Claire Danes is an in-demand American theater, film and television actress. The television series "Homeland" brought her special fame, but the main role in the full-length film "Romeo + Juliet" allowed Claire to become famous. The actress is the winner of the Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild of the USA.
In Manhattan, which is part of New York, Claire Catherine Danes was born in 1979. Her date of birth: April 12. Father - Christopher - was a programmer. The mother of a girl named Karla was directly related to art. She was an artist and designer, and also for some time ran an amateur theater studio for children and teenagers, in which Claire began her acting career.
Claire Danes biography
Claire began to develop her acting talent in early childhood. And at the age of six she became very interested in dancing. Therefore, the parents sent the girl to a dance studio.
When Claire went to get her education at school, she was already serious about becoming a famous actress in the future. In her teens, Claire studied in a drama club and performed on the stage in amateur productions. At the same time, as a schoolgirl, Claire was able to enter a prestigious theater studio under the direction of Lee Strasberg. In order to study there, Claire and her family moved to Los Angeles.
It is worth noting that Claire Danes managed to change several schools. She was first educated at the Dalton School, which was in New York. But then she was transferred to a closed - private - educational institution with an acting bias, located in California Los Angeles.
Despite the fact that Claire decided to become an actress as a child, after receiving a school certificate, she passed the entrance exams and was enrolled at Yale University. Moreover, the girl chose the Faculty of Psychology for herself. However, Claire did not succeed in graduating from a higher educational institution. She studied at the university for two years, and then took the documents, deciding to come to grips with the development of her acting career.
Actor career
The filmography of the actress, popular today, has more than forty different projects. Claire Danes managed to star in full-length films and various TV series, as well as work on short films. In addition, in 2011 she was involved as a voice actress in the television project "Kindergarten of Poetry". She also produced sixty episodes of the rating series Motherland, which has been on the screens since 2011.
It should be noted that Claire's acting career is not limited to working in front of the cameras. Danes is a highly sought after theater actress. Initially on the stage, she made her debut as a dancer, but in 2007 she performed one of the roles in the play "Pygmalion", which was staged on Broadway.
The first work on television for Claire was her participation in the filming of the series Law & Order. Then in 1993 followed a role in the project "Geoffrey Beene 30".
In 1995, Claire got her first roles in feature films. She starred in the movie Home for the Holidays and in the movie Patchwork.
In 1996, the movie "Romeo + Juliet" was released. After this film, Claire became a really popular and famous actress, because in the film she got the main female role.
In subsequent years, the artist's filmography was replenished with numerous projects in film and television. Claire Danes can be seen in such films as "The Turn", "Les Miserables", "Ruined Palace".
In 2002, the audience was shown the full-length film "The Watch", in which Claire was lucky to work with Nicole Kidman herself. Danes played the role of a character named Julia Vaughan in this film. A year later, the film "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" was released, which consolidated the success of the actress.
The next works on the set for Claire were such projects as "Hello Family!", "Flock", "Stardust". And in 2010, the popular actress was invited to play the lead role in the new television series Rodina, the first episodes of which began airing in 2011. This project was very warmly received by the audience and film critics. And he still has very high ratings.
Claire Danes' last film work to date is the film A Guy Like Jake. The actress in this project again had the honor to play the main role. The film was released in 2018.
Personal life, love, relationships
Claire Danes got married in 2009. Her husband was Hugh Dancy, who is an actor by profession. In 2012, the couple had their first child - a boy named Cyrus Michael Christopher. And at the end of the summer of 2018, a second son was born in the family.
