Biography |
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.
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