Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Birthdate
April 12, 1979 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
April 12, 1979 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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 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.

Claire Danes's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Hours
The Hours
Julia Vaughan
A Kid Like Jake
A Kid Like Jake
Alex Wheeler

Acting (64)

The Beast in Me as Aggie Wiggs
2023
Full Circle as Sam Browne (6 episodes)
2022
Fleishman Is in Trouble as Rachel Fleishman (8 episodes)
2022
The Essex Serpent as Cora Seaborne (6 episodes)
2019
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
A Kid Like Jake as Alex Wheeler
2017
Brigsby Bear as Emily
2015
Master of None as Nina (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (2 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (4 episodes)
2013
As Cool as I Am as Lainee Diamond
2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
2011
Homeland as Carrie Mathison (96 episodes)
2011
A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Portlandia as Joan (1 episode)
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
Temple Grandin as Temple Grandin
2008
The City (1 episode)
2008
Me and Orson Welles as Sonja Jones
2007
Stardust as Yvaine
2007
The Flock as Allison Lowry
2007
Evening as Ann Grant
2005
The Family Stone as Julie Morton
2005
Shopgirl as Mirabelle
2005
The Colbert Report (1 episode)
2005
A Concert for Hurricane Relief as Self - Presenter
2005
Seamless as Self
2004
Stage Beauty as Maria
2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Kate Brewster
2003
The Rage in Placid Lake as Girl at Seminar
2003
It's All About Love as Elena
2002
The Hours as Julia Vaughan
2002
Igby Goes Down as Sookie
2001
art21 as Herself - Host (4 episodes)
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Brokedown Palace as Alice Marano
1999
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1999
The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
1998
Les Misérables as Cosette
1998
Polish Wedding as Hala
1997
The Rainmaker as Kelly Riker
1997
U Turn as Jenny
1996
Romeo + Juliet as Juliet
1996
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday as Rachel Lewis
1996
I Love You, I Love You Not as Daisy / Young Nana
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1995
Home for the Holidays as Kitt Larson
1995
How to Make an American Quilt as Young Glady Joe
1995
The Pesky Suitor as Lisa
1994
Little Women as Beth March
1994
My So-Called Life as Angela Chase (19 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1993
Geoffrey Beene 30
1992
Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Tracy Brandt (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self (1 episode)

Production (2)

The Beast in Me • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2011
Homeland • Producer (1 episode)
• Producer (1 episode)