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Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Known for ActingBorn 1979-04-12 (age 47)Manhattan, New York, USA
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Teen Choice Awards9.1
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Teen Choice Awards

1999 · Series

In Vogue: The 90s8.7
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In Vogue: The 90s

2024 · Series

Temple Grandin7.9
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Temple Grandin

2010 · Movie

The Pesky Suitor
8.0
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The Pesky Suitor

1995 · Movie

Dreams of Love8.0
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Dreams of Love

1992 · Movie

Homeland7.6
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Homeland

2011 · Series

My So-Called Life7.6
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My So-Called Life

1994 · Series

Master of None7.4
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Master of None

2015 · Series

The Beast in Me7.2
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The Beast in Me

2025 · Series

Fleishman Is in Trouble7.2
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Fleishman Is in Trouble

2022 · Series

The Emmy Awards7.9
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The Emmy Awards

1949 · Series

Stardust7.3
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Stardust

2007 · Movie

Conan7.2
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Conan

2010 · Series

The Hours7.3
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The Hours

2002 · Movie

Brigsby Bear7.1
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Brigsby Bear

2017 · Movie

Little Women7.3
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Little Women

1994 · Movie

Late Night with Conan O'Brien7.3
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Series

Law & Order7.3
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Law & Order

1990 · Series

Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction7.0
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Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction

2019 · Movie

Les Misérables7.2
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Les Misérables

1998 · Movie

Portlandia6.9
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Portlandia

2011 · Series

The Rainmaker7.0
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The Rainmaker

1997 · Movie

The Colbert Report6.9
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The Colbert Report

2005 · Series

The Essex Serpent6.6
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The Essex Serpent

2022 · Series

Romeo + Juliet6.8
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Romeo + Juliet

1996 · Movie

Full Circle6.5
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Full Circle

2023 · Series

Stage Beauty6.6
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Stage Beauty

2004 · Movie

Saturday Night Live6.9
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Saturday Night Live

1975 · Series

Golden Globe Awards7.2
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Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Series

Igby Goes Down6.6
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Igby Goes Down

2002 · Movie

U Turn6.6
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U Turn

1997 · Movie

The Rage in Placid Lake6.5
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The Rage in Placid Lake

2003 · Movie

Biography6.7
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Biography

1987 · Series

The Oscars7.0
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The Oscars

1953 · Series

Me and Orson Welles6.4
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Me and Orson Welles

2008 · Movie

Brokedown Palace6.4
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Brokedown Palace

1999 · Movie

The Daily Show6.4
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The Daily Show

1996 · Series

The Family Stone6.3
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The Family Stone

2005 · Movie

How to Make an American Quilt6.4
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How to Make an American Quilt

1995 · Movie

The Early Show6.3
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The Early Show

1999 · Series

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines6.2
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003 · Movie

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert6.1
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

Home for the Holidays6.2
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Home for the Holidays

1995 · Movie

A Kid Like Jake6.0
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A Kid Like Jake

2018 · Movie

The City6.0
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The City

2008 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon5.8
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

The American Revolution5.7
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The American Revolution

2025 · Series

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA6.0
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The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

1995 · Series