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Claire Danes
Actress
Female
Born
Apr 12, 1979
Age
34
Hometown
Manhattan
Other Names
Danes, Claire Cat...
Claire Catherine Danes is an American television, stage, and film actress. She has appeared in roles such as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Cosette in Les Mis%C3%A9rables, as Yvaine in Stardust, and as… Read More
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Claire Danes
Age 34
parents
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Christopher DanesFather, Age 69 -
Carla DanesMother, Age 67
siblings
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Asa DanesBrother
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1979
Birth
Born on April 12, 1979.
TEENAGE
Danes first leading role on the big screen came in 1996.

1998
19 Years Old
In 1998, she played several very different roles: Cosette in Bille August's film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables, and the pregnant teenage daughter of Polish immigrants (played by Gabriel Byrne and Lena Olin) in Polish Wedding.
TWENTIES

1999
20 Years Old
In 1999, she made her first appearance in an animated feature with the English version of Princess Mononoke.
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2004
25 Years Old
The following year, she was cast in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, followed by 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.

2006
27 Years Old
Their relationship ended in 2006 and Danes began dating her Evening co-star, Hugh Dancy.

In 2007, Danes appeared in the fantasy Stardust, which she described as a "classic model of romantic comedy", with Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, and Sienna Miller, the drama Evening, and appeared in The Flock, opposite Richard Gere.
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THIRTIES

In 2010, Danes starred in the HBO production of Temple Grandin, a biopic about the eponymous autistic woman.

2011
32 Years Old
As of 2011, Danes stars as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland in which she plays an agent of the CIA who, unbeknownst to her employer, is a person with bipolar disorder.
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She won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series for her performance.
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