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Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American film, television, and theater actress.

Early life

Danes was born in Manhattan to Chris Danes (a computer consultant and former architectural photographer) and Carla (a day care provider, painter, and textile designer who would later serve as Claire's manager). She attended the Dalton School. She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from Oberlin College and works as a litigation attorney for the law firm of Paul Hastings. Danes attended the exclusive private high school Le Lycee Francais De Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, and later attended Yale University (her father's alma mater) for two years as a psychology major, starting in 1998. She dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.

Career

Danes is perhaps most famous as Angela Chase in the 1994 television drama series My So-Called Life, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy nomination, followed by her role as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

Her first role in an animated feature came in 1999 with the English version of Princess Mononoke. During the same year, she took the lead role in Brokedown Palace, alongside Kate Beckinsale and Bill Pullman.

She cites Meryl Streep as a mentor and major influence in her acting.

Danes was also considered for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but wasn't available to screen test for the part because she was too busy filming The Family Stone. The role went to Kate Bosworth.

In 2002, Danes starred opposite Susan Sarandon and Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down. She later co-starred as Meryl Streep's daughter in the Oscar-nominated The Hours, with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The following year, she was cast in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines; and Stage Beauty, in 2004. She earned critical acclaim in 2005 when she starred in Steve Martin's Shopgirl alongside Martin and Jason Schwartzman, and in The Family Stone opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton. In 2007, Danes will appear in the fantasy epic Stardust opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, and Sienna Miller, and in The Flock, opposite Richard Gere.

Danes appeared in Off-Broadway plays including Happiness, Punk Ballet, and Kids On Stage, in which she choreographed her own solo dance.

She also wrote the introduction to Neil Gaiman's Death: The Time of Your Life.

In March 2007, Danes appeared with Patrick Wilson in a television commercial for the Gap in which the pair dances to the song "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

Personal life

After meeting at her birthday party, she and Australian singer Ben Lee dated for almost six years, but their relationship ended in 2003. She dated her Stage Beauty and Princess Mononoke co-star Billy Crudup, but the pair split in December 2006. Tabloid photographs have her recently linked Danes to Evening co-star Hugh Dancy.

She has dated Andrew Dorff, actor Stephen Dorff's younger brother.

Filmography

Film

* Dreams of Love (1990)
* Little Women (1994) - Beth March
* How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Young Glady Jo Cleary
* Home for the Holidays (1995) - Kitt Larson
* I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) - Daisy/Young Nana
* William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Juliet Capulet
* To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) - Rachel Lewis
* Princess Mononoke (1997) - San (voice)
* U Turn (1997) - Jenny
* The Rainmaker (1997) - Kelly Riker
* Les Misérables (1998) - Cosette
* Polish Wedding (1998) - Hala
* The Mod Squad (1999) - Julie Barnes
* Brokedown Palace (1999) - Alice Marano
* Igby Goes Down (2002) - Sookie Sapperstein
* The Hours (2002) - Julia Vaughn
* It's All About Love (2003) - Elena
* The Rage In Placid Lake (2003) - Girl at Seminar
* Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - Kate Brewster
* Stage Beauty (2004) - Maria
* Shopgirl (2005) - Mirabelle Buttersfield
* The Family Stone (2005) - Julie Morton
* The Flock (2007) - Allison (Completed)
* Stardust (2007) - Yvaine (Post production)
* Evening (2007) - Young Ann (Post-production)

Television

* My So-Called Life (1994) - Angela Chase

Music Videos

* Soul Asylum - Just Like Anyone (1995) - Unnamed Angel

Guest appearances

* Law & Order (1992) - Tracy Brandt
* Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1994) - Katie Leiter
* The Jon Stewart Show (1994) - Herself
* Late Show with David Letterman (1995) - Herself
* The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1997) - Herself
* The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997) - Herself
* Saturday Night Live (1997) - Herself
* Late Show with David Letterman (1998) - Herself
* The Charlie Rose Show (1999) - Herself
* Fanatic (1999) - Herself
* The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999) - Herself
* Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999) - Herself
* HBO First Look (2003) - Herself
* Electric Playground (2003) - Herself
* Tinseltown TV (2003) - Herself
* Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (2004) - Herself
* The Charlie Rose Show (2004) - Herself
* Sunday Morning Shootout (2004) - Herself
* Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004) - Herself
* Corazon de... (2005) - Herself
* Magacine (2005) - Herself
* Late Show with David Letterman (2005) - Herself

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