Claire Danes
Known for Acting · 77 credits
- Born
- 1979-04-12 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Claire Catherine Danes
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
TV Shows (38)
Law & Order
1990
as Tracy Brandt
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Homeland
2011
as Carrie Mathison
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Conan
2010
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Portlandia
2011
as Joan
Biography
1987
as Self
Master of None
2015
as Nina
The Beast in Me
2025
as Agatha 'Aggie' Wiggs
My So-Called Life
1994
as Angela Chase
The American Revolution
2025
as Abigail Adams (voice)
Full Circle
2023
as Sam Browne
Today
1952
as Self
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022
as Rachel Fleishman
The Essex Serpent
2022
as Cora Seaborne
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Working Shakespeare
2003
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Skip Intro
2026
as Self - Guest
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
1992
art21
2001
as Herself - Host
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
The City
2008
The Spot
Lovesick
as Annika
Movies (39)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
as Kate Brewster
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Juliet
Stardust
2007
as Yvaine
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
The Family Stone
2005
as Julie Morton
Brokedown Palace
1999
as Alice Marano
Temple Grandin
2010
as Temple Grandin
The Flock
2007
as Allison Lowry
Brigsby Bear
2017
as Emily
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Young Glady Joe
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Kitt Larson
Shopgirl
2005
as Mirabelle
Evening
2007
as Ann Grant
Igby Goes Down
2002
as Sookie
Stage Beauty
2004
as Maria
A Kid Like Jake
2018
as Alex Wheeler
Me and Orson Welles
2008
as Sonja Jones
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
1996
as Rachel Lewis
As Cool as I Am
2013
as Lainee Diamond
It's All About Love
2003
as Elena
The Mod Squad
1999
as Julie Barnes
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
Polish Wedding
1998
as Hala
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996
as Daisy / Young Nana
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
2024
as Georgia O'Keeffe (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
as Self
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Rage in Placid Lake
2003
as Girl at Seminar
Seamless
2005
as Self
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
The Pesky Suitor
1995
as Lisa
Dreams of Love
1992
as Edith Lammers
About 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 nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama… With 77 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Claire Danes has appeared in 39 films and 38 TV shows.
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Most Popular Claire Danes Movies
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) — as Kate Brewster
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) — as Juliet
- Stardust (2007) — as Yvaine
- Little Women (1994) — as Beth March
- The Rainmaker (1997) — as Kelly Riker
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