In order to support herself before her acting career took off, Claudia had to juggle several odd jobs, all while sleeping on her aunt's sofa in London. According to her interview with the Belfast Telegraph, she worked in pubs, walked dogs, did promo work for Capital FM in Birmingham, England, and made market-research phone calls for shampoo brands and the BN Biscuit brand. As she explained to the Sunday Post, she spent five years doing any work she could find. "I was just doing anything I could to earn money," she added.