Claire Danes

Actress Claire Danes started acting in the early 1990s by appearing in television shows and lesser known movies. Danes got her big break in 1994, when she starred in the series My So Called Life. She played the role of Angela Chase, which resulted in Danes winning a Golden Globe Award and earning a nomination for an Emmy Award.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000132/awards

While Danes did not win the Emmy for My So Called Life, she did take home a golden statue at the 2010 Emmy Awards for her work on the television movie Temple Grandin. Playing the title character, Danes won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000132/awards

As if that was not enough, Claire Danes bagged two equivalent awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the Golden Globe) and the Screen Actors Guild, in January 2011, for the same performance.http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/01/sag_winner_claire_danes_flies_coach.phphttp://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2011/01/claire-danes-poses-with-her-golden-globe/Overwhelmed, Danes remarked, "It does feel excessive at this point. But it was really an extraordinary role, and I'm not going to find a role of this complexity or depth like this anytime soon. People have told me they saw the movie three times. All these accolades are special, but the real gift is that our movie found an audience."http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/01/claire-danes-avalanche-of-awards-is-excessive-/1

Following small roles in television shows like Law & Order and films like Little Women, Danes was cast in My So Called Life and spent two years on the series. In 1996, Danes got the role of Juliet in the film adaptation Romeo + Juliet, which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio. She went on to appear in films such as Igby Goes Down in 2002, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines in 2003, The Family Stone in 2005, and Evening and Stardust, both in 2007.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000132/

While on the set of Evening, Danes met Hugh Dancy. The couple announced their engagement in February 2009 and married later that year.http://www.tvguide.com/News/Source-Claire-Danes-1010291.aspx