Claire Danes
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
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.
Born
Apr 12, 1979
Manhattan, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
39 acting
0 crew
Popularity
3.8
Known For
Stardust
2007
as Yvaine
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
as Kate Brewster
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Juliet
Little Women
1994
as Beth March
The Rainmaker
1997
as Kelly Riker
Les Misérables
1998
as Cosette
The Hours
2002
as Julia Vaughan
U Turn
1997
as Jenny
Brokedown Palace
1999
as Alice Marano
Temple Grandin
2010
as Temple Grandin
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