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Known For
Actor
Occupations
Actor, Stage actor
Birthday
(Thursday)
Nationality
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Spouse
Hugh Dancy (2009)
Partner
Billy Crudup
Children
3 children: Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy
Education
Lycée Français de Los Angeles, HB Studio, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Grace Hopper College
Zodiac Sign
♈ Aries
Chinese Zodiac
羊 Goat
Name Origin
English < French < Latin (Clara)
Popularity
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Screen debut
First screen credit at age 15
Notable
First credit at age 15 -- appeared in first film as a teenager
Year context
Born in 1979 -- Iranian Revolution; Three Mile Island nuclear accident; Jimmy Carter was US president
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Career
Career spanning 31 years (1994-2025)
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Filmography (23)
AWARDS (22)
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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
2013
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2013
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TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
2012
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Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
2012
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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.
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Claire Danes was born in Manhattan, New York, USA.
What movies or shows has Claire Danes been in?
Claire Danes has 23 credits in our database. Notable titles include The Beast in Me (2025), Full Circle (2023), Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022), The Essex Serpent (2022), Les Misérables (2019).
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