Born and raised in Paris, Clara Bellar is an actress, singer, writer, director and producer. Clara's film career took off when she met the French New Wave director Eric Rohmerafter he saw her in a Parisian stage production of Sleeping Beauty. Mr. Rohmer cast her as the lead in his film Rendezvous in Paris. As an actress, she is best known for portraying the nanny robot in Steven Spielberg's A.I., and for starring in Paul Schrader's Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist. This led to other starring roles in films including Kill the Poor, Oranges Amères, Romance and Rejection, This Space between us, Sleepy Time Gal, and The Pharmacist.

After studying film directing at New York Film Academy, Clara wrote, produced and directed the short film Watermelon Man. The film was featured in several North American festivals, including: M.A.L.I Women's Film & Performance Arts Festival; International Family Film Festival; Kids First; Carolina Film Festival; Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. Clara then wrote, produced and directed the documentary Being and Becoming, which was shot in France, Germany, the UK, and the US over the course of two years.