Claire Danes
Name
Claire Danes
Birth Date
April 12, 1979
Birth Place
New York
Birth Name
Claire Catherine Danes
Education
Yale University (1998)
Nationality
American
Occupation
Actress
Relationship
Ben Lee (Australian; musician; dating as of 1997), Matt Damon (actor; dated during filming of The Rainmaker), Andrew Dorff (younger brother of actor
Best Known As
Angela Chase on TV's My So-Called Life

Claire Danes

A native New Yorker, Danes was encouraged to pursue her interest in acting by artistic parents and began studying modern dance at age six. By age nine, she was taking weekend acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, later starting her performing career on the off-off-Broadway stage with supporting roles in "Happiness", "Punk Ballet" and "Kids on Stage," even choreographing a solo dance piece for the latter. At age 11, Danes made her film acting debut portraying a molested child in "Dreams of Love" (released 1992), a student short from director Jeffrey Mueller and executive producer Milos Forman. Read the full Claire Danes Biography »

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