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Danes was born in [[Manhattan]] to Christopher Danes, a computer consultant and former [[architecture|architectural]] photographer, and Carla, a day care provider, painter, and [[textile]] designer who would later serve as Claire's manager. Danes has described her background as being "as [[WASP]]y as you can get";<ref>http://www.clairedanes.com/print/movieline1295.html</ref> her paternal grandfather, Gibson A. Danes, was the [[dean]] of the art and architecture school at [[Yale University]].<ref>http://americanwaymag.com/aw/travel/celebrated.asp?archive_date=10/15/2005</ref><ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E0CE2D81430F934A35751C1A964958260</ref> She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from [[Oberlin College]] and works as a litigation attorney for the law firm of [[Paul Hastings]].
Danes was born in [[Manhattan]] to Christopher Danes, a computer consultant and former [[architecture|architectural]] photographer, and Carla, a day care provider, painter, and [[textile]] designer who would later serve as Claire's manager. Danes has described her background as being "as [[WASP]]y as you can get";<ref>http://www.clairedanes.com/print/movieline1295.html</ref> her paternal grandfather, Gibson A. Danes, was the [[dean]] of the art and architecture school at [[Yale University]].<ref>http://americanwaymag.com/aw/travel/celebrated.asp?archive_date=10/15/2005</ref><ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E0CE2D81430F934A35751C1A964958260</ref> She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from [[Oberlin College]] and works as a litigation attorney for the law firm of [[Paul Hastings]].


Danes attended the [[Dalton School]] in [[New York City]], the [[Professional Performing Arts School]] in [[New York City]],<ref>http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26</ref> and the exclusive private high school ''[[Lycée Français de Los Angeles]]'' in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In [[1998]], Danes went to [[Yale University]] (her father's alma mater; her grandfather Gibson Danes was former dean of Yale's School of Art and Architecture).<ref>http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26</ref> After studying for two years as a psychology major, she dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.
Danes attended the [[Dalton School]] in [[New York City]], the [[Professional Performing Arts School]] in [[New York City]],<ref>http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26</ref> and the exclusive private high school ''[[Lycée Français de Los Angeles]]'' in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In [[1998]], Danes went to [[Yale University]] (her father's alma mater). <ref>http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26</ref> After studying for two years as a psychology major, she dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.


===Career===
===Career===

Revision as of 14:48, 10 August 2007

Claire Danes
Claire Danes in Toronto for a MuchOnDemand in promotion of Stardust.
Born
Claire Catherine Danes

Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress.

Biography

Early life

Danes was born in Manhattan to Christopher Danes, a computer consultant and former architectural photographer, and Carla, a day care provider, painter, and textile designer who would later serve as Claire's manager. Danes has described her background as being "as WASPy as you can get";[1] her paternal grandfather, Gibson A. Danes, was the dean of the art and architecture school at Yale University.[2][3] She has a brother, Asa, who graduated from Oberlin College and works as a litigation attorney for the law firm of Paul Hastings.

Danes attended the Dalton School in New York City, the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City,[4] and the exclusive private high school Lycée Français de Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. In 1998, Danes went to Yale University (her father's alma mater). [5] After studying for two years as a psychology major, she dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.

Career

Danes is perhaps most famous for bringing Angela Chase to life 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. Her first role in an animated feature came in 1999 with the English version of Princess Mononoke. During the same year, she took the lead role in Brokedown Palace, alongside Kate Beckinsale and Bill Pullman.

In 2002, Danes starred opposite Susan Sarandon and Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down. She later co-starred as Meryl Streep's daughter in the Oscar-nominated The Hours, with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The following year, she was cast in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines; and Stage Beauty, in 2004. She earned critical acclaim in 2005 when she starred in Steve Martin's Shopgirl alongside Martin and Jason Schwartzman, and in The Family Stone opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton. In 2007, Danes will appear in the fantasy epic Stardust opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, and Sienna Miller, and in The Flock, opposite Richard Gere.

Danes appeared in Off-Broadway plays including Happiness, Punk Ballet, and Kids On Stage, in which she choreographed her own solo dance. She also wrote the introduction to Neil Gaiman's Death: The Time of Your Life. Danes also auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns before the role went to Kate Bosworth.

In March 2007, Danes appeared with Patrick Wilson in a television commercial for the Gap in which the pair dances to the song "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Danes has recently appeared onstage at Manhattan's PS122, an iconic avant-garde performance space, in a series of dance pieces by the choreographer Tamar Rogoff. Danes made her stage debut at PS122 as a child.[6]

Starting in September, Danes will make her Broadway debut in the revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion starring as Eliza Doolittle.[7]

Personal life

After meeting at her birthday party, she and Australian singer Ben Lee dated for almost six years, but their relationship ended in 2003. She dated her Stage Beauty and Princess Mononoke co-star Billy Crudup, but the pair split in December 2006. Additionally, she has dated Andrew Dorff, actor Stephen Dorff's younger brother, and Matt Damon. Danes stated on the 27 June 2007 episode of Late Show with David Letterman that she is dating Evening co-star Hugh Dancy.

Due to her "teen angst" roles in My So Called Life and Romeo + Juliet, Claire became a sort of sex symbol for punk rock youth in the late 1990s. She was the inspiration of songs by The Ataris (My So Called Life,Clara), Nice Guys Finish Last (My So Called Strife) and Size 14 (Claire Danes Poster). Additionally, the Ataris wrote a song expressing disdain for her then-boyfriend Ben Lee (Ben Lee, You Suck).

Controversy

In 1998, just after the filming of Brokedown Palace in Manila, she was quoted in Vogue (magazine) as saying that Manila was a "ghastly and weird city".[8] She further remarked in Premiere (magazine) that the city, "smelled of cockroaches, with rats all over and that there is no sewage system and the people do not have anything -- no arms, no legs, no eyes".[8] Kim Atienza, son of then-Mayor of Manila, Lito Atienza, responded to the comments by saying that, "those are irresponsible, bigoted and sweeping statements that we cannot accept".[8] Her films were subsequently banned from being screened in the Philippines.[9] Joseph Estrada, then-President of the Philippines, condemned her publicly,[10] and she was declared persona non grata.[11] Shortly after the incident, Danes issued an apology in Entertainment Weekly to the City of Manila.[9]

Filmography

Film

Television

Commercials

Music videos

Guest appearances

References

  1. ^ http://www.clairedanes.com/print/movieline1295.html
  2. ^ http://americanwaymag.com/aw/travel/celebrated.asp?archive_date=10/15/2005
  3. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E0CE2D81430F934A35751C1A964958260
  4. ^ http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26
  5. ^ http://www.superiorpics.com/claire_danes/ retrieved 2007-07-26
  6. ^ http://gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17797233&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=569332&rfi=15
  7. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7c9ed1f39ae6e304cb860de66c8eeb45
  8. ^ a b c "Claire Danes no thrilla for Manila". 1998-09-23. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  9. ^ a b "Claire Danes apologizes for Manila criticism". 1998-10-12. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  10. ^ Tacio, Henrylito D. (2006-08-26). "Filmed in the Philippines". Retrieved 2007-07-28.
  11. ^ "Manila Is Mad At Claire Danes". 1998-10-01. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
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