Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Date of Birth
12 April 1979, New York City, New York, USA

Height
5' 5?" (1.66 m)

Mini Biography
New Yorker Claire Danes is the youngest daughter of Carla, a day-care provider and artist and Christopher, a computer consultant and photographer. She has an older brother named Asa. She was educated at Dalton School, New York, The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, The Professional Performing Arts School and Lyc?e Français de Los Angeles. From 1998, she attended Yale University, studying psychology, but dropped out after two years to concentrate on her acting career.

Danes first came to major public attention when she appeared as "Angela Chase" in "My So-Called Life" (1994). She won an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award for this performance. A successful film career followed, including the role of "Juliet", opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996). After making Brokedown Palace (1999), Danes took a break from her acting career to complete her education at Yale. She returned to the screen in 2002 and continued acting in such varied project as The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Stardust (2007).

In 2010, she appeared in the HBO Production, Temple Grandin (2010) (TV), playing the title character. She received huge critical acclaim for the role, and won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance.

**azt129** · 19th November 2009, 13:41

She still looks great. Thanks!

**sing** · 19th November 2009, 14:43

Hope some X-Rays of her dress will be out there soon! Thank you.

**FF-W** · 19th November 2009, 18:15

thanks kaneda and jimaroon, she looks fine at this event

**burberry** · 20th November 2009, 08:23

DAMN.

burberry

CB · 24th November 2009, 12:41

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Actress Claire Danes attends a screening of "Me And Orson Welles" hosted by the Cinema Society, Screenvision and Brooks Brothers at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on November 23, 2009 in New York City.

**sing** · 24th November 2009, 13:37

Gorgeous, thank you.

**jimaroon** · 25th November 2009, 14:48

CB · 15th January 2010, 14:13

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 14: Actress Claire Danes of "Temple Grandin" speaks during the HBO portion of the 2010 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel on January 14, 2010 in Pasadena, California.

**jimaroon** · 17th January 2010, 18:35

**axolotl** · 19th January 2010, 16:51

CB · 27th January 2010, 12:35

NEW YORK - JANUARY 26: Actress Claire Danes attends the premiere of "Temple Grandin" at the Time Warner Screening Room on January 26, 2010 in New York City.

**sing** · 27th January 2010, 13:52

Gorgeous, looking hot, thank you.

CB · 21st February 2010, 20:24

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 21: Actress Claire Danes attends the Orange British Academy Film Awards 2010 at the Royal Opera House on February 21, 2010 in London, England.

**jimaroon** · 23rd February 2010, 14:08

@ The ELLE Style Awards at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London - February 22 (MQ)

**axolotl** · 4th March 2010, 08:10

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