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Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Acting
Born: Apr 12, 1979
From: Manhattan, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Brigsby Bear Emily 2017 7.106
As Cool as I Am Lainee Diamond 2013 5.8
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease Self 2012 2.0
A Child's Garden of Poetry Self - Narrator (voice) 2011 4.0
Temple Grandin Temple Grandin 2010 7.844
Me and Orson Welles Sonja Jones 2008 6.369
Stardust Yvaine 2007 7.288
Evening Ann Grant 2007 5.8
The Flock Allison Lowry 2007 5.643
Shopgirl Mirabelle 2005 5.78
The Family Stone Julie Morton 2005 6.3
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast Self - Presenter 2005 2.0
Seamless Self 2005 5.286
Stage Beauty Maria 2004 6.646
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Kate Brewster 2003 6.2
It's All About Love Elena 2003 5.478
The Hours Julia Vaughan 2002 7.252
Igby Goes Down Sookie 2002 6.579
The Mod Squad Julie Barnes 1999 4.414
Brokedown Palace Alice Marano 1999 6.437
Les Misérables Cosette 1998 7.212
Polish Wedding Hala 1998 5.071
U Turn Jenny 1997 6.637
The Rainmaker Kelly Riker 1997 7.02
Romeo + Juliet Juliet 1996 6.779
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday Rachel Lewis 1996 5.484
I Love You, I Love You Not Daisy / Young Nana 1996 5.181
How to Make an American Quilt Young Glady Joe 1995 6.407
Home for the Holidays Kitt Larson 1995 6.246
Little Women Beth March 1994 7.275
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1979
FromManhattan, New York, …