Claire Danes

Born 1979 · American actor

Claire Catherine Danes is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012 and 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Claire Danes, in order

1. 1992 Law & Order (TV series): acted · audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Netflix
2. 1994 Little Women: acted · directed by Gillian Armstrong
3. 1994 My So-Called Life (TV series): acted
4. 1995 How to Make an American Quilt: acted · directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
5. 1996 Home for the Holidays: acted · directed by Jodie Foster
6. 1996 I Love You, I Love You Not: acted · directed by Billy Hopkins
7. 1996 Romeo + Juliet: acted · directed by Baz Luhrmann · critics 79%, audiences 77% · streaming on Hulu, HBO Max
8. 1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday: acted · directed by Michael Pressman · critics 17%, audiences 41%
9. 1997 The Rainmaker: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 82%, audiences 78% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
10. 1997 U Turn: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 60%, audiences 63%
11. 1998 Les Misérables: acted · directed by Bille August · critics 79%, audiences 83% · streaming on Tubi
12. 1998 Polish Wedding: acted · directed by Theresa Connelly
13. 1999 Brokedown Palace: acted · directed by Jonathan Kaplan
14. 1999 The Mod Squad: acted · directed by Scott Silver
15. 2002 Igby Goes Down: acted · directed by Burr Steers · critics 77%, audiences 80% · streaming on Prime Video, MGM+, Hoopla
16. 2002 The Hours: acted · directed by Stephen Daldry · critics 79%, audiences 84% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
17. 2003 It's All About Love: acted · directed by Thomas Vinterberg
18. 2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: acted · directed by Jonathan Mostow · critics 70%, audiences 46%
19. 2004 Stage Beauty: acted · directed by Richard Eyre · critics 65%, audiences 78% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
20. 2005 Shopgirl: acted · directed by Anand Tucker
21. 2005 The Family Stone: acted · directed by Thomas Bezucha · critics 52%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video
22. 2007 Evening: acted · directed by Lajos Koltai · critics 27%, audiences 48%
23. 2007 Stardust: acted · directed by Matthew Vaughn · critics 77%, audiences 86% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
24. 2007 The Flock: acted · directed by Andrew Lau
25. 2008 Me and Orson Welles: acted · directed by Richard Linklater · critics 86%, audiences 61%
26. 2010 Temple Grandin (TV movie): acted · directed by Mick Jackson
27. 2011 A Child's Garden of Poetry (TV movie): acted · directed by Amy Schatz
28. 2011–18 Homeland (TV series): acted
29. 2013 As Cool As I Am: acted · directed by Max Mayer
30. 2017 Brigsby Bear: acted · directed by Dave McCary
31. 2018 A Kid Like Jake: acted · directed by Silas Howard
32. 2022 Fleishman Is in Trouble (TV series): acted · directed by Alice Wu and Jonathan Dayton
33. 2022 The Essex Serpent (TV series): acted · directed by Clio Barnard
34. 2023 Full Circle (TV series): acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh
35. 2025 The Beast in Me (TV series): acted · directed by António Campos and Lila Neugebauer
36. 2027 Lovesick (TV series): acted
37. A Concert for Hurricane Relief (TV series): acted