Profile of Claire Danes on Famous Like Me

Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979 in New York City) is an American film actress. She is perhaps most famous as "Angela Chase" in the 1994 television drama series My So-Called Life for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy nomination, followed by her role as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. After attending the highly elite private school The Dalton School in New York City, Danes graduated from Yale in 2002.

For a number of years she and Australian singer Ben Lee dated, but their relationship ended in 2003. She is now dating Billy Crudup, who left his common-law spouse, actress Mary Louise Parker who was 8 months pregnant with their child, for Danes, with whom he co-starred in Princess Mononoke and Stage Beauty.

Claire Danes was banned from the philippines in 1999 for making rude remarks about the country upon filming Brokedown Palace.

Height: 5ft 5 1/2 in (1.66 m), Weight: 110-120 lb (50-54 kg) Hair: Dark blonde; Eyes: Grey-green

Her family

• Mother: Carla Danes (day care provider, painter, textile designer, Claire's manager)
• Father: Chris Danes (computer consultant, former architectural photographer)
• Brother: Asa Danes (Oberlin College graduate, NFP organization)

Off-Broadway

Danes has appeared in Off-Broadway plays, including "Happiness," "Punk Ballet," and "Kids On Stage," in which she choreographed her own solo dance.

Filmography

• The Flock (2006)
• Pushers Needed (2005)
• The Family Stone (2005) - Julie Morton
• Shopgirl (2005) - Mirabelle Buttersfield
• Stage Beauty (2004) - Maria
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - Kate Brewster
• The Rage In Placid Lake (2003) - Girl at Seminar
• It's All About Love (2003) - Elena
• The Hours (2002) - Julia Vaughn
• Igby Goes Down (2002) - Sookie Sapperstein
• Brokedown Palace (1999) - Alice Marano
• The Mod Squad (1999) - Julie Barnes
• Polish Wedding (1998) - Hala
• Les Misérables (1998) - Cosette
• The Rainmaker (1997) - Kelly Riker
• U Turn (1997) - Jenny
• Princess Mononoke (1997) (voice)
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) - Rachel Lewis
• Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Juliet Capulet
• Home for the Holidays (1995) - Kitt Larson
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Young Glady Jo Cleary
• Little Women (1994) - Beth March
• Dreams of Love (1990)

Television

• My So-Called Life (1994 series) - Angela Chase

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