaining she escaped the bomb after Jim aborted the mission. Ethan arranges a meeting with Max, and warns her that the list she possesses has a tracking device. He promises to deliver the real list in return for $10 million and Job's identity.
Claire assists Ethan and two other recruits, Luther Stickell and Franz Krieger, to infiltrate CIA headquarters in Langley and steal the list.
After Ethan finds Jim surprisingly, he recounts surviving the shooting, naming Eugene Kittridge as the mole. Hunt realizes Phelps is the mole, having stolen a Bible with a Gideon stamp from Chicago's Drake Hotel during a previous assignment known to Hunt's team. Ethan also suspects Krieger as the one who killed Sarah Davies and Alexander Golitsyn on the Prague job since Krieger carried a characteristic knife; however, he is unsure whether Claire was involved.
Death[]
On the TGF, Ethan calls Claire and tells her to meet him there. Claire reaches the baggage car, finds Jim and tells him Ethan will arrive shortly. She questions the idea of killing Ethan, since they will need a fall guy, but Jim reveals himself to be Ethan in a mask, exposing her as a co-conspirator. When the real Jim arrives and takes the money at gunpoint, Hunt dons a pair of video glasses that relays Jim to Kittridge, blowing Jim' cover as the mole. Phelps threatens to kill Ethan, but shoots Claire instead when she intervenes.
Heritage[]
Ethan is later able to avenge Claire's death by killing both Jim and Krieger.
Alternate continuities[]
Mission: Impossible (1998 video game)[]
Claire Phelps appears in this video game, released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, and ported to the Sony Playstation a year later in 1998. She has a better fate than the video game, she survives and ends up marrying Ethan Hunt.
LEGO Dimensions[]
Claire Phelps appears in LEGO Form in this video game, released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015, however Mission Impossible wasn't included until 2016 as part of it's downloadable content, with a level pack, a battle arena, and a hub world based on the Mission Impossible movies, with Ethan Hunt as it's playable character, along with the IMF Sports Car and the IMF Scrambler. The level pack is based on the first movie, but Claire has a better fate this time, but mysterious, as she wasn't shot by Phelps likely to stay the game with a lower age rating, as LEGO Dimensions was Rated E 10+ in America.
Characteristics[]
Personality[]
Although Claire seems to have a pleasant personality, she is quite manipulative and an excellent liar. Even though she will condone murder to achieve her goals, she seems more reluctant to resort to such actions than her husband.
Abilities[]
Claire seems to approach or match Ethan Hunt and Jim Phelps in her skills at acquiring information and misdirecting others.
Relationships[]
Jim Phelps[]
Claire was Jim Phelps's wife, and they worked both on the same IMF team, while Jim intended to betray IMF and frame Ethan Hunt.
Ethan Hunt[]
Claire was a friend of Ethan, along with being his friend and mentor's wife. They worked on the same IMF team. After the rest of their team was murdered, Claire worked with Ethan in order to take down the traitor, when in fact it was her husband who was the traitor.
Gallery[]
Mission Impossible[]
LEGO Dimensions[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- Claire Phelps was portrayed by French actress Emmanuelle Béart in Mission: Impossible.
Appearances[]
Mission: Impossible (First appearance)
