Claire Danes

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.

Filmography

• Pushers Needed (2005)
• The Family Stone (2005) - Julie Morton
• Shopgirl (2004) - Mirabelle Buttersfield
• Stage Beauty (2004) - Maria
• ' (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)