I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.

Her mother Carla (née Hall) is a day-care provider painter and textile designer who later served as her daughter's manager and her father Christopher Danes (born May 6 1944 in Austin Texas) is a computer consultant and former architectural photographer. Later that year Claire Danes co-starred as Clarissa Vaughan's (played by Meryl Streep) daughter in the Oscar-nominated The Hours with Nicole Kidman Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. She stars as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland.

She stars as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland. For her work Claire Danes has been awarded two Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards among others.