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.
Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
Georgia O'Keeffe (voice)
2024
Full Circle
Sam Browne · (6 episodes)
2023
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Rachel Fleishman · (8 episodes)
2022
The Essex Serpent
Cora Seaborne · (6 episodes)
2022
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
A Kid Like Jake
Alex Wheeler
2018
Brigsby Bear
Emily
2017
Master of None
Nina · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (4 episodes)
2014
As Cool as I Am
Lainee Diamond
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Homeland
Carrie Mathison · (96 episodes)
2011
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Portlandia
Joan · (1 episode)
2011
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
2010
The City
(1 episode)
2008
Me and Orson Welles
Sonja Jones
2008
Stardust
Yvaine
2007
The Flock
Allison Lowry
2007
Evening
Ann Grant
2007
The Family Stone
Julie Morton
2005
Shopgirl
Mirabelle
2005
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
Seamless
Self
2005
Stage Beauty
Maria
2004
Working Shakespeare
(5 episodes)
2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Kate Brewster
2003
The Rage in Placid Lake
Girl at Seminar
2003
It's All About Love
Elena
2003
The Hours
Julia Vaughan
2002
Igby Goes Down
Sookie
2002
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Herself - Host · (4 episodes)
2001
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Brokedown Palace
Alice Marano
1999
Teen Choice Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1999
The Mod Squad
Julie Barnes
1999
Les Misérables
Cosette
1998
Polish Wedding
Hala
1998
The Rainmaker
Kelly Riker
1997
U Turn
Jenny
1997
Romeo + Juliet
Juliet
1996
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Rachel Lewis
1996
I Love You, I Love You Not
Daisy / Young Nana
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Home for the Holidays
Kitt Larson
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Young Glady Joe
1995
The Pesky Suitor
Lisa
1995
Little Women
Beth March
1994
My So-Called Life
Angela Chase · (19 episodes)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
(1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Law & Order
Tracy Brandt · (1 episode)
1990
Biography
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
The Emmy Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1949
The Beast in Me
Aggie Wiggs · (1 episode)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
1944