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Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Acting

April 12, 1979 (47 years old)
Manhattan, New York, USA
Female
39 Movies
45 TV Shows

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.

Homeland
Homeland

Homeland

2011 7.6

as Carrie Mathison

Age 32 (now 47)
96 eps
Stardust
Stardust

Stardust

2007 7.3

as Yvaine

Age 28 (now 47)
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996 6.8

as Juliet

Age 17 (now 47)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003 6.2

as Kate Brewster

Age 24 (now 47)
Homeland
Homeland

Homeland

2011 7.6

Executive Producer

Age 32 (now 47)
36 eps
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin

2010 7.9

as Temple Grandin

Age 30 (now 47)
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997 7.0

as Kelly Riker

Age 18 (now 47)
Homeland
Homeland

Homeland

2011 7.6

Producer

Age 32 (now 47)
24 eps
Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace

Brokedown Palace

1999 6.4

as Alice Marano

Age 20 (now 47)
Little Women
Little Women

Little Women

1994 7.3

as Beth March

Age 15 (now 47)
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1998 7.2

as Cosette

Age 19 (now 47)
Homeland
Homeland

Homeland

2011 7.6

Co-Executive Producer

Age 32 (now 47)
12 eps
Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004 6.6

as Maria

Age 25 (now 47)
Evening
Evening

Evening

2007 5.8

as Ann Grant

Age 28 (now 47)
The Family Stone
The Family Stone

The Family Stone

2005 6.3

as Julie Morton

Age 26 (now 47)
Shopgirl
Shopgirl

Shopgirl

2005 5.8

as Mirabelle

Age 26 (now 47)