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 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.
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
![Full Circle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mXjyayWXwALW9hRiJj4TLzlilaZ.jpg)
Full Circle
![Fleishman Is in Trouble](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dds2HufhMRTgQW8kOWlpVbXVvo1.jpg)
Fleishman Is in Trouble
![The Essex Serpent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lSVygN5ZLmSMycBTe94umdKfTSd.jpg)
The Essex Serpent
![Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lQ9djtldiq2riWzFf3MGwb7PHa8.jpg)
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction
![A Kid Like Jake](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xb0lsEUyytspi7fo1ggDybRvZVK.jpg)
A Kid Like Jake
![Brigsby Bear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9QepAxHR9am4nKWZqIDpIQjuB5.jpg)
Brigsby Bear
![Master of None](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AcJM86PhgHAfbrF4dMKBaqO3cHV.jpg)
Master of None
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![The Late Late Show with James Corden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPmVoG8G9tc1nN8ZwGV2zYcknit.jpg)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
![Variety Studio: Actors on Actors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pgWZXYG0gTKkwRH9pTxoscFmq4H.jpg)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![As Cool as I Am](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/izoKkDJCbYhIkrPzpCcwrqg2K90.jpg)
As Cool as I Am
![Ben Lee: Catch My Disease](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2cyQSbQW1cLCUogXyWB74Eph0dD.jpg)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
![Homeland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GAvS2e6VIRsms9FpVt33PsCoEW.jpg)
Homeland
![A Child's Garden of Poetry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gKTfUSDFmicmeyPxh8MY41VNSOB.jpg)
A Child's Garden of Poetry
![Portlandia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pfaxCP6YqlFHCL3QytnTanwRTL5.jpg)
Portlandia
![Conan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oQxrvUhP3ycwnlxIrIMQ9Z3kleq.jpg)
Conan
![Temple Grandin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gQhQ6yEkUkDDo1zugpq46PJN8xZ.jpg)
Temple Grandin
![The City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pqeYIa5QcWwM27GOs0x7zlKQPKG.jpg)
The City
![Me and Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jU7KFn4O1HLgzj9WkkmBkzJNPlN.jpg)
Me and Orson Welles
![Stardust](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7zbFmxy3DqKYL2M8Hop6uylp2Uy.jpg)
Stardust
![The Flock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nE68AUtN7QX2xieiqJTQlQecjft.jpg)
The Flock
![Evening](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6l5Waw4UN8PwSZsqpF9E9hM5BHl.jpg)
Evening
![The Family Stone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hC3dVZz0c0JSlxOss6kedDOcVlu.jpg)
The Family Stone
![Shopgirl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mEpnYHytC1MuLECf4N0g4Xql2t8.jpg)
Shopgirl
![The Colbert Report](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pn2CVXjOlR8kY5MgOTJjZ71IM0Q.jpg)
The Colbert Report
![A Concert for Hurricane Relief](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bJivxYQW1TpBcuQVo5h4ddpDAYP.jpg)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
![Stage Beauty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q3rTkp6d8NG2dPdb3Ert3C0YojK.jpg)
Stage Beauty
![Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qAnafzrd9Y5pVTWAP0tSDDMPzTR.jpg)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
![The Rage in Placid Lake](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bwJCynrOg4Xr4k8Fi0TBAWZjPru.jpg)
The Rage in Placid Lake
![It's All About Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3XivsYM9XJJvHtMS0x1hE2KpKw1.jpg)
It's All About Love
![The Hours](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4myDtowDJQPQnkEDB1IWGtJR1Fo.jpg)
The Hours
![Igby Goes Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uZnVVsdbR0fUkME4JFlfcchePS2.jpg)
Igby Goes Down
![art21](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fMVfKcLmaJMjM92cj1Yx1eKeOoo.jpg)
art21
![The Early Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iJvwr7kL0Q7BtrYC38KQ5baPw7g.jpg)
The Early Show
![Brokedown Palace](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pWxoggA0KCS5oMPDOjIDYZYzryE.jpg)
Brokedown Palace
![Teen Choice Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3q900BNcKbe3GHga4RVxSnoiqP4.jpg)
Teen Choice Awards
![The Mod Squad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7c20VEblNKkDiBuA6bE6kbeHqHa.jpg)
The Mod Squad
![Les Misérables](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3TOgmlIY8X3WjIjvU7Z0jqeNkyU.jpg)
Les Misérables
![Polish Wedding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/36De1BxBBzXyJ1eYVQlIoTUIwQm.jpg)
Polish Wedding
![The Rainmaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/twLGHXPjQtS8UyVGp5GXmhJiTM7.jpg)
The Rainmaker
![U Turn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lffvjJU8j7RLfz1SJVMfrn2wH6i.jpg)
U Turn
![Romeo + Juliet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9bNWSxn4HQp49ASIObF61m2WY8X.jpg)
Romeo + Juliet
![To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7HGWS6WlsPzBsB7NG5JM4P8NrIv.jpg)
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
![I Love You, I Love You Not](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aesZ94JtQFiVdvNFNbO5CSeWms2.jpg)
I Love You, I Love You Not
![The Daily Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ixcfyK7it6FjRM36Te4OdblAq4X.jpg)
The Daily Show
![Home for the Holidays](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3zqlKdOttWyExzopVxglz50Vjxq.jpg)
Home for the Holidays
![How to Make an American Quilt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vwYRaERccwXWCYrTzeWRZRarJOo.jpg)
How to Make an American Quilt
![Little Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1ZzH1XMcKAe5NdrKL5MfcqZHHsZ.jpg)
Little Women
![My So-Called Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kuyxEBpuAYdfHqfzip2Y6UYRI2C.jpg)
My So-Called Life
![Late Night with Conan O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJZ1rhLLFpatuAeylJoUI82DKC7.jpg)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
![The Tonight Show with Jay Leno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xAFMZ3wFIEXTISryRZD94AAvWng.jpg)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars
![Today](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xlWdasY9oYg3OO5VTNqlPFftgya.jpg)
Today
![The Emmy Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/guW6wHjF0eVOfsS7NEfq2ZWSLDm.jpg)
The Emmy Awards