Claire Danes
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Law & Order
Tracy Brandt
1990
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Homeland
Carrie Mathison
2011
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self
1993
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
The Beast in Me
Agatha 'Aggie' Wiggs
2025
Series
Portlandia
Joan
2011
Series
The Essex Serpent
Cora Seaborne
2022
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Kate Brewster
2003
Series
In Vogue: The 90s
Self
2024
Series
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Rachel Fleishman
2022
Series
Full Circle
Sam Browne
2023
Series
Biography
Self
1987
Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
Film
Romeo + Juliet
Juliet
1996
Series
Master of None
Nina
2015
Series
Today
Self
1952
Film
Stardust
Yvaine
2007
Series
The American Revolution
Abigail Adams (voice)
2025
Series
My So-Called Life
Angela Chase
1994
Film
Little Women
Beth March
1994
Series
art21
Herself - Host
2001
Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Film
The Rainmaker
Kelly Riker
1997
Film
The Family Stone
Julie Morton
2005
Film
The Hours
Julia Vaughan
2002
Film
Brokedown Palace
Alice Marano
1999
Series
The City
2008
Film
Les Misérables
Cosette
1998
Film
U Turn
Jenny
1997
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Young Glady Joe
1995
Film
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
2010
Series
Working Shakespeare
2003
Series
Skip Intro
Self - Guest
2026
Film
The Flock
Allison Lowry
2007
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
Brigsby Bear
Emily
2017
Film
Igby Goes Down
Sookie
2002
Film
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Film
The Mod Squad
Julie Barnes
1999
Film
Me and Orson Welles
Sonja Jones
2008
Film
Evening
Ann Grant
2007
Film
Shopgirl
Mirabelle
2005
Film
Home for the Holidays
Kitt Larson
1995
Film
As Cool as I Am
Lainee Diamond
2013
Film
Stage Beauty
Maria
2004
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
1992
Film
A Kid Like Jake
Alex Wheeler
2018
Film
It's All About Love
Elena
2003
Film
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Rachel Lewis
1996
Film
The Rage in Placid Lake
Girl at Seminar
2003
Film
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
The Spot
Film
Polish Wedding
Hala
1998
Film
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
2007
Lovesick
Annika
Film
I Love You, I Love You Not
Daisy / Young Nana
1996
Seamless
Self
2005
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Film
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
2025
Film
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Film
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
Georgia O'Keeffe (voice)
2024
Film
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
The Pesky Suitor
Lisa
1995
Film
Dreams of Love
Edith Lammers
1992
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999