Claire Danes Biography (1979-)

Full name, Claire Catherine Danes; born April 12, 1979, in New York, NY; daughter of Chris (an architectural photographer and computer consultant) and Carla (a textile designer and schoolteacher) Danes. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825; United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: The Firm, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 212, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, West Tower, Beverly Hills, 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: April 12, 1979; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Dreams of Love, 1992
30 (short film), 1993
Beth March, Little Women, Columbia, 1994
Lou, Dead Man's Jack, Columbia University, 1994
Young Glady Joe Cleary, How to Make an American Quilt, Universal,1995
Kitt "Kitten" Larson, Home for the Holidays, PolyGram, 1995
Lisa, The Pesky Suitor, 1995
Daisy/young nana, I Love You, I Love You Not, Miramax, 1996
Rachel Lewis, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, TriStar, 1996
Juliet, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (also known as Romeo and Juliet and Romeo + Juliet), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
(English-language version) Voice of San, the Princess Mononoke, Mononoke Hime, 1997, released as The Princess Mononoke, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1999
Jenny, U Turn (also known as U Turn--Ici commence l'enfer),Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Kelly Riker, The Rainmaker (also known as John Grisham's The Rainmaker), Paramount, 1997
Hala Pzoniak, Polish Wedding, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1998
Cosette, Les miserables, Columbia, 1998
Julie Barnes, The Mod Squad, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
Alice Marano, Brokedown Palace, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999

Sookie Sapperstein, Igby Goes Down, United Artists, 2002
Julia Vaughan, The Hours, Paramount, 2002
Elena, It's All about Love, Focus Features, 2003
Kate Brewster, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (also known as T3 and Terminator 3-Der Aufstand der Maschinen), Warner Bros., 2003
Television Appearances
Series
Angela Chase, My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994-1995
Voice of Amphithea, Hercules (animated; also known as Disney'sHercules), 1998
Specials
Katie Leiter, More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter (also known as The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter), HBO, 1994
Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
The ShoWest Awards, 1997
The 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards, 1997
Herself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 1999
Intimate Portrait: Eve Ensler, Lifetime, 2003
Episodic
Tracy Brandt, "Skin Deep," Law and Order, NBC, 1992
The Late Show with David Letterman, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,2003
Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002
TRL, MTV, 2003
Also appeared in The Entertainment Business, Bravo; Lifestories: Families in Crisis.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Appeared in the Soul Asylum music video "Just Like Anyone."

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 4, Gale Group, 1999

Periodicals

Interview, January, 1995, p. 68
People Weekly, October 3, 1994, pp. 131-33; November 18, 1996, p.70; October 12, 1998, p. 11
Teen, August, 1997, p. 86

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