Claire Bennet (Hayden Panetierre)On the surface Claire Bennet seems like your average all-American teen: pretty, blond, cheerleader at her high school in Odessa, TX.Her father Noah Bennet works at a nearby paper company, her mother Sandra is a stay at home mom who loves her little yippy dog and her younger brother Lyle is a source of annoyance.But Claire discovers that she has an unnatural gift: she can heal herself no matter the injury. Fall from a great height, run over by a car, shot, spike of wood through the head, it does not matter, Claire's body will heal itself very quickly. She is very confused by this regenerative power and has taken to videotaping this phenomenon.Claire was adopted by Noah and Sandra and has expressed interest in meeting her biological parents, especially in light of this strange new phenomenon she is experiencing. Her parents, especially her father, are resistant to this idea.Although she is understandably obsessed with her newfound power, Claire is also a regular teen in some ways, petulant, impulsive, rebellious, interested in boys, and bickering with her younger brother. She is, however, determined to understand how she has come to have this power especially since it seems to have attracted the attention of someone who wants to kill her.