Claire Danes

Acting · Born 1979-04-12 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Hours as Julia Vaughan
• Stardust as Yvaine
• Les Misérables as Cosette
• The Rainmaker as Kelly Riker
• Temple Grandin as Temple Grandin
• Little Women as Beth March
• Brigsby Bear as Emily
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Kate Brewster
• Romeo + Juliet as Juliet
• U Turn as Jenny

TV

• My So-Called Life as Angela Chase
• Law & Order as Tracy Brandt
• Homeland as Carrie Mathison
• The Daily Show as Self
• Today as Self
• The Early Show as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
• The Essex Serpent as Cora Seaborne
• The Colbert Report
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self