Claire Catherine Danes is a renowned American actress, born on April 12, 1979. Her impressive career has been marked by numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time magazine recognized her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Danes first gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The same year, she made her film debut in Little Women (1994),a critically acclaimed adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Throughout her career, Danes has appeared in a wide range of films, including 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).
Prior to her film career, Danes attended Yale University from 1998 to 2000, where she studied anthropology. However, she eventually dropped out to pursue her passion for acting. She made her Off-Broadway debut in an adaptation of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and later made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion, playing the iconic role of Eliza Doolittle.
One of Danes' most notable performances came in 2010, when she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO television film Temple Grandin. Her portrayal earned her a second Golden Globe Award and her first Primetime Emmy Award for 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.
