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Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979 in New York City) is an American film actress. She had her breakthrough as protagonist Angela Chase in the groundbreaking 1994 teenage drama series My So-Called Life, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy nomination. Afterwards she turned down the female lead in Titanic, but shortly afterward starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996). When she was 9 she decided to start taking acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Studio. For many years, she and Australian singer Ben Lee had been dating, but their relationship ended in 2003. She is now dating Billy Crudup, who co-stared with her on Stage Beauty .Height: 5ft 5 1/2 in (1.66 m), Weight: 110-120 lb (50-54 kg)
Hair: Dark blonde; Eyes: Grey-green
1 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 CollegeOberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, founded in 1833, with a student population of approximately 3,000. It is home to the Oberlin Conservatory, a distinguished music school. Oberlin is frequently recognized as one of the best graduate, NFP organization)
2 Off-Broadway
"Happiness"
"Punk Ballet"
"Kids On Stage" (she choreographed her own solo dance)
3 Selected filmography
- My So-Called Life (1994 series)
- Little WomenLittle Women is an 1868 autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters (from oldest to youngest: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) growing up during the American Civil War. BooksEnthsiast.com It has been adapted as a film m (1994)
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996)
- Princess MononokePrincess Mononoke ( Mononoke Hime 1997) is a Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki. It is set in medieval Japan, and centres on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who need its resources, as seen by the outsider A (1997) (voice)
- The RainmakerThe Rainmaker is a 1956 film which tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff, who falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine H (1997)
- Les MisérablesLes Miserables is an 1862 novel by the famous French novelist Victor Hugo, set in the Parisian underworld. Many people know of it through the musical of the same name. Plot Overview Les Miserables is the story of many people, but the thread that binds the (1998)
- Igby Goes Down (2002)
- The HoursThe Hours can refer to: Michael Cunningham's Novel Stephen Daldry's Movie Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway working title Hours is also the name of a commune in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement in France. (2002)
- (2003)
- Stage Beauty (2004)
- Shopgirl (2004)
- Flora Plum (2004)
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