News✓ Trusted
Listen to ‘The Odyssey’ Audiobook Narrated By Claire Danes, Dan Stevens, Ian McKellen, Before Watching New Film
Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes
Get notified whenever this star has news
2026-07-16
What happened to Claire Danes today?
No new stories today yet — we check every few minutes.
Browse by day
Who is this?
Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012 and 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Danes first gained recognition for starring in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and receiving a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut in the same year in Little Women (1994), and gained wider fame for starring in the romance Romeo + Juliet (1996). Danes has since appeared in The Rainmaker (1997), Brokedown Palace (1999), The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Shopgirl (2005), and Stardust (2007). She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 revival of Pygmalion. In 2010, Danes portrayed the title character in the HBO film Temple Grandin for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. From 2011 to 2020, she starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She has since starred in the Apple TV series The Essex Serpent (2022), the FX on Hulu series Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022) and the Netflix series The Beast in Me (2025).
Career
- 1979Born
- 1994Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
- 2010Won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- 2010Won Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- 2010Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- 2010Won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Manhattan
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: film actor, stage actor, television actor, actor
- •Spouse: Hugh Dancy
What happened recently
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes reveals how she had to venture into ‘some dark places’ for her role in ‘The Beast in Me’
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes on Her 'Guttural Sob' Making “Romeo + Juliet ”and the Lesson She Learned From Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Don't Eff Around'
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Reveals Lesson She Learned From Leonardo DiCaprio While Making 'Romeo + Juliet'
News✓ Trusted
“Claire, We Don’t Do That”: People Are Praising Leonardo DiCaprio For The Lifesaving Warning He Gave 17-Year-Old Claire Danes On The Set Of “Romeo + Juliet”
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes’ Two Favorite Scenes in ‘The Beast of Me’ Have One Key Thing in Common: Facing Off with Matthew Rhys
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Says She ‘Initially Resents’ Physical Transformations for Acting Roles
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes recalls the serious warning Leonardo DiCaprio gave her on the set of 'Romeo + Juliet'
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes’ shocking ‘Romeo + Juliet’ moment with Leonardo DiCaprio still haunts her
News✓ Trusted
‘You Mastered the Guttural Sob’: Claire Danes and Richard Gadd on Body Transformations, Acting Nerves and Moving Past ‘Baby Reindeer’
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes reveals her surprising personal connection to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Shares Her Thoughts On Body Transformations For Acting: 'I Don't Know If It's Ever Been Necessary For Me To Transform In Such An Extreme Way'
News✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Says Leonardo DiCaprio Told Her Not to Play With Prop Guns on ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Set: ‘Claire, We Don’t Do That’
News✓ Trusted
Carrie Coon, Chase Infiniti, Claire Danes, Kerry Washington, Rhea Seehorn and Sarah Pidgeon at the THR Drama Actress Roundtable
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Recalls Meeting Carolyn Bessette a 'Number of Times', Tells Sarah Pidgeon What She Thought of“ Love Story”
News✓ Trusted
Does Anybody Ever “Make It?”: Chase Infiniti, Rhea Seehorn and Claire Danes on the Drama Actresses Roundtable
News✓ Trusted
Matthew Rhys Reunites with 'The Beast in Me' Co-Stars Claire Danes & Brittany Snow at ATAS Event
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes Explains Why She Felt ‘Shame’ Getting Pregnant With 3rd Child at Age 44
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys Say 'The Beast In Me's Cat-and-Mouse Dynamic Is Why They Keep Returning To The Spies-In-Peril Genre: "It's the Best Thing To Play"
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy's 3 Children: Everything the Actors Have Said About Parenting
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes in ‘The Beast in Me’ Trailer Turns a Johnny Cash Lyric on Its Head
bing-news✓ Trusted
Claire Danes has found a buyer for her lovely NYC home after 2 months for sale
'%2F%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D'100'%20y%3D'130'%20font-family%3D'-apple-system%2Csans-serif'%20font-size%3D'80'%20font-weight%3D'900'%20fill%3D'white'%20text-anchor%3D'middle'%3EY%C5%AA%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E){kind=small}
