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Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Actor · Born April 12, 1979 (47) · Manhattan, New York, USA

3 Primetime Emmys · 4 Golden Globes · 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards · 2 other major award bodies

Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life. The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women (1994). Her other films include Home for the Holidays (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke (1997), The Hours (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Shopgirl (2005), Stardust (2007), and A Kid Like Jake (2018). From 1998 to 2000, Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting. She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion. In 2010, she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO television film Temple Grandin, which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. From 2011 to 2020, she starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 12, 1979 (47)
From
Manhattan, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Claire Danes' films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Bonds
29%
Morality
15%
Society
9%
Survival
9%
Ideas
7%
Power
3%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 14 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 15 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 16 of 24 analyzed roles.

Hero
16 of 24
Ally
5 of 24
Shadow
2 of 24
Herald
1 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Melancholic
18
Contemplative
12
Bittersweet
12
Warm
8
Other
35

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Claire Danes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Claire Danes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

49 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 33 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The American Revolution(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Abigail Adams (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Beast in Me(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Agatha 'Aggie' Wiggs

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light(2024)

    as Georgia O'Keeffe (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Full Circle(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sam Browne

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Fleishman Is in Trouble(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Rachel Fleishman

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Essex Serpent(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cora Seaborne

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • A Kid Like Jake(2018)

    as Alex Wheeler

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Brigsby Bear(2017)

    as Emily

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Master of None(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Nina

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • As Cool as I Am(2013)

    as Lainee Diamond

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Homeland(2011)

    Show 96 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer · Producer · as Carrie Mathison

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Portlandia(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Joan

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Temple Grandin(2010)

    as Temple Grandin

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Me and Orson Welles(2008)

    as Sonja Jones

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Stardust(2007)

    as Yvaine

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Flock(2007)

    as Allison Lowry

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Evening(2007)

    as Ann Grant

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Family Stone(2005)

    as Julie Morton

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Shopgirl(2005)

    as Mirabelle

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Stage Beauty(2004)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Working Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003)

    as Kate Brewster

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Rage in Placid Lake(2003)

    as Girl at Seminar

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • It's All About Love(2003)

    as Elena

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Hours(2002)

    as Julia Vaughan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Igby Goes Down(2002)

    as Sookie

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Brokedown Palace(1999)

    as Alice Marano

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Mod Squad(1999)

    as Julie Barnes

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Les Misérables(1998)

    as Cosette

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Polish Wedding(1998)

    as Hala

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Rainmaker(1997)

    as Kelly Riker

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • U Turn(1997)

    as Jenny

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Romeo + Juliet(1996)

    as Juliet

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday(1996)

    as Rachel Lewis

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • I Love You, I Love You Not(1996)

    as Daisy / Young Nana

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Home for the Holidays(1995)

    as Kitt Larson

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • How to Make an American Quilt(1995)

    as Young Glady Joe

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Pesky Suitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Lisa

  • Little Women(1994)

    as Beth March

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • My So-Called Life(1994)

    Show 19 episodes · as Angela Chase

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Geoffrey Beene 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Lifestories: Families in Crisis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Dreams of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Edith Lammers

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Tracy Brandt

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Lovesick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Annika

  • The Families Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Julie Morton

  • The Spot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 49 titles, 46 of them dated from 1990 to 2025; peak year 1997.

Biggest box office

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

$433M worldwide

Highest rated

Temple Grandin (2010)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Homeland (2011)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19902025

Peak 1997 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 20 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 3 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting49 of 49: 46 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thProducing3 of 49: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

49 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s18 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s7 · 7 acting · 1 crew2020s6 · 6 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 29% of 28 roles
949904

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

3 Primetime Emmys, 4 Golden Globes and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards from 35 major nominations, 1995–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
  2. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
  3. 2021
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Drama Series
  4. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
  5. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  6. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  7. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  8. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2011
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  2. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
  3. 2003
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  4. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Claire Danes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

A Kid Like Jake (2018)

65th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Temple Grandin (2010)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Claire Danes' work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles7–77 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles18–70 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles12–76 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles25–48 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles17–65 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Claire Danes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Claire Danes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hugh Dancy shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles