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