Claire Danes got her professional start like most young actors do, with one notable exception. While many begin in commercials and then move on to television shows, claire danes got her start in off-Broadway productions. claire danes's television credits were hardly remarkable in the beginning. For the most part they consisted of guest appearances, most notably on Law and Order. claire danes made her big screen debut in several art films and then in the bigger budgeted Little Women with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder.

After claire danes was very tepid response by theater-goers, claire danes decided to make a move back to television. claire danes was offered a role on a new dramatic series that would target teenagers. It was called My So Called Life and it would be the best thing to ever happen to the young actress. The show was a critical smash but it was soon canceled because of poor ratings. Luckily, the show lasted long enough for people to take notice of claire danes. Ironically, now that claire danes has achieved great box office success, reruns of the show are rating grabbers.

claire danes quickly garnered the role of spokeswoman for a whole generation. Ironically, this contradicted the roles she was taking. claire danes's appeared in formulaic films like How To make an American Quilt and Home for the Holidays. Then came Romeo + Juliet and claire danes was catapulted right into the limelight - and into Hollywood history. Since then, claire danes has managed to maintain her notoriety and demonstrate some impressive range with roles as diverse as an abused young wife in The Rainmaker to Cosette in the 1998 film rendition of the Victor Hugo classic, Les Miserables. Most recently claire danes was seen in The Mod Squad, a box office disappointment. claire danes won't stay down for long though. She'll next be seen in Brokedown Palace with Kate Beckinsale and Paul Walker.

Filmography
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) .... Kate Miller
... aka T3 (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Flora Plum (2002) .... Flora Plum
Hours, The (2002) .... Julia
It's All About Love (2002) .... Elena
Igby Goes Down (2002) .... Sookie Sapperstein
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Brokedown Palace (1999) .... Alice Marano
Mod Squad, The (1999) .... Julie Barnes
"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Amphithea
... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA)
Misérables, Les (1998) .... Cosette
Polish Wedding (1998) .... Halczia 'Hala, Halina' Pzoniak
Rainmaker, The (1997) .... Kelly Riker
... aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)
U Turn (1997) .... Jenny, Toby's Girlfriend
... aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (1998) (France)
Mononoke Hime (1997) (voice) .... San, The Princess Mononoke
... aka Princess Mononoke (1999) (USA: US version)
Romeo + Juliet (1996) .... Juliet
... aka Romeo and Juliet (1996)
... aka William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) (USA: complete title)
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) .... Rachel Lewis
I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) .... Daisy/Young Nana
"Lifestories: Families In Crisis" (1995) TV Series
Pesky Suitor, The (1995) .... Lisa
Home for the Holidays (1995) .... Kitt 'Kitten' Larson
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) .... Young Glady Jo Cleary
Little Women (1994) .... Beth March
"My So-Called Life" (1994) TV Series .... Angela Chase (age 15)
More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter (1994) (TV) .... Katie Leiter
... aka Coming Out of Heidi Leiter, The (1994) (TV)
Dreams of Love (1990)

more celebrities...