- Was unable to reprise the role of Jennifer Parker, Marty McFly's girlfriend in the sequels to Back to the Future (1985) because her mother had been diagnosed with cancer.
- In 1988 she dropped out of acting. Had a baby in 1995 and returned to acting in 1996 for independent film Still Waters Burn (2008).
- Is probably best remembered as Jennifer, the girlfriend of Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly, in Back to the Future (1985). She was replaced in the sequels by Elisabeth Shue. Claudia shares a birthday with Huey Lewis who wrote and perform the score for that movie.
- Has a trained operatic voice.
- As of 1994 she was the owner/manager of "Armani Wells" men's clothing store at 14543 Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, California, just 3 miles (4½Km) from the health food store owned by Julie Richman's parents in Valley Girl (1983).
- Twenty-six years after first portraying the character in Back to the Future (1985), she reprised her role as Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future: The Game (2010) and Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition (2015). With the exception of Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox, she is the only actor to appear in any of the three "Back to the Future" films to reprise her role in the game.
- According to a 2015 interview for "Star Tracks" on Radio Bavaria International / HillValley.de, the name Wells is an acting name she came up with when she was 12--no relation to H.G. Wells, his great grandson Simon Wells, or Vernon Wells.
- Has a son named Sebastian.
- Her family is Ashkenazi Jewish (from Germany, Czechia, and Russia). She became a born-again Christian at a young age.
- Her family moved to San Francisco, California when she was a few weeks of age.
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