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.

Cast

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

(Kate Brewster)

Romeo + Juliet

(Juliet)

The Hours

(Julia Vaughan)

U Turn

(Jenny)

Stardust

(Yvaine)

Shopgirl

(Mirabelle)

Les Misérables

(Cosette)

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

(Rachel Lewis)

Evening

(Ann Grant)

How to Make an American Quilt

(Young Glady Joe)

The Rainmaker

(Kelly Riker)

The Family Stone

(Julie Morton)

Home for the Holidays

(Kitt Larson)

Me and Orson Welles

(Sonja Jones)

It's All About Love

(Elena)

Temple Grandin

(Temple Grandin)

Little Women

(Beth March)

Stage Beauty

(Maria)

Igby Goes Down

(Sookie)

The Flock

(Allison Lowry)

Polish Wedding

(Hala)

I Love You, I Love You Not

(Daisy / Young Nana)

The Mod Squad

(Julie Barnes)

Brokedown Palace

(Alice Marano)

As Cool as I Am

(Lainee Diamond)

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

(Self)

A Child's Garden of Poetry

(Self - Narrator (voice))

A Concert for Hurricane Relief

(Self - Presenter)

Seamless

(Self)

Brigsby Bear

(Emily)

A Kid Like Jake

(Alex Wheeler)

Geoffrey Beene 30

The Pesky Suitor

(Lisa)

The Rage in Placid Lake

(Girl at Seminar)

Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Law & Order

(Tracy Brandt)

Homeland

(Carrie Mathison)

My So-Called Life

(Angela Chase)

The Daily Show

(Self)

Today

(Self)

The Early Show

(Self)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Essex Serpent

(Cora Seaborne)

The Colbert Report

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self - Guest)

The City

Lifestories: Families in Crisis

The Oscars

(Self)

The Emmy Awards

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self)

Master of None

(Nina)

art21

(Herself - Host)

Fleishman Is in Trouble

(Rachel Fleishman)

Portlandia

(Joan)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Teen Choice Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Full Circle

(Sam Browne)

The Beast in Me

(Aggie Wiggs)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self)

Conan

(Self)