| Birth Name | Claire Catherine Danes |
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| Birth | Born on 1979-04-12 at New York City, New York United States |
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| Height | 5' 5 1/2" |
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| Sex | F |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Profession | Actress |
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| Education | The Lee Strasberg Studio (majored in Acting) The Professional Performing Arts School in New York Yale University (1998) |
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| Relationships | Billy Crudup (actor; born on July 8, 1968) Ben Lee (Australian; musician; born on September 11, 1978; dated in 1997) Matt Damon (actor; born on October 8, 1970; dated in 1997) Andrew Dorff (younger brother of Stephen Dorff; dated in 1995) |
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| Father | Chris Danes (computer consultant, former architectural photographer) |
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| Mother | Carla Danes (day care provider, painter, textile designer, Claire's manager |
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| Brothers | Asa Danes (Oberlin College graduate, not-for-profit organizer) |
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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. Danes attended the highly elite privat ..
Claire Danes's Biography |
| Quote: "I was intimidated. There was the accent, the period of the film, and I had to act badly. I kept laughing during those scenes because I was god-awful. I've worked so hard to be good, and now I had to work even harder to be bad." [on 'Stage Beauty'] More Quotes | | Trivia: Broke up with Ben Lee after beginning a relationship with Billy Crudup More Trivia | | Claire Danes Photo Gallery | | Contact Claire Danes |
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