Known as: Claire
Danes
Real Name: Claire Catherine Danes
Date of Birth: April 12, 1979
Place of Birth: New York, N.Y., USA
Sign: Aries
Education: Completed high school diploma with tutor; has deferred
enrollment to Yale
Occupation: Actress
Claire Catherine
Danes was born and grew up in the artsy SoHo district in New
York City with her parents, Carla and Chris Danes, and her older
brother, Asa. Claire's mother, Carla is a painter and a teacher.
Her father, Chris is a computer consultant. When Claire was
six she began studying modern dance, and she still does it.
At nine, she took an acting class at the Lee Strasberg Studio.
In sixth and seventh grade she attendend the Professional Performing
Arts School in NY. She likes spending time on her school studies,
especially the humanities and science. She's also interested
in surfing while living in Los Angeles. She lives in NY and
has a cat named Fifi-Champion. In fall of 1999, Claire started
attending Yale University. She is taking a semester off in fall
2000 to start shooting Flora Plum.
Claire's first true
love was Stephen Dorff's brother, Andrew Dorff in 1996. When
they broke up, she was heart-broken. In 1997, Claire's friend,
Winona Ryder introduced Claire to Aussie muscian, Ben Lee. The
two love birds are still together. A psychic once told Claire
and Ben that the two would have twins.
In 1997, Claire was
chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people
in the world. in 1993, Claire came to Los Angeles to be cast
on a role in Schindler's List, when she was discovered for the
role in My So Called Life. Spielberg finally gave her the role
but she turned it down, because they weren´t willing to
give her schooling in Poland.
