Claire Danes
Acting
Born: April 12, 1979 (age 47) · Manhattan, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Stardust
2007
Homeland
2011
The Hours
2002
The Rainmaker
1997
Little Women
1994
The Family Stone
2005
U Turn
1997
Law & Order
1990
Les Misérables
1998
Master of None
2015
Photos (14)
Movies (30)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Kate Brewster
Stardust
Yvaine
Romeo + Juliet
Juliet
The Rainmaker
Kelly Riker
Little Women
Beth March
U Turn
Jenny
The Hours
Julia Vaughan
Les Misérables
Cosette
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
The Family Stone
Julie Morton
Brokedown Palace
Alice Marano
Shopgirl
Mirabelle
The Flock
Allison Lowry
How to Make an American Quilt
Young Glady Joe
The Mod Squad
Julie Barnes
Brigsby Bear
Emily
Evening
Ann Grant
Igby Goes Down
Sookie
Home for the Holidays
Kitt Larson
As Cool as I Am
Lainee Diamond
Me and Orson Welles
Sonja Jones
Stage Beauty
Maria
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Rachel Lewis
It's All About Love
Elena
A Kid Like Jake
Alex Wheeler
The Rage in Placid Lake
Girl at Seminar
Polish Wedding
Hala
I Love You, I Love You Not
Daisy / Young Nana
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
Georgia O'Keeffe (voice)
Dreams of Love
Edith Lammers
TV Shows (13)
Law & Order
Tracy Brandt · 1 eps
Homeland
Carrie Mathison · 96 eps
The Colbert Report
1 eps
Portlandia
Joan · 1 eps
The Beast in Me
Agatha 'Aggie' Wiggs · 8 eps
Master of None
Nina · 1 eps
My So-Called Life
Angela Chase · 19 eps
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Rachel Fleishman · 8 eps
The American Revolution
Abigail Adams (voice) · 6 eps
Full Circle
Sam Browne · 6 eps
The Essex Serpent
Cora Seaborne · 6 eps
The City
1 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Biography
Self · 1 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self · 1 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
In Vogue: The 90s
Self · 6 eps
art21
Herself - Host · 4 eps
Skip Intro
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self - Narrator (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
Teen Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps