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

art21
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