- Source of Wealth: Film, Televisio, Theater
- Age: 40
- Birth Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Height: 1.66 m (5′ 5″)
- Weight: 119 lbs (54 kg)
- Marital Status: Married (Hugh Dancy)
- Full Name: Claire Catherine Danes
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: April 12, 1979
- Ethnicity: German, English, Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, Austrian/Croatian
- Occupation: Actress
- Education: Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Yale University
- Children: 1 (Cyrus Michael Christopher)
Claire Danes is an American actress who has an estimated net worth of $25 million. Born Claire Catherine Danes on April 12, 1979 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, Claire begun her career in her mid-teens and gained recognition for her work from a popular TV show, My So-called Life, where she played the role of Angela Chase. Unfortunately, the show was canceled, but this did not bring her acting career to a standstill.
She also appeared in another TV series Homeland. Since then, Claire has been featured in a number of movies. She played the role of Juliet in the movie Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. She also played the following roles: Temple Grandin in the well-known HBO television film Temple Grandin, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Yvaine in the film Stardust. She has also appeared in other movies such as Shopgirl, Igby Goes Down, Brokedown Palace, Stage Beauty, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and It’s All About Love. She has also made a number of guest appearances on Greg Giraldo, Simon Cowell (Show #0683) as well as the Claire Danes/Maria Carey (Show #1935).
Throughout her acting career, Claire Danes has received three Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She was also named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2012 while she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.