Claire Dearing is the leader of the Dinosaur Protection Group and the former park operations manager of Jurassic World, before the park's abandonment in 2015 upon the escape of the Indominus rex. She founded the DPG after her experience in the Jurassic World incident, and rededicated to the survival and prosperity of the surviving dinosaurs. She is currently dating Owen Grady and, alongside him, is a guardian and adoptive parent of Maisie Lockwood. She is Karen Mitchell's younger sister and Zach and Gray's aunt.
Claire is one of the main protagonists of the Jurassic World Trilogy and is portrayed on screen and in expanded media by American actress Bryce Dallas Howard.