Claire is the adopted daughter of Noah Bennet (HRG). Claire discovered she had amazing healing abilities and was soon targeted by the evil Sylar.
Overview
Claire was a typical teenage cheerleader, she was popular and pretty and even smart. Claire soon discovered that healed at an extraordinary rate and could not break bones, get burned or harm her body in any way. She only told her friend, Zack and after school they would go shoot videos or her jumping off towers or getting hit by a car and never getting hurt. She soon found out that there is a place on her head that if got anything impaled in it she would die but if it were removed she would come back to life.She realized her life was full of lies when she found out her dad was not a paper factory worker but a man that would track down people with powers and tag them like animals, even doing experiments on some. Even though that was his job he would never let anything harm his adopted daughter Claire. Claire finds out her mom is a women who can create and control fire. When Claire was a baby her and her mom where in a fire, Claire's mom survived because of her power but was grief stricken thinking her daughter died in the fire.
Claire found out where she lived and told her mom of her powers and tried to find out who her father was. Claire's father ended up being a congressional candidate who had the power to fly, but could not afford the press or the public to find out he had a child out of wedlock because it would cause to much scandal. She ends up being a big part in trying to save New York from being blown up and ends up helping a lot.
Generations
The Bennet's have now moved to Costa Verde, California, and have changed their last name to Butler. She finds a friend in a boy named West, after he sees her cut of her pinky toe. West has the ability to fly, and shortly after, they begin to date, without H.R.G. knowing. She also joins her new schools cheer leading squad.
In "Cautuionary Tales" Claire is kidnapped by Bob. She was traded for Elle Bishop, Bob's daughter, who had been kidnapped by Mr. Bennet and West. When West tries to escape with Claire, they are shot down by Elle. Claire regenerates and gets up, and as West flies her away, H.R.G. is shot. In the next episode, he his revealed to be back alive, as he was revived by Claire's regenerative blood. Claire scatters what she believes are her fathers ashes. She notices Elle watching, and threatens Elle by saying she's going to expose her powers to everyone. She is convinced not to do this by Mr. Bennet, who is sent by the Company to stop her.
Villains
Whilst packing up to move house, Claire sees a newsflash on TV showing the assassination of his father, Nathan Petrelli. Claire calls Peter to see if Nathan was okay and Claire told Peter that he wanted to go there and help with her blood. Peter tells her to stay at home. Claire does so but she finally decides to go to Odessa to help his father, just as Claire opens the door, Sylar appears. Sylar chases Claire but Claire eventually stabs him. The wounded Sylar then uses his teleknesis to pin Claire on the wall. Sylar then examines Claire's brain to "learn" how to use her ability. Sylar finally gains it but Claire asks him why didn't he kill her, Sylar then told her that she is special and she couldn't be killed even if he wanted to kill her.
When Claire's mother returns home, she finds out what happens and starts to clear up the house. Claire helps but Sandra then realises that Claire cut her self with so glass. Claire then tells her that she couldn't feel any pain from the cut and that something was wrong with her. Claire tells Sandra that the pain was something she would always crave for, she tells Sandra that it was the only way she knows she was still human. Claire then tests her new ability on a train track but just before the train hits her, Peter flies in a saves her.
Claire tells Peter what happened to her and she asks Peter to help her and teach her how to use her abilities but Peter refuses claiming that something could go wrong and it changes everything, Peter goes and Claire was left thinking... When Claire was home, she finds her father, HRG looking at some information, HRG then tells her that some villains has escaped from Level 5 of the Company facility. Claire tells HRG that she wants to help but HRG wouldn't let her do that and later, HRG sends Claire's biological mother, Meredith Gordan to protect her in case any of the villains goes to the Bennet house. Claire then tells Sandra that she's not going to school and instead, she will find and capture the villains. Meredith tells her that she will train her but instead, she asked her why she wanted to do. Claire originally said that she wanted to help people but at the end, Claire finally revealed that she only wanted to hurt Sylar and to have revenge on what he has done to her.
Claire later lies about a cheerleader meeting and she goes in search of one of the vilains that escaped from Level 5, HRG then goes with Sylar to capture the villain that Claire was also finding. When Claire and HRG was together, HRG told the villain to kill Sylar and he would let him go. The villain refuses to do that and kills himself instead. Claire then sees HRG as a user and stops talking to him. When Claire goes back home, she learns that Meredith has gone after another villain thinking that Claire was in danger. Sandra and Claire then goes to the villain's lair to rescue Meredith.
After successfully capturing the villain, Claire finds that the Bennet house's lights were malfuntioning. Claire goes inside to see what has happened and she finds her brother, Lyle lying on the floor. He the tells her that Elle has returned, Claire then tries to throw Elle out of the house but Elle tells Claire that she has a problem with her ability. Elle tells Claire that she no longer has control over her ability and that HRG was the only person who could help her, Claire later feels sorry for her and goes with her to Pinehearst searching for answers to Elle's problems, as well as hers. When Claire and Elle was on the plane there, they both had a argument and Elle loses control over her ability causing the plane to fly unsteadily.Claire tells Elle to hold on to her and the electricity coming from Elle gets channeled through Claire and it stops effecting the plane. When Claire and Elle arrive at Pinehearst, Peter, suddenly falls from the building. Peter tells Claire that he wasn't healing anymore because his father took his abilties. Elle hears that his ability was taken away so she thinks that they can help her. Elle apoligises to Claire and Peter and she runs in the building searching for answers. Claire then takes Peter in and treats his injuries Peter gained from the fall. Claire then gets reunited with his biological father, Nathan, when he comes to visit Peter...
Powers
Claire has the ability of spontaneous regeneration or cellular rapid regeneration, meaning she can heal from any injury. She has healed from jumping out of a tall building, chopping of her pinky toe being autopsied. Her most well known stunt though is when she jumps off an old oil rig.
