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