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Birthday: Apr 12, 1979
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA

Claire Danes

Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life. The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women (1994). Her other films include Home for the Holidays (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke (1997), The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Shopgirl (2005), Stardust (2007), and A Kid Like Jake (2018). From 1998 to 2000, Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting. She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion. In 2010, she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO television film Temple Grandin, which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. From 2011 to 2020, she starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Kate Brewster 2003
Romeo + Juliet Juliet 1996
The Hours Julia Vaughan 2002
U Turn Jenny 1997
Stardust Yvaine 2007
Shopgirl Mirabelle 2005
Les Misérables Cosette 1998
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday Rachel Lewis 1996
Evening Ann Grant 2007
How to Make an American Quilt Young Glady Joe 1995
The Rainmaker Kelly Riker 1997
The Family Stone Julie Morton 2005
Home for the Holidays Kitt Larson 1995
Me and Orson Welles Sonja Jones 2008
It's All About Love Elena 2003
Temple Grandin Temple Grandin 2010
Little Women Beth March 1994
Stage Beauty Maria 2004
Igby Goes Down Sookie 2002
The Flock Allison Lowry 2007
Polish Wedding Hala 1998
I Love You, I Love You Not Daisy / Young Nana 1996
The Mod Squad Julie Barnes 1999
Brokedown Palace Alice Marano 1999
As Cool as I Am Lainee Diamond 2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease Self 2012
A Child's Garden of Poetry Self - Narrator (voice) 2011
A Concert for Hurricane Relief Self - Presenter 2005
Seamless Self 2005
Brigsby Bear Emily 2017
A Kid Like Jake Alex Wheeler 2018
Geoffrey Beene 30 1993
The Pesky Suitor Lisa 1995
The Rage in Placid Lake Girl at Seminar 2003
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction Self - Narrator (voice) 2019
Series Cast Year
Law & Order Tracy Brandt 1990
Homeland Carrie Mathison 2011
My So-Called Life Angela Chase 1994
The Daily Show Self 1996
Today Self 1952
The Early Show Self 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
The Essex Serpent Cora Seaborne 2022
The Colbert Report 2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
The City 2008
Lifestories: Families in Crisis 1992
The Oscars Self 1953
The Emmy Awards Self 1949
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
Master of None Nina 2015
art21 Herself - Host 2001
Fleishman Is in Trouble Rachel Fleishman 2022
Portlandia Joan 2011
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Teen Choice Awards Self - Nominee 1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Full Circle Sam Browne 2023
The Beast in Me Aggie Wiggs 1970
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self 1993
Conan Self 2010
Biography Self 1987
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