Danes is perhaps most famous as Angela Chase in the 1994 television drama series My So-Called Life for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy nomination, followed by her role as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet.

Her first role in an animated feature came in 1999 with the English version of Princess Mononoke.

In 2002, Danes starred opposite Susan Sarandon and Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down. She later co-starred as Meryl Streep's daughter in the Oscar-nominated The Hours, with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The following year, she was cast in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Stage Beauty in 2004. She earned critical acclaim in 2005 when she starred in Steve Martin's Shopgirl alongside Martin and Jason Schwartzman, and in The Family Stone opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton. In 2007, Danes will appear in the fantasy epic Stardust opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, and Sienna Miller, and in The Flock, opposite Richard Gere.

Public Name: Catherine Danes
Birth Name: Claire Catherine Danes
Date of Birth: April 12, 1979
Place of Birth: Manhattan

Filmography

• Stardust (2007)
• Evening (2007)
• The Flock (2007)
• The Family Stone (2005)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Stage Beauty (2004)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
• It's All About Love (2003)
• The Hours (2002)
• Igby Goes Down (2002)
• Brokedown Palace (1999)
• The Mod Squad (1999)
• Misérables, Les (1998)
• Polish Wedding (1998)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1997)
• U Turn (1997)
• Mononoke-hime (1997)
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
• I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
• "My So-Called Life" (19 episodes, 1994-1995)
• The Pesky Suitor (1995)
• Dead Man's Jack (1995)
• Little Women (1994)
• "Lifestories: Families in Crisis" (1 episode, 1994)
• Geoffrey Beene 30 (1993)
• "Law & Order" (1 episode, 1992)
• Dreams of Love (1990)

Awards

• MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" 1997
• ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award 1997
• YoungStar Award Young Actress in a Drama Film "William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet" 1997
• YoungStar Award Young Actress in a TV Drama Series "My So-Called Life" 1996
• Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama) "My So-Called Life" 1994