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Aliases: Claire Catherine Danes , 클레어 데인즈 , Клэр Дэйнс , 克萊兒·丹妮絲

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Tracy Brandt
Homeland
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8

Homeland

(2011) Carrie Mathison
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
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6

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

(2003) Kate Brewster
Romeo + Juliet
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7

Romeo + Juliet

(1996) Juliet
Stardust
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7

Stardust

(2007) Yvaine
Little Women
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7

Little Women

(1994) Beth March
How to Make an American Quilt
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6

How to Make an American Quilt

(1995) Young Glady Joe
The Rainmaker
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7

The Rainmaker

(1997) Kelly Riker

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Sam Browne
2022 Rachel Fleishman
Cora Seaborne
2019 Self - Narrator (voice)
2018 Alex Wheeler
2017 Emily
2015 Nina
Self
Self
2014 Self
Self
2013 Lainee Diamond
2012 Self
2011 Carrie Mathison
N/A
Joan
2010 Self
Temple Grandin
2008 N/A
Sonja Jones
2007 Yvaine
Allison Lowry
Ann Grant
2005 Julie Morton
Mirabelle
N/A
Presenter
Herself
2004 Maria
2003 Kate Brewster
Girl at Seminar
Elena
2002 Julia Vaughan
Sookie
2001 Herself - Host
1999 Self
Alice Marano
Julie Barnes
1998 Cosette
Hala
1997 Kelly Riker
Jenny
1996 Juliet
Rachel Lewis
Daisy / Young Nana
Self
1995 Kitt Larson
Young Glady Joe
Lisa
1994 Beth March
Angela Chase
1993 Self - Guest
N/A
1992 N/A
N/A
1990 Tracy Brandt
1975 Self - Host
1953 Self
1952 Self
1949 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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